1974 Kenmore Washer with the PentaSwirl

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024

Комментарии • 41

  • @WillWatchAnything
    @WillWatchAnything 16 лет назад +3

    In case anyone's curious, the agitatior on these Whirlpools (Kenmores) runs 68 strokes a minute on normal cycle. The solenoids going back are forth are the control magnet assembly, also known as the "wig wag" because of its movement. These machines are actually the most complex underneath with an entire gear case just devoted to agitation, wheres the Maytag next to it has the most simple drive assembly.

  • @coondogtheman
    @coondogtheman 16 лет назад +2

    Great to see these vintage washers still up and running, I had a washer i think one of kenmore's later models from the 90s and it got rusty and it was falling apart

  • @italobambino43
    @italobambino43 14 лет назад +1

    My Grandmother had a 1966 brown Kenmore, it had a black Roto swirl, it had an off balance censor to, it would buzz when it was off balance and stop. hers also had an over head light fixture built in and a nice white porcelain basket!

  • @ScantPear
    @ScantPear 5 лет назад

    Now that's a fucking washer.

  • @tvtimetravel
    @tvtimetravel 13 лет назад

    This perhaps the best, if not the only video, to compare neutral vs. spin drain.

  • @ManyaP64
    @ManyaP64 11 лет назад +1

    I could swear we had one of these for years. My dad used to fix our washers and did all our plumbing in those days. My Kenmore, purchased in 1996, lasted ten years before needing major work that made it cheaper to just purchase a new washer. I now own an LG front loading steam washer. It never gave me any trouble until recently, but repairs are outrageous. I'll learn to do them myself, but I'd love one of these vintage, simple washers instead!

  • @retrochad
    @retrochad 16 лет назад

    Great demonstration, I really liked seeing how the mechanism worked. It does have a more muted woo---woo effect than the one my parents used to have which was a little lower-end model.

  • @WillWatchAnything
    @WillWatchAnything 16 лет назад +1

    If I remember correctly, the delicate cycle is 40 something strokes a minute. The spin cycle on regular is about 1700 rpm and I can't remember off hand the slower speed. The Maytag I don't know the model but spatsbear will.

  • @65bug519
    @65bug519 8 лет назад +1

    I used to fix washers here in canada and this is the first penta swirl I have seen in a kenmore or whirlpool family washer

  • @ericpippen7915
    @ericpippen7915 6 лет назад +2

    I have a 1971 Pentaswirl in my garage right now. Same color and everything. It had the time released bleach and fabric softener dispensers on it. I LOVE that machine. Only reason I don't use it daily is I want it to last and just not big enough for all the clothes I have to wash...

  • @68lincoln
    @68lincoln 15 лет назад +3

    Nice Kenmore. I like the harvest gold color, the graphics and the chrome dials. My neighbor has a Lady Kenmore in harvest gold probably 1972 or 73. When he sells his house next year, he promised it to me. He was surprised that I want to "save it" from the dumpster. I'm always getting that surprised reaction from people when I ask them if I can have their old washer, dryer, console TV, etc. They can't understand why I would rather have theirs from the 60s or 70s instead of new. But..that's me!

  • @Maxxarcade
    @Maxxarcade 16 лет назад

    This is probably my favorite washer so far. There are so many cool things about it :-)
    Nice to finally hear it in stereo too.

  • @Ilovewashers
    @Ilovewashers 16 лет назад

    I love the BD Kenmores.

  • @Wasmachineman
    @Wasmachineman 7 лет назад

    Whoa, I haven't seen this vid in years. Nice to see it's still up!

  • @NVHSChadSheppard1
    @NVHSChadSheppard1 13 лет назад +1

    Such a nice machine. You won't find these around anymore. I did some videos on my 1979 Kenmore 80 series washer.

  • @vwestlife
    @vwestlife 16 лет назад +2

    No way. Avocado Green was the definitive '70s color! But I love those extra-scripty control panel labels.

  • @spatsbear
    @spatsbear  14 лет назад

    @MustangFanNC Yes. It is in my my shed awaiting to be cleaned up/restored with a 1979 Kenmore dryer. I plan on repainting both to match and use them as a pair.

  • @wilkes85
    @wilkes85 16 лет назад

    WHOOO! the gold washer!
    I love that thing, it's so deliciously '70s lol

  • @DanaWalton-y9d
    @DanaWalton-y9d 8 месяцев назад

    That's a washing machine

  • @spawn1351
    @spawn1351 15 лет назад

    12/23/78 Strand was 2 years old

  • @coolbluelights
    @coolbluelights 16 лет назад

    Gotta love harvest gold!!

  • @Dafanmon2500
    @Dafanmon2500 15 лет назад +1

    I love old Kenmores! espeacialy the Woo Woo noise

  • @spatsbear
    @spatsbear  14 лет назад

    @amberlynn6914 The Maytag was not mine... I do not know if he still has it or not....

  • @charleswallace7753
    @charleswallace7753 9 лет назад

    awesome washer ever!!!!!!!

  • @spatsbear
    @spatsbear  14 лет назад

    It's just a solenoid valve that opens, you can't burn that up.

  • @spatsbear
    @spatsbear  14 лет назад

    @gabrieljuarez1000 Certain place do rebuild these machines and resell them. The place I got it from does just that...
    Unfortunately, this washer was in the pile to be recycled for some reason. I rescued it and got it for cheap.

  • @lexmarks567
    @lexmarks567 14 лет назад

    Can you burn up the inlet valves if you turn the washer on with no water coming into the valves.

  • @lexmarks567
    @lexmarks567 15 лет назад +1

    it would have easier if you hooked it up to a garden hose. just take a washer inlest hose. screw one end of the hose to the washers cold water and the other end to the garden hose. might have to use a end cap on the hot water inlet as it might shoot out of there.

  • @spatsbear
    @spatsbear  14 лет назад

    @amberlynn6914 I sold that a couple years ago.
    I just have the '74 Kenmore with a '79 dryer, and a 1996 Maytag belt drive washer with matching as dryer.

  • @calebproductions5970
    @calebproductions5970 8 лет назад

    Aggressive washing action! ... cool

  • @gabrieljuarez1000
    @gabrieljuarez1000 14 лет назад

    nice machine, do they still sell these kind of old washers in certian stores?

  • @spatsbear
    @spatsbear  13 лет назад +1

    @NVHSChadSheppard1 I just recently sold it to another wash collector.

  • @jerryspann8713
    @jerryspann8713 8 лет назад

    does that unit use belt no. 95405

  • @willthetrill4849
    @willthetrill4849 6 лет назад

    Who currently owns this machine?

  • @jquest43
    @jquest43 7 лет назад

    IS THAT WATER??

  • @NVHSChadSheppard1
    @NVHSChadSheppard1 13 лет назад

    Still have the Kenmore?

  • @spatsbear
    @spatsbear  13 лет назад

    @jonjon1957jonjon From greasy shop towels?

  • @MustangFanNC
    @MustangFanNC 14 лет назад

    Do you still have this machine?

  • @yambo59
    @yambo59 7 лет назад +1

    Now THATS some serious agitation. Not like todays "wash plates" that just nudge the clothes around-

  • @jonjon1957jonjon
    @jonjon1957jonjon 13 лет назад

    At 3'05" just look at the colour of that water .....filthy! You should be ashamed of yourself!