Almost received a shotgun blast to the face with those....some tumbler have a top part filled with small round piece of metal (i guess for self-balancing). They are contained in a ring that have 2 plastics button. We were hearing strange hissing noise for a while(the humidity was going up) then "kablam" it's exploded like a shotgun, no kidding i lost a shoe while jumping back!!! So make sure to empty those, but for the rest, my familly has used them for fire pit since the 80's and they last for 7 years easily. My dad welded a cover to put on top, still using those!
replacing the rear felt seal is worth it. There are only a few different drum sizes in the Whirlpool category. If the dryer comes back for a bad timer, keep the drum and you'll be able to reuse it soon enough.
Yeah this particular video is in getting into the business video. My repair videos are really like that. They’ll just flat line for three months and then all the sudden.
I have rebuilt two direct drive washers. Kenmore and a whirlpool. They are exactly the same (LOL) Can you transport these lying down, or should they always be upright. The only thing that I see to be a problem is protecting the inlets (block of wood) and perhaps the fill part (break vacuum??) What say you.
One thing that can happen from laying them down is the part that allows the tub to slide will get turned sideways when you lift it back up. It’s easy to tell when it happened because when it happens you’ll lift the lid and see the whole drum is sitting cockeyed and does not want to straighten out. The bigger problem with this besides how hard it is to get it back on track is accidentally cracking the bottom of the outer liner drum. There’s a plastic ear that the slider track can get stuck on and when you set it up if the plastic is brittle it will just break the drum on the bottom. I’ve seen this numerous times on direct drive washer‘s. If you have to transport them laying down you can just be extremely careful and double check the track before you stand them up.
When you don’t know whether the motor is working or not, and you say as is in the description, do you still put it up for the same price around $50 or do you cut it in half?
Your channel is getting popular brother! I am hating I love change! Send me some of that haha Test the motor with the my extension cord thingy I made. I sold a drain pump today on ebay.
motors are pretty easy to test. I just didn't want to put the machine entirely back together again. Basically turn it on and see if it runs. if it makes a buzzing noise like a week motor that's the number one sign of a motor going out.
So you dont work on washers with bad bearings? Im asking because I have a kenmore elite right now with bad bearing and wondering if its worth the trouble to try and fix or just pull parts from
I personally do not. But it depends on if you have a lot of machines to go through. I had tons of machines when I was running full-time and would rather fix Machines that do not take up four times the amount of time as an easy fix machine. I would usually put them in a pile and lie to myself that I will get to them as soon as I get caught up but that would never happen. Towards the end I would just part them out and use the parts to fix the easier machines. But having that said it depends on if you have a abundance of machines. If you only have A few machines in plenty of time it might be worth it to you. Be sure to join the Facebook group Appliance Flippers united.
@@WasherDryerMoney I'm in that group!! And yes Im down to 2 washing machines so I may attempt to fix it just for the learning experience. Thank you for all your help. I have one scrapper who I buy from, 20 a piece for washers and dryers. It has been pretty cool for a side hustle so far, and profitable
I would say 95% chance the timer. Pretty easy to check and you can send it to a timer refurbished. I use the guy on eBay it's $35 and he does a amazing job. I have a video on it. I'll see if I can find the link.
Sometimes that will work but most of the time the plastic pieces that ride on the timer will develop a Groove and not press the contacts together hard enough creating Sparks and Heat which leads to the problem.
washers and dryers have about five common problems that happen all the time. Occasionally you'll run into some type of very rare problem but most of the time it's the same five things you're fixing over and over and over and over again. I really think that most people that are able to change their spark plugs can definitely repair washer dryer. Just got through some RUclips University and you'll get the idea pretty quickly. Now there are the newer fancy stuff that have a lot more complicated problems but I just avoid those machines.
The secret is buying junk ones, not fixing other people's. If you fail, you lose $20 or whatever the junk one cost to buy. That way there's no real cost of failure. Dryers are stupidly easy to fix. You need a screwdriver (i love my 9 in 1), a putty knife,, and a multimeter. Those three tools will disassemble like, 90% of appliances and allow you to repair them.
What's the most obscure/oddball washer and dryer have you gotten / parted out? I think the strangest thing I've seen is a Whirlpool Direct Drive Washer w/ a digital pushbutton top (not a Calypso!) and a 3-way recirculation drain pump valve. I mean, I've gotten the Frankenstein monster known as the Calypso too, but that one threw me off. I do all the appliances, and the one that's big money that I've sold more of than you'd think are French-Door.... Doors and Glass Tops to Stoves. No one really wants to ship 'em, and you can use the same type box for either. Those have been good hustles, but they have to be immaculate, and you have to hunt down the Part #'s for them to match them up.
