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Posted by Ulysses on December 3, 2008, 8:43 pm
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> On Dec 2, 7:14=A0pm, cl...@snyder.on.ca wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:36:02 -0800 (PST), Ulysses
> > How old is your Kenmore? If it's 10 years old it will oullive 2 or 3
> > new ones - and if it's 15, it might STILL outlive 4 new ones.- Hide quo=
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> Let me try this again (third try). =A0I hope I have not triple-posted!
> Howdy. =A0I'm seeing a lot of familiar faces (nicks, anyway) here. =A0Too
> bad my ISP does not carry this NG and I have to resort to Google.
> My Kenmore is probably about 10-12 years old. =A0It has a steel (?)
> housing for the gearbox. =A0I took apart the gearbox when first trying
> to determine what the problem was and it does have some plastic gears
> but nothing looked worn or damaged. =A0From what you are saying it would
> be worth putting a new motor in it every 10 years, if needed, and
> forget the new ones. =A0I have some doubts about the switches and timer
> lasting that long though. =A0I originally bought this machine used for
> something like $100 when my Whirlpool belt-drive washer wore out.
> This washer was outside in the rain and snow for years while I was
> trying to get a house built. =A0Amazing that it still works. =A0It was
> covered when not in use. =A0We used to fill it directly from the well
> and then power it from a generator which may not have been good for
> the motor. =A0I never tried to repair the Whirlpool as it had been
> subjected to my wife for over 10 years. =A0This is my first washer
> repair attempt and maybe I'll get better at analyzing these things but
> so far it makes fixing a fuel-injected computerized car engine seem
> easy.
> When trying to determine if the motor was bad I also had to consider
> the start switch on the motor, wiring in general, mechanical factors,
> control switches, and the timer. =A0Plus there is a small circuit board
> next to the second rinse switch and I have no idea what it is for. =A0I
> was thinking it might be a motor speed controller that chopped the
> waveforms like a dimmer switch since I had no slow speed on my motor.
> Anyway, I'm learning. =A0Slowly. =A0I should probably get a generic washe=
> repair manual. =A0Does Hayne's make one? =A0I got a lot out of their smal=
> engine repair manual.
A little update: I searched on eBay again and found lots of motors,
new and used, for reasonable prices and reasonable shipping. I didn't
find *any* the first time I looked. I also found timers, water pumps,
and other parts so it looks like it'll be possible to keep this thing
running for a very long time, assuming I can figure out what's wrong
with it ;-)
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> > On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:36:02 -0800 (PST), Ulysses
> > How old is your Kenmore? If it's 10 years old it will oullive 2 or 3
> > new ones - and if it's 15, it might STILL outlive 4 new ones.- Hide quo=