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No. 0079Laundry room

c. 2002

Whirlpool direct drive washer

Whirlpool

Running about 24 years

One $6 coupler in 22 years, and spares on a shelf

A Whirlpool top-loading washer with its lid up, filling with water. Not the one in the story. — A Whirlpool top-loading washer with its lid up, filling with water. Not the one in the story. Photo: Corn cheese, CC0. The real one is in the original post.

Twenty-two years, three loads a week, