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

[LadysMan]

Mark: North County, 270 & New Halls Ferry area.

Guy: The laundry room is finished & will be photographed soon(ish).

John: Thanks for the advice / info/ offer. I'm sure as I crack these open I'll be in touch.

Ben: Thanks for the offer. I hope I won't ever need them! And where did you spot my C-list ads?

bygted: The seller told me when I came back for the washer that he had gotten another call. I KNEW I had to there early or risk missing this set! I'm just thrilled that they turned out so Sweet!

foraloysius: Thanks, the blog gets updated daily. Check it out once in while!

Frigilux: Check back on the blog. I've changed the Settings and Anybody Can Leave A Message Now! No Problem. I'm new to the blog thing and didn't realize I could / needed to change that. Thanks for checking it out!

JeffG: "Moneyshot", is this Autowash lingo for "In Use"? (Heheh, like the porn industry?) No such luck just yet.

 

[jeffg]

"Moneyshot", is this Autowash lingo for "In Use"? (Heheh, like the porn industry?)

A shot of the tub and agitator.

 

[turquoisedude]

Wow - what a find!!

Talk about striking gold! Those machines are just beautiful - and pink, to boot!! Congratulations on your new treasures - I am sure you will enjoy them for years to come!!!

 

[LadysMan]

Money Shot

Ah, that's not as funny...but yeah. Here ya go.



I'd have some shots of the dryer drum but ah, still haven't gotten open. So much to do...so little time...and energy, ugh.

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[LadysMan]

Finally! Got that dang stuborn door open!

More $$$. The dryer looks pretty good inside. Built to last, one might say.



There are more pics on the Flickr page. Take a look.

 

[bobofhollywood]

50 amp circuit required

Be careful with that dryer. It will blow the fuse on a standard 30 amp dryer outlet. It needs to be on a 50 amp circuit like an electric range uses. Or if you know how to read a schematic you can swap one wire off the block and use only 30 amps of power. It is impressively fast however when operated at it's full power. Any chance you could fill in your profile a bit ? Age for example. . . Gorgeous machines man. Good luck with them.

 

[cycla-fabric]

Gem of a Set!

What a great matching set, I wish you the best of luck with them as they are a gem! The gas dryer looks new too and doesn't require the 50 amp service, just 110. I think Bob thought that it was the High Speed Electric dryer that required the 50 amp service.

Doug

 

[bobofhollywood]

oh it's gas

. . . nevermind. Emily Littella .

 

[yogitunes]

Does anyone have specs/pics/schematics of the recirculating/self cleaning filter system of these machines....I am just curious as to what they did to accomplish this...I have my own thoughts, but may not be what actually has been done to get these both in one machine...

Thanks in advance

 

[DADoES]

 
Whirlpool's self-cleaning filters were always recirculating until the passive under-basket version arrived.  Instead of directing the recirculation invisibly back into the tub at the bottom or side, it went up to the flume where it can be seen.  As I recall was mentioned in a previous discussion, this was done (at first) so housewives who were accustomed to seeing the recirculation of a brush or cartridge filter had a positive visual indication that filtering was occurring.

 

[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