Need washer fixed... recommendations?

[sandgk]

Manuals linkage:

1 - Manual
2 - Installation
3 - Owner's Manual (Again?)
4 - Wiring Diagram (.png format).

Sears also recommends feeding the dormice at regular intervals, or else they squeak - buzzing though isn't a symptom of dormouse distress.

BTW, that model is a Frigidaire in Sears clothing so MTBF should be 10 years.

 

[shetuck]

The 'water seal' trick seemed to have helped... the buzzing/churning noise of the drain was much less severe this time. It was pretty quiet while draining the water, but got louder when trying to drain an empty tank.

Just tried restarting it, and it didn't make any awful buzz/churn noise upon startup.

The noise would not have concerned me with a washer at college, but this one is remarkably quiet during most of the cycle... so it was quite out of the ordinary.

Unless you advise otherwise, I think I'll try running a quick cycle with nothing in it and see how it performs.

If there's a problem with the valves forming a seal, putting in water can help. If there's a problem with the pump, then running it when the valves aren't sealing things off complete will hurt the pump.

So go ahead and let the water drain and try it out with a new cycle (with the tub empty). If the buzzing comes back, shut it off because if the pump is sucking air, it will get damaged. Though the sound of a pump sucking air isn't really a "buzzing", per se... it's more of a low-pitched hum or a deep groaning noise.

I've attached a drawing from Sears to my next post that shows how the thing is put together, in case you'd like to "see" without taking anything apart. You can see the the pump (35), motor (19), drainage tube (55), etc. Looks like the valves are part of the pump (which sells for $66). This link shows the parts list.

Back to work...

 

[shetuck]

The drawing didn't come through on the last post. Trying again...

 

[ScriptOhio]

The front reads Kenmore Super Capacity 35... It's an HE washer. Can't find anything more specific, without wiggling it out and getting back behind it.

It just ran the first part of the cycle and fully drained... but still made the mechanical buzzing (maybe belt) noise upon drain/fill.


Definitely tied to the water input/output.

OK, I admit I don't know a lot about washers. I didn't even know they had a sex. I give up, how do you tell the difference between a HE and a SHE washer?

And don't tell me this one is a SHE since it has a pussy.

 

[jwinslow]

Just started a new cycle... whisper quiet during the early portion, just like before Will check in towards the end of the cycle to be clear.

it's more of a low-pitched hum or a deep groaning noise.

Yeah, maybe a mix of mechanical churning & groaning...

Also remembered that we might have run laundry & dishwasher (external) at same time... and it's possible there was a shower in there too (around the same time). So it may have been loss of water pressure after all.