It's only one model, etc. But it's an idea to file away.

In 1994, when I moved into this trailer, the folks moving out left me a
Whirlpool LXA5300W1 washing machine. Top loader, mechanical timer, and
fairly plain looking machine.

I met the woman once, and she said the washer needed a $65 part, so they
were leaving it. However, they were taking the dryer cause it still worked.

After some trouble shooting, I found the motor was siezed up. So, I took the
motor out, and wrenched on the pulley with a Channelocks. Got the motor
shaft to turn, and pumped in some two cycle oil to lube the berrings.
Machine worked nicely for about 7 or 8 years, and then had to oil the motor
again.

The latest was the timer. It jammed in fill, between wash and rinse. I came
home one day after church and found it had been running fill water for the
last four hours or so. Fortunately, down the drain not onto the floor.

It did it again a couple days ago.

I called the parts house, and found out it takes a 365002 timer. Which was
NLA, No Longer Available. But, when it was avail, it cost $95 or so.

A quick Google search found a couple such timers. One was about $125,
through a historic parts house. Another was about $77 through Ebay.

It did occur to me that maybe I could oil the motor. Worked on the main
motor. I took the assembly apart, that holds the timer. The motor was held
on to the back of the timer switch with a couple little screws. They were
between the two sizes I had in my socket wrench set. Larger than 5/64, and
smaller than 3/32. But a very tiny crescent wrench did the job.

When I got the motor off, it looked as though the gear pack in the timer was
coated in smokers film. It occured to me that perhaps it was dried oil or
grease. I blasted as best I could with aerosol parts cleaner (trichlor) and
let that dry a bit. And then a blast of penetrating oil.

Put it all back together, and, uh, give it a whirl. Sorry. Seems to work
now.

--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com

You may wish to check the fill level sensor. This is a pressure switch
connected to the bottom of the tub with a plastic tube. On my machine the
tubing had hardened where it mated to the sensor and slowly leaked. Result
machine over flowed. I cut off about an inch of the end of tube and put it
back on the sensor. So far so good. Usually when the machine fills the
timer stops until the pressure switch senses the machine has filled then
starts again since time to fill machine varies depending on water pressure
etc..


"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...
It's only one model, etc. But it's an idea to file away.

In 1994, when I moved into this trailer, the folks moving out left me a
Whirlpool LXA5300W1 washing machine. Top loader, mechanical timer, and
fairly plain looking machine.

I met the woman once, and she said the washer needed a $65 part, so they
were leaving it. However, they were taking the dryer cause it still
worked.

After some trouble shooting, I found the motor was siezed up. So, I took
the
motor out, and wrenched on the pulley with a Channelocks. Got the motor
shaft to turn, and pumped in some two cycle oil to lube the berrings.
Machine worked nicely for about 7 or 8 years, and then had to oil the
motor
again.

The latest was the timer. It jammed in fill, between wash and rinse. I
came
home one day after church and found it had been running fill water for the
last four hours or so. Fortunately, down the drain not onto the floor.

It did it again a couple days ago.

I called the parts house, and found out it takes a 365002 timer. Which was
NLA, No Longer Available. But, when it was avail, it cost $95 or so.

A quick Google search found a couple such timers. One was about $125,
through a historic parts house. Another was about $77 through Ebay.

It did occur to me that maybe I could oil the motor. Worked on the main
motor. I took the assembly apart, that holds the timer. The motor was held
on to the back of the timer switch with a couple little screws. They were
between the two sizes I had in my socket wrench set. Larger than 5/64, and
smaller than 3/32. But a very tiny crescent wrench did the job.

When I got the motor off, it looked as though the gear pack in the timer
was
coated in smokers film. It occured to me that perhaps it was dried oil or
grease. I blasted as best I could with aerosol parts cleaner (trichlor)
and
let that dry a bit. And then a blast of penetrating oil.

Put it all back together, and, uh, give it a whirl. Sorry. Seems to work
now.

--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com

That is really excellent advice. I found the fill sensor, which is up by the
timer. Of course, the bottom end of the tube is down there some where.

The fill sensor is OK -- cause for the first fill (wash cycle) the water
fills up adn shuts off. I'll remember the advice for when it over fills,
over flows, etc.

Was there a hose clamp on the bottom of the tube?
--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com


"Jeff" wrote in message
...
You may wish to check the fill level sensor. This is a pressure switch
connected to the bottom of the tub with a plastic tube. On my machine the
tubing had hardened where it mated to the sensor and slowly leaked. Result
machine over flowed. I cut off about an inch of the end of tube and put it
back on the sensor. So far so good. Usually when the machine fills the
timer stops until the pressure switch senses the machine has filled then
starts again since time to fill machine varies depending on water pressure
etc..

I didn't check the bottom since a leak there will cause water to drip under
the machine. Also more difficult for water to leak compared to air. The
tubing was in good shape except the piece over the fill sensor. A simple
test. Let washer fill, as soon as it stops turn it off and wait an hour,
turn back on. If it starts to add water then it may have a problem.


"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...
That is really excellent advice. I found the fill sensor, which is up by
the
timer. Of course, the bottom end of the tube is down there some where.

The fill sensor is OK -- cause for the first fill (wash cycle) the water
fills up adn shuts off. I'll remember the advice for when it over fills,
over flows, etc.

Was there a hose clamp on the bottom of the tube?
--

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com


"Jeff" wrote in message
...
You may wish to check the fill level sensor. This is a pressure switch
connected to the bottom of the tub with a plastic tube. On my machine the
tubing had hardened where it mated to the sensor and slowly leaked.
Result
machine over flowed. I cut off about an inch of the end of tube and put
it
back on the sensor. So far so good. Usually when the machine fills the
timer stops until the pressure switch senses the machine has filled then
starts again since time to fill machine varies depending on water pressure
etc..