would any member know if this dial is from a whirlpool washer including the year and model???

[pierreandreply4]

hello everyone,

would any one know if this timer dial be from a whirlpool washer and if this is the case what year and model???

Thank you

Pierre

 

[danelto]

Dial-an-Answer

Looks awfully Whirlpool to me.

My guess: BOL machine. '79 - '83.

Let's see if I'm right.

Dan

 

[geextrarinse]

Def Whirlpool

but i think even earlier - i know my mother had a Whirlpool from this time period and she bought hers in 1977.

 

[kenmoreguy64]

I was going to say 1977-ish also! The transparent dials were gone not much later in favor of the more traditional (by that time) cycles printed on the console with a timer pointer, etc.

 

[appnut]

It's earlier than that. 1970 or so. The knits setting is in the midst of the Perm Press cycle where the normal agitation shifts to gentle speed at the 6 minute mark. Neighbors of our lake house had this similar model washer and the house was built in like 1970 or 1971 at the latest.

 

[appnut]

And I might add, whirlpool pretty much did away with this speed shift on the PP cycle probably by 1974 or so at the latest. Higher end models during this time had a separate knits cycle from gentle cycle. The knits offer wash time up to 8 minutes and had one cool-down phase. Gentle wash was maxxed out at 6 minutes. I do believe if there was a separate Knits cycle, the PP cycle didn't shift to gentle agitation at 6 minutes. Also, the PP cycle had 2 cooldown periods just in case hot water wash was used.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Looks the same as the one on our 1972-73 Whirlpool.

 

[DADoES]

That dial looks to me like the LDA series, 1975-1976. IIRC, that's when the design changed to those unmarked segments for rinse and final spin.

Our LDA-7800 had separate Knits and Gentle, but still did the low-speed shift on Perm Press. A replacement timer some years later had one-stage cool down on PP instead of two-stage, with an EXTRA LONG drain after wash to take up the space, and still with a one-stage cool down on Knits.

 

[70series]

What is also telling is that it says "Push Stop" below the dial. Up until about 1974/5 Whirlpools and Kenmores started when you pushed the knob in, and stopped when you pulled the knob out. From the look of the knob, and the fact that it pull-starts, and push-stops, I would say this is a Whirlpool from 1974 to 1979.

Have a good one,
James

 

[rayjay]

1978

Got married in 1978. This was our first machine. A Whirlpool.

 

[bobbyderegis]

My mom's 1968 Imperial 90 had the identical knob- chrome lated metal and heavy.
Bobby in Boston