"Brian O" wrote:
We've had a Whirlpool top loader for 15 yrs now and its still going, not on
all four cylinders, but still washes clothes.

Speaking of cylinders and washing machines. When I was a kid - in 1952 -
we had a gasoline powered washing machine on the back porch that had a
two cylinder engine. You started it with a pedal very much like a motor
cycle. It ran several hours every Monday morning - wash day.
Harry