I actually have a dryer right now that I’m going to make a video on soon that is one of the weirdest ones I’ve seen. It’s a 1968 lady Kenmore. It’s nearly built exactly like a regular filter out the top dryer. They have been making them for that long. It has a multi stage heating element. The weirdest thing about it is, it has a spot for a fragrance bottle next to the lint filter. It has a tube that attaches to the fragrance bottle and runs down next to the light. I got the dryer working. There actually wasn’t that much wrong with it. It came with one of the fragrance bottles in the little compartment.
@@WasherDryerMoney ive had a few Lady Kenmores. Does it have the cartridge style element or the even older one? The lint-top dryer is way older than you think... I had one i thought was an 88 but was a 78. It uses the older style element that looks like a bedframe. Changing them is a PITA compared to the newer style, but the rest is the same. Its great.
It's so crazy how long lasting they used to make appliances. I can guarantee you the regular pause/play washer and dryers will not be working In 50 years. We are definitely in the age of disposable appliances compared to what they used to be.
@@WasherDryerMoney I really want to get and tear down the Maytag 5-year warrantied "Commercial-grade" unit. I've looked the part#'s up, and they're wildly different than a standard VMW. Maybe one day they'd start putting those parts in the regular ones - the actual wholesale cost on the upgraded/longer lasting parts... isn't actually more expensive for some reason, despite all the major fail points being re-enforced.
Yeah I looked really close at a set in Lowes. One of these employees asked if I was interested in buying it. LOL I've only gotten a couple Speed Queen Dryer's over the years and still haven't gotten a washer. I tore down the Speed Queen and was very impressed with how well it was made in the gauge of metal they used. It was a much older model so I'm not sure if it is exactly the same as what they are making now. I know Speed Queen started making that updated versions but no one seems to like but I don't think they've updated the dryer has far as I know. anytime someone ask me what I would recommend if they bought new I always suggest Speed Queen just because the Scrappers never bring me one so that's got to be a good sign.
I’m only sell on eBay. I didn’t do a lot of selling of Parts I mainly refurbished and sold the machines. Be sure to check out bins appliances and junk channel he does a lot of eBay parts Selling.
I did an interview with Ben's appliances and he sells a lot of parts on eBay. There are several parts on appliances that are very worthwhile to sell on eBay. You can actually make more money in some cases selling a few parts off of a broken machine versus fixing it and selling it working.
I'm going to make several more of these videos but I've already made a Quick Chek video for the common filter out the top dryers. Check it out let me know if this is what you're looking for and I'll make some more on other type of machines. ruclips.net/video/VZMa7KMjcEs/видео.html
I have a nice stackable Frigidaire washer and dryer (LTF2140FS1 LEO1442ES1). Everything works as it should, but the drum seal on the washer is stained from trapped moisture and debris. After looking up the part I’m unable to get a drum seal or “bellow” as some sites call it, and I’m scared to paint it and then it cause problems the first time a customer uses it. What should I do? It’s a valuable set so I could possibly profit from parts??
Thank you for the great video, wondering if you can shed light on selling parts off appliances that are not worth fixing. Do you test them at all before sale? Struggling a little with that atm. Don't wanna sell something that didn't work to begin with.
I don’t sell a ton of parts on eBay but when I do it will usually come off a machine that I know exactly what’s wrong with it so I will sell all parts except for the parts that have to do with what is wrong with the machine. Check out the channel “Ben’s appliances and junk” he specializes in selling off parts on eBay. He has several videos on it. Also look through my videos I did a three part interview with him.
Just curious, is there a way to bench test W & D control boards, or do you simply assume they work if the machine works? Been trying to find a video or website showing how to bench test those control boards, but can't find any.
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I heard that many people buy those dryer drums and make fire pits out of them
My buddy doesn't buy them, he will come get it for free, but he makes fire pits and sells them for $60.
I've made a fire pit out of a stainless steel front loader drum. They look really cool with the fire in them.
@@lilolme69 😂 Good hustle. Entrepreneurship is the name of the game ✊🏾
Almost received a shotgun blast to the face with those....some tumbler have a top part filled with small round piece of metal (i guess for self-balancing). They are contained in a ring that have 2 plastics button. We were hearing strange hissing noise for a while(the humidity was going up) then "kablam" it's exploded like a shotgun, no kidding i lost a shoe while jumping back!!! So make sure to empty those, but for the rest, my familly has used them for fire pit since the 80's and they last for 7 years easily. My dad welded a cover to put on top, still using those!
replacing the rear felt seal is worth it. There are only a few different drum sizes in the Whirlpool category. If the dryer comes back for a bad timer, keep the drum and you'll be able to reuse it soon enough.
Thank you. This is really helpful.
Your right about how these videos get recommended 3 months later
Yeah this particular video is in getting into the business video. My repair videos are really like that. They’ll just flat line for three months and then all the sudden.
Excellent video.
