Ken Weitzel wrote:

Wonder if what you're hearing isn't a slightly mis-adjusted
self holding relay chattering?

That's a possibility, and I can't tell whether the noise is from gears
or relay contacts, but in the diagram for the old washer there don't
seem to be any self-holding relays or solonoids.

By the way, if you buy a scratch & dent appliance from Sears, most of
the scratches and dents on returned items are probably made by Sears
because they don't use any padding on their hand trucks or lift from
the rear.