The new guy and his Pink 1959 Lady Kenmore Washer / Dryer

[yogitunes]

Thanks DADoES,

just the way the guys were talking I thought it may have been a special filter ad set up......

my impersonation would be to combine the 2, the regular magic/self clean filter in place, completing the task, and with the use of the 4 port pump, giving the image that the filter was working as you said

I did this with a Whirlpool with the magic clean filter, added the four port pump, and a "J" tube from a kenmore detergent dispenser setup, the only problem is I had it hooked up to a magic mix filter with the brush, which I still had to clean, but I love the drama of the waterfall....

 

[swestoyz]

Jimmy from Ohio had posted some photos of when he restored his '59 Lady K back in 2008. Below is one of the pages of the service lit that discusses the "new" lint filtering system (if more pages are desired I'll certainly post them). I'm not sure how long the pebble filter was used - but the service lit does mention it through at least early '63.

Jimmy wasn't kidding. When you start to look at what Whirlpool was doing: multiple check valves, seals, a huge two piece clam-shaped filter, diverting valves, miles of 3/4 hoses, etc. -- all of this can leak after time. Unfortunately some of the check valves are pretty scare to find replacement parts for. It is no surprise that this was somewhat simplified later on in the mid-sixties.

(love the hand-written labels on the diagram!!)

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?19665

 

[yogitunes]

Thanks Ben

Wow.....this explains it all.....I always thought it was just a gimmick...but it was truely filtered water coming out of the filter-flo port......either way I would have stuck a screen under the waterfall to see how much lint is was really trapping, or like I said, a gimmick to let you think it was really filtering......we all like a good show.....thats like the "filter" light the put on some control panels....we all love toys with little lights that make us think its working...LOL...and we do....hell, you could wrap flashing xmas lights around a control panel, and I would buy that machine in an instant

 

[stricklybojack]

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Any update to be had on these machines, did you get some use out of them?

 

[swestoyz]

This Lady K pair made their way to Iowa back in 2013. The dryer needs a good cleaning and is pretty much ready for operation, however the washer still needs a full mechanical restoration as well as restoration of the incredibly complex timer rapid advance control. Someday I'll get around to it.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?46286

Ben

 

[trainguy]

Ben...If You Need The Room,

I have the perfect place for your WEG and/or DEEG when you tire of them.

Best wishes,
Rich