Thanks
use the parted out dryer/washer drums as fire pits and make money off of them by selling firepits
I’ve made a few fire pits. They’re not extremely popular my area but it’s pretty hot where I live.
@@WasherDryerMoney like in winter time or just a cook out bbq...etc
I have rebuilt two direct drive washers. Kenmore and a whirlpool. They are exactly the same (LOL) Can you transport these lying down, or should they always be upright. The only thing that I see to be a problem is protecting the inlets (block of wood) and perhaps the fill part (break vacuum??) What say you.
One thing that can happen from laying them down is the part that allows the tub to slide will get turned sideways when you lift it back up. It’s easy to tell when it happened because when it happens you’ll lift the lid and see the whole drum is sitting cockeyed and does not want to straighten out. The bigger problem with this besides how hard it is to get it back on track is accidentally cracking the bottom of the outer liner drum. There’s a plastic ear that the slider track can get stuck on and when you set it up if the plastic is brittle it will just break the drum on the bottom. I’ve seen this numerous times on direct drive washer‘s.
If you have to transport them laying down you can just be extremely careful and double check the track before you stand them up.
@@WasherDryerMoney thanks again amigo!
When you don’t know whether the motor is working or not, and you say as is in the description, do you still put it up for the same price around $50 or do you cut it in half?
Wear gloves AT ALL TIMES when dismantling!!!!!!! Just made that mistake :(
That’s true. I am the worlds worst at wearing gloves when I should. My hands have definitely paid the price over the years.
Thank you for all the tips/ advice!
Glad to help
Ebay is the Best place to sell. Just be clear in your description....
Your channel is getting popular brother!
I am hating I love change! Send me some of that haha
Test the motor with the my extension cord thingy I made.
I sold a drain pump today on ebay.
How much did you make on the pump.
@@WasherDryerMoney About 30$ paid for the washer I couldn't fix. I know you said 100$ and up
How do I know selling used appliances is good in my area
Start by flipping under priced sets. Buy for $100 sell for $200
I would like a vid on how you would test that dryer motor to see if it's working..
motors are pretty easy to test. I just didn't want to put the machine entirely back together again.
Basically turn it on and see if it runs.
if it makes a buzzing noise like a week motor that's the number one sign of a motor going out.
So you dont work on washers with bad bearings? Im asking because I have a kenmore elite right now with bad bearing and wondering if its worth the trouble to try and fix or just pull parts from
I personally do not. But it depends on if you have a lot of machines to go through. I had tons of machines when I was running full-time and would rather fix Machines that do not take up four times the amount of time as an easy fix machine. I would usually put them in a pile and lie to myself that I will get to them as soon as I get caught up but that would never happen. Towards the end I would just part them out and use the parts to fix the easier machines.
But having that said it depends on if you have a abundance of machines. If you only have A few machines in plenty of time it might be worth it to you. Be sure to join the Facebook group Appliance Flippers united.
@@WasherDryerMoney I'm in that group!! And yes Im down to 2 washing machines so I may attempt to fix it just for the learning experience. Thank you for all your help. I have one scrapper who I buy from, 20 a piece for washers and dryers. It has been pretty cool for a side hustle so far, and profitable
Thanks for the videos, I'm really learning a lot. What happens when you have a bad drum seal? Is it noisy or banging around? Thanks, S
Usually it's a grinding noise. Sometimes it will sound like sandpaper rubbing.
I got a maytag dryer that only works on high heat but wont heat on other settings but barrel still rolls. Im guessing timer
I would say 95% chance the timer. Pretty easy to check and you can send it to a timer refurbished.
I use the guy on eBay it's $35 and he does a amazing job.
I have a video on it. I'll see if I can find the link.
ruclips.net/video/GiVEZJph1jM/видео.html
@@WasherDryerMoney thanks a bunch. I saw a video on filing the contacts
Sometimes that will work but most of the time the plastic pieces that ride on the timer will develop a Groove and not press the contacts together hard enough creating Sparks and Heat which leads to the problem.
How mechanically inclined to you need to be to start repairing washers and dryers?
washers and dryers have about five common problems that happen all the time. Occasionally you'll run into some type of very rare problem but most of the time it's the same five things you're fixing over and over and over and over again. I really think that most people that are able to change their spark plugs can definitely repair washer dryer. Just got through some RUclips University and you'll get the idea pretty quickly. Now there are the newer fancy stuff that have a lot more complicated problems but I just avoid those machines.
If I can do it you can do it. I was never mechanical. But over time I started getting better
The secret is buying junk ones, not fixing other people's. If you fail, you lose $20 or whatever the junk one cost to buy. That way there's no real cost of failure. Dryers are stupidly easy to fix. You need a screwdriver (i love my 9 in 1), a putty knife,, and a multimeter. Those three tools will disassemble like, 90% of appliances and allow you to repair them.
