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Whirlpool Dryer Rescued from the Scrap Metal Yard.
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The Kenmore gets a new front seal and bearing assembly. Plus a brand new motor. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The Kenmore gets a new front seal and bearing assembly. Plus a brand new motor. </span>
Thanks Bob!
<span style="font-size: medium;">I DO try...
I should be done with the Kenmore soon, then I'll go back to the range hood.</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">I DO try...
I should be done with the Kenmore soon, then I'll go back to the range hood.</span>
Restored Compact Dryers
You are amazing Louie those machines look like and work like new, if you get bored you can come down and work on appliances for us anytime. It make me envious that you can concentrate your energy on one or two appliances at a time, I feel spread thin trying to work on all the appliances here and do our daily appliance repair work as well.
Last week I bought 40+ SQ washers and dryers 1/2 FL and the rest dryers from a government installation, they are all 4 years old and in good shape but they will still all have to be checked out cleaned and tested before being resold.
You are amazing Louie those machines look like and work like new, if you get bored you can come down and work on appliances for us anytime. It make me envious that you can concentrate your energy on one or two appliances at a time, I feel spread thin trying to work on all the appliances here and do our daily appliance repair work as well.
Last week I bought 40+ SQ washers and dryers 1/2 FL and the rest dryers from a government installation, they are all 4 years old and in good shape but they will still all have to be checked out cleaned and tested before being resold.
John is right, you're amazing Louie! What a great job on the WP dryer, you really made it like new again. Congrats on a job well done!
ovrphil
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..I'm looking at the insides with starry eyes and looking at the outside with "is that all there is?". (I nearly picked up a Lady Kenmore like this, but thought it was plain..oh well.)
What a beautiful job and thanks for the fine coverage in photos and videos.
Now, with your luck, along will come the matching pairs to these.
Phil
..I'm looking at the insides with starry eyes and looking at the outside with "is that all there is?". (I nearly picked up a Lady Kenmore like this, but thought it was plain..oh well.)
What a beautiful job and thanks for the fine coverage in photos and videos.
Now, with your luck, along will come the matching pairs to these.
Phil
<span style="font-size: medium;">@ John, Thanks! If I lived nearer I'd take you up on your offer! </span>
<span style="font-size: small;">@ Gan, Thanks! It's really satisfying putting something back into service that otherwise was going to be scraped. Specially something that is better built than it's modern counterparts. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">@ Phil, Thanks! They're really simple machines to work on. A washer is a whole other matter, but I'm game!</span>
Small Kenmore Update:
<span style="font-size: medium;">New front seal and bearing installed. </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">New front seal and bearing installed. </span>
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Kenmore Update:
<span style="font-size: medium;">New motor has arrived! Yay!</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The real McCoy, no "Made In China" crap.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I just noticed the motor is 1/3 HP instead of 1/4 HP I ordered. Would this adversely affect the Kenmore?</span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">New motor has arrived! Yay!</span>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">The real McCoy, no "Made In China" crap.</span>
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</span><span style="font-size: small;">I just noticed the motor is 1/3 HP instead of 1/4 HP I ordered. Would this adversely affect the Kenmore?</span>
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Motor HP
the higher rating won't change a thing. As long as the RPM is the same you will never know. Perhaps this one will have a bit more torque but you are likely to never tell the difference.
I am still bewildered at just how you get your appliances SO clean! Starting to think you are adding reflective glints with Photoshop to make them look shinier
the higher rating won't change a thing. As long as the RPM is the same you will never know. Perhaps this one will have a bit more torque but you are likely to never tell the difference.
I am still bewildered at just how you get your appliances SO clean! Starting to think you are adding reflective glints with Photoshop to make them look shinier
Hey thanks Phil...
<span style="font-size: medium;">was concerned it was going to have a higher RPM and thus wear out the other parts prematurely. As for cleaning them, ammonia, a good degreaser and turpentine (followed with a clear water rinse) is all I used. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">was concerned it was going to have a higher RPM and thus wear out the other parts prematurely. As for cleaning them, ammonia, a good degreaser and turpentine (followed with a clear water rinse) is all I used. </span>
New 1/3 HP Motor
Will work fine, it will make the dryer consume about 150 watts more power so if the dryer is being operated on a 15 Amp fuse it taxes it a little more. The extra power consumed does assist the drying a little as the waste heat from the motor gets drawn through the drum so if you do a very careful time-drying-speed measurement you should find that the dryer with the higher Amp motor actually dries a little faster.
