YAY, then OY
What beauties!! They seem to be very clean as well, but...you just can't keep using a machine if there's a water or oil leak--you have to fix it! I'm thinking the seal between the transmission case is causing the oil leakage, and the brake/basket drive assembly is causing the weak spin. There was a BOL (ugly) 1973 Kenmore at an estate sale in May that had the same problem--I fired it up and couldn't get it to spin without giving the tub a "push" first...it just hesitated. Even though these need some TLC they're definitely worth it, IMHO!! I wonder what the reserve is...
As for the "neglect" part, OY, some people are just plain ignunt!!