What's the most obscure/oddball washer and dryer have you gotten / parted out? I think the strangest thing I've seen is a Whirlpool Direct Drive Washer w/ a digital pushbutton top (not a Calypso!) and a 3-way recirculation drain pump valve. I mean, I've gotten the Frankenstein monster known as the Calypso too, but that one threw me off.
I do all the appliances, and the one that's big money that I've sold more of than you'd think are French-Door.... Doors and Glass Tops to Stoves. No one really wants to ship 'em, and you can use the same type box for either. Those have been good hustles, but they have to be immaculate, and you have to hunt down the Part #'s for them to match them up.
I actually have a dryer right now that I’m going to make a video on soon that is one of the weirdest ones I’ve seen. It’s a 1968 lady Kenmore. It’s nearly built exactly like a regular filter out the top dryer. They have been making them for that long.
It has a multi stage heating element.
The weirdest thing about it is, it has a spot for a fragrance bottle next to the lint filter. It has a tube that attaches to the fragrance bottle and runs down next to the light.
I got the dryer working. There actually wasn’t that much wrong with it. It came with one of the fragrance bottles in the little compartment.
@@WasherDryerMoney ive had a few Lady Kenmores. Does it have the cartridge style element or the even older one? The lint-top dryer is way older than you think... I had one i thought was an 88 but was a 78. It uses the older style element that looks like a bedframe. Changing them is a PITA compared to the newer style, but the rest is the same. Its great.
It's so crazy how long lasting they used to make appliances. I can guarantee you the regular pause/play washer and dryers will not be working In 50 years. We are definitely in the age of disposable appliances compared to what they used to be.
@@WasherDryerMoney I really want to get and tear down the Maytag 5-year warrantied "Commercial-grade" unit. I've looked the part#'s up, and they're wildly different than a standard VMW. Maybe one day they'd start putting those parts in the regular ones - the actual wholesale cost on the upgraded/longer lasting parts... isn't actually more expensive for some reason, despite all the major fail points being re-enforced.
Yeah I looked really close at a set in Lowes. One of these employees asked if I was interested in buying it. LOL
I've only gotten a couple Speed Queen Dryer's over the years and still haven't gotten a washer. I tore down the Speed Queen and was very impressed with how well it was made in the gauge of metal they used. It was a much older model so I'm not sure if it is exactly the same as what they are making now. I know Speed Queen started making that updated versions but no one seems to like but I don't think they've updated the dryer has far as I know.
anytime someone ask me what I would recommend if they bought new I always suggest Speed Queen just because the Scrappers never bring me one so that's got to be a good sign.
Where do you sell parts if you don't use ebay?
I’m only sell on eBay. I didn’t do a lot of selling of Parts I mainly refurbished and sold the machines. Be sure to check out bins appliances and junk channel he does a lot of eBay parts Selling.
How big is the county you’re selling out of?
The channel I appreciate how active you are with your followers
About 70,000 in my County.
so true about the ebay BS
I did an interview with Ben's appliances and he sells a lot of parts on eBay. There are several parts on appliances that are very worthwhile to sell on eBay. You can actually make more money in some cases selling a few parts off of a broken machine versus fixing it and selling it working.
How do you make sure a machine works before selling it? Is it necessary to test every single setting?
I'm going to make several more of these videos but I've already made a Quick Chek video for the common filter out the top dryers. Check it out let me know if this is what you're looking for and I'll make some more on other type of machines.
ruclips.net/video/VZMa7KMjcEs/видео.html
I have a nice stackable Frigidaire washer and dryer (LTF2140FS1 LEO1442ES1). Everything works as it should, but the drum seal on the washer is stained from trapped moisture and debris. After looking up the part I’m unable to get a drum seal or “bellow” as some sites call it, and I’m scared to paint it and then it cause problems the first time a customer uses it. What should I do? It’s a valuable set so I could possibly profit from parts??
Love my parts. Almost pray I get one that I can’t repair to use for parts. 😂
Lol
@Jonathan T. Brown I use them on other appliances. Just started looking into eBay
Thank you for the great video, wondering if you can shed light on selling parts off appliances that are not worth fixing. Do you test them at all before sale? Struggling a little with that atm. Don't wanna sell something that didn't work to begin with.
I don’t sell a ton of parts on eBay but when I do it will usually come off a machine that I know exactly what’s wrong with it so I will sell all parts except for the parts that have to do with what is wrong with the machine. Check out the channel “Ben’s appliances and junk” he specializes in selling off parts on eBay. He has several videos on it. Also look through my videos I did a three part interview with him.
@@WasherDryerMoney thank you Sir, much appreciated!
Save those vintage appliances please don’t scrap them they will last forever
Just curious, is there a way to bench test W & D control boards, or do you simply assume they work if the machine works? Been trying to find a video or website showing how to bench test those control boards, but can't find any.