Guys I have a dilemma on my hands.
A couple of months ago i finally put my hands on a Whirlpool Thin Twin 24 inch with a gas dryer.
It was ridiculously cheap, I think less than $50 if i'm not mistaken. I really don't remember.
Overall it looks OK, The dryer doesn't have the burn marks or the horrible blue shade.
The washer had seen better days and I still need to open it to clean (i can imagine it's nasty inside)
However, recently I've been noticing that scary "roller coaster climbing noise" when it starts spinning. Sometimes (happened twice) it doesn't do the neutral drain and in one occasion several weeks the pause wasn't enough to engage the spin. (I had to stop and start again).
Ok, I know the transmission is starting to say "Adiós".
Parallel to that, I discovered a store in Glendale that is going out of business and guess what they have exactly the same model in their show room, never used, brand new and for only $350, delivery included.
As I have no idea how much it would cost to repair (I never had to buy a transmission for a thin twin before) what would be worth doing? Fix it or send it to the craigs-crusher-list and grab a new one?
A couple of months ago i finally put my hands on a Whirlpool Thin Twin 24 inch with a gas dryer.
It was ridiculously cheap, I think less than $50 if i'm not mistaken. I really don't remember.
Overall it looks OK, The dryer doesn't have the burn marks or the horrible blue shade.
The washer had seen better days and I still need to open it to clean (i can imagine it's nasty inside)
However, recently I've been noticing that scary "roller coaster climbing noise" when it starts spinning. Sometimes (happened twice) it doesn't do the neutral drain and in one occasion several weeks the pause wasn't enough to engage the spin. (I had to stop and start again).
Ok, I know the transmission is starting to say "Adiós".
Parallel to that, I discovered a store in Glendale that is going out of business and guess what they have exactly the same model in their show room, never used, brand new and for only $350, delivery included.
As I have no idea how much it would cost to repair (I never had to buy a transmission for a thin twin before) what would be worth doing? Fix it or send it to the craigs-crusher-list and grab a new one?
