Whirlpool belt-drive portable!

[norfolksouthern]

Thanks again for the help, Kenmoreguy64. I sent you an email. For other's reference, the model number is: LFC4900Y0 where Y stands for the color. The stock number is LFC490, where it looks like the last three digits designate the color of the cabinet.

NorfolkSouthern

 

[davek]

Try this link. 365941 maybe?

http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?model_id=237637

 

[davek]

Try this link. 365941 maybe?

This one is the only one that claimed to be able to get it, and it's $87

http://www.partadvantage.com/store/showpart/10009067

http://www.appliancepartspros.com/partsearch/model.aspx?model_id=237637

 

[kenmoreguy64]

My 1992 Whirlpool catalog says this is a 1978 model, and the timer is part number 357354. It may well sub now to something else. However, I found three of them online through Armstrong's obsolete parts site. One place in Colorado Springs seems to be a great source of these parts and sells obsolete parts cheaply. Let me know if you want their contact info.

Gordon

 

[norfolksouthern]

Drop me an email, Gordon. Any source will help in getting as many parts as I can for this machine.

NorfolkSouthern

 

[davek]

Agitator

I noticed you were looking for an agitator on the thread about my washer. It was mistereric who had an agitator for belt drive portable. Here's a link to his profile.

I watched my machine do a full cycle yesterday. Mine does not do a spray rinse (I wish it did), and I can't tell where the fill comes from, so this machine probably can't spray the clothes.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-PROFILE_DISPLAY.cgi?display=mistereric

 

[norfolksouthern]

davek: Your machine should spray rinse. Note the baffles on top of the inner tub, just below the ring. Those are used to catch and distribute (spray) the water while it's spinning when it shoots water through the fill valve. At least the one I had would do it three times between the wash and rinse cycle, and it was made in 1995. I think I recall that it would spray once after the start of the final spin.

NorfolkSouthern

 

[norfolksouthern]

New location and it's doing great!

I have just got done moving to the new place, which has a washer/dryer hookup. I decided to test the water temperature solenoid, and believe it or not it works very well! The hard part of this, though, is that I'm finding it increasingly difficult to resist running this machine. Having run some dusting rags through the newer portable, this old belt-drive beat the World Washer hands down, in spite of the smaller capacity. It's as if it had taken and finished the job that the other newer machine started. Increadible!

Apparently, I need a "modern" machine that matches this one in character and performance. Granted, my little belt-drive will certainly need a rest once in a while. I've heard that the new Speed Queens come close, but I really don't know. So, I would like some input from a few recent Speed Queen owners who have also had experience with the old belt-drive Whirlpool. Tough question, I know. But somebody out there must have an answer.

I'll have a photo of the machine, matched up to my Kenmore dryer of the same era as soon as I can find some batteries. The two were just made for each other!

NorfolkSouthern