The other thing you must do is use the original motor pulley, the pulley that comes with the 279827 motor is meant for the larger drum in the 29" dryers and if you use that pulley for the little 24" dryer the drum will tumble too fast and the clothing will actually dry slower and much more wrinkled because the clothing will cling to the dryer drum and not tumble properly, proper tumbling can make or break a dryers performance.
Will work fine, it will make the dryer consume about 150 watts more power so if the dryer is being operated on a 15 Amp fuse it taxes it a little more. The extra power consumed does assist the drying a little as the waste heat from the motor gets drawn through the drum so if you do a very careful time-drying-speed measurement you should find that the dryer with the higher Amp motor actually dries a little faster.
The other thing you must do is use the original motor pulley, the pulley that comes with the 279827 motor is meant for the larger drum in the 29" dryers and if you use that pulley for the little 24" dryer the drum will tumble too fast and the clothing will actually dry slower and much more wrinkled because the clothing will cling to the dryer drum and not tumble properly, proper tumbling can make or break a dryers performance.
Thanks John
<span style="font-size: medium;">I did notice the pulley was a bit larger. I'll swap it out with the old one. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">I did notice the pulley was a bit larger. I'll swap it out with the old one. </span>
I'm doomed
<span style="font-size: medium;">Tried to take off the blower wheel on the Kenmore, and it wouldn't budge. Long story short, I need a new one (part # 345317) So far no dice online except for a used one. If anyone knows where I can get new one, please let me know. Thanks.</span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Tried to take off the blower wheel on the Kenmore, and it wouldn't budge. Long story short, I need a new one (part # 345317) So far no dice online except for a used one. If anyone knows where I can get new one, please let me know. Thanks.</span>
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Louie -
I looked at every place I could think of. Google doesn't offer many suggestions other than a couple websites that show the worthless information of "NLA" along with a price. I even called one of the companies and asked "Why do you quote a price online of something that is NLA?" The answer was "well the screen does say it is NLA". This part must have been discontinued some time ago.
One thought --- since WP is basically still making the same dryer, could the new blower they're using today be re-engineered to fit the older models, especially since you need a new motor anyway?
Someone with a recent model number would be able to help us start researching, and someone with any experience (John?) on the newer versions would know if a new motor and blower are "transplantable" into an older machine.
I will try to get us a model number from the Sears outlet --- it is on my way home from work and they usually have one or two of these dryers on the floor for sale.
Good luck Louie!
Gordon
I looked at every place I could think of. Google doesn't offer many suggestions other than a couple websites that show the worthless information of "NLA" along with a price. I even called one of the companies and asked "Why do you quote a price online of something that is NLA?" The answer was "well the screen does say it is NLA". This part must have been discontinued some time ago.
One thought --- since WP is basically still making the same dryer, could the new blower they're using today be re-engineered to fit the older models, especially since you need a new motor anyway?
Someone with a recent model number would be able to help us start researching, and someone with any experience (John?) on the newer versions would know if a new motor and blower are "transplantable" into an older machine.
I will try to get us a model number from the Sears outlet --- it is on my way home from work and they usually have one or two of these dryers on the floor for sale.
Good luck Louie!
Gordon
LDR3822PQ
This is the newer 120volt compact version that is being made today. There is a similar compact 240volt version as well LER3622PQ. Both these models are very, very similar in design (some parts are totally interchangeable) to the older compact models. The blower wheel part number for the newest current versions is 696426. However being honest I have no idea if it will fit in the older Kenmore blower housing. My guess is it should, but that's just my opinion. It will fit the newer drive motor shaft without a problem, but again, however the blower housing in unknown to me.
Parts sheet: https://www.whirlpool.com/digitalassets/MLPDF/Repair Part List - 8181032.pdf
This is the newer 120volt compact version that is being made today. There is a similar compact 240volt version as well LER3622PQ. Both these models are very, very similar in design (some parts are totally interchangeable) to the older compact models. The blower wheel part number for the newest current versions is 696426. However being honest I have no idea if it will fit in the older Kenmore blower housing. My guess is it should, but that's just my opinion. It will fit the newer drive motor shaft without a problem, but again, however the blower housing in unknown to me.
Parts sheet: https://www.whirlpool.com/digitalassets/MLPDF/Repair Part List - 8181032.pdf
