Whirlpool Washer

[toggleswitch2]

money shot

washbasket

Her only defect appears to be the rust-colored stains and the limescale buildup.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Wiring diagram and timer-circuit sequences.

The one gear-shifting solenoid (that rides the wig-wag [SLUT!])is responsible for "agitate" or "pump out", and the other "spin" or "don't spin".

No suds-saver here!

 

[toggleswitch2]

*LOL* an an agitator with genital herpres.......

 

[lebron]

Very cool washer! Glad it cleaned up well and runs fine. Nice pics

 

[alr2903]

Gadget & Togs nice pics and vids Thank you both. Maggie may not be the fastest on the Spin, but i am willing to bet, she washed every Stich CLEAN.

 

[gyrafoam]

Yeah, those old Whirly's may have a lame spin, but they sure do wash well.

Congratulations on your find! Oh, and let me know when its the next brit millah and I'll bring some chopped liver or something.

 

[strongenough78]

WOW, talk about a blast from the past. Sounds just like my mom's old 76 Whirlpool. The sound of the sloshing during agitation made me think of the days when I'd sit out in the garage and watch ours wash. Congrats on the find there Toggle!

 

[scrubflex]

NICE!!! This tall centerpost Whirlpool will be able to fit the extra tall (18 1/8") SUPER Roto-Swirl agitator in it.

 

[peteski50]

Whirlpool!

Yes the sound of a belt drive Whirlpool. It is the most awsome sound.
Peter

 

[toggleswitch2]

She's 29 inches wide and looks huge. Funny thing is she is only 25.5"deep. So the outer cabinet its "to impress"; it serves no practical purpose.

29" @ 2.54cm per inch = 73.66cm
25.5" is therefore 64.77cm

 

[nmassman44]

One thing I did notice in the video...when the washer goes into spin the tub on every Whirlpool I have had ramps up to the blistering 515 rpms rather fast. On this washer its not so. I cant help but wonder if something is going on with the basket drive clutch. It could be worn and its not an easy fix since the washer would have to be torn down to get to it.
My 3 cents

 

[supremewhirlpol]

I noticed that the drain hose comes out at the top of the machine in the back and not the bottom. My 1976 Whirlpool LDA5800 has the drain coming out the bottom of the machine. Why is this? What year did the drain start coming out of the bottom?

 

[davek]

Sound

To me, the sound I remember best from our belt-drive Kenmores was the spring-click-BANG that they made when the went from filling to agitation.

You need to make a video that includes that transition.

 

[yogitunes]

DRAIN HOSE...top or bottom

most of the ones that I remember coming out of the bottom had the waterfall filter of one sort or another....

only the ones with the self-clean filters came out the top...that is the "real" water travel thru hoses and then reverse to clean style of filters

not the circle comb filter under the tub which does nothing and yet they call it a filter...these ones had the drain hose coming out the bottom

 

[DADoES]

Your spin is sluggish for sure, a problem of some ilk is likely happening.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Since we know the gadget is attracted to things shiny and illuminated....

I couln't help my little-ole-self and felt the need to add a light behind the translucent plastic panel underneath the console.

 

[toggleswitch2]

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[toggleswitch2]

Ain't she purdy?

 

[toggleswitch2]

So I tapped into the timer leads and she is well illuminated except during wash and rinse water fills (i.e. when the timer is stationery and unpowered).

 

[toggleswitch2]

I may have to add a few pilot lights.

hot fill
cold fill
agitate
spin

..and light her up like a Christmas tree.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Stationary. I ment stationary. LOL

 

[tbolt25]

worn spin clutch

From what I've seen from the spin video on Youtube, it appears the spin clutch is very worn-it wasn't gaining speed as it should have.

 

[toggleswitch2]

More videos.





If you will notice, these videos include the "after-market" hot-rodded VROOM VROOM console light!

Enjoy

 

[toggleswitch2]

Funny, I didn't hear *please* in there anywhere...

~To me, the sound I remember best from our belt-drive Kenmores was the spring-click-BANG that they made when the went from filling to agitation.

You need to make a video that includes that transition.

Tried. I think that has been captured in my video #7, on YouTube. Please see above.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Glenn:

Although I do speak some English, it is not literally my first language,

"So what you talkin' bout Willis?"

~Your spin is sluggish for sure, a problem of some ilk is likely happening.

 

[gadgetgary]

Whirlpool Deluxe

Now that we have souped-up Maggie with at flourescent console light, did Whirpool make any models in that era with such feature?

Given the #'s, when was this machine manufactured?

Model #LXA6800W2
Serial #C24305057

 

[kenmoreguy64]

Your machine was made early in the 43rd week of 1972, in Clyde Ohio. More washers have come out of that factory than (probably) any other washer plant in the world.

Gordon

 

[wigwag]

sluggish?

ya I noticed the sluggish spin too, I also noted that in one of the videos of the agitation cycle the sound seemed very labored, like either a tired motor or a slipping belt? Was the agitation video taken with a full load of clothes?

 

[70series]

Thanks for posting those awesome videos. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the tall Surgilator in action.

It could just be me, but it looked a little like the washer was agitating just a tad slower than Whirlpools/Kenmores normally do, particularly in Video 4. It seemed like it was oscillating at Maytag HD pace. (63 opms)

It was great to see it on low water level. I always wanted to see just how much mayhem a Surgilator would cause with only 1/2 tub full of water.

Have a good one,
James

 

[DADoES]

Ilk. Type. Sort. Kind.

Problem of some kind.

Assuming no suds-lock spin should accelerate much better than what happens in Video #3. It should have been up to full speed before the spray rinse hit. Maybe the clutch is slipping too much under a (clothes) load? Or something is related to the brake/clutch/spin tube is binding?

Video #4 agitation does sound labored, but could be an audio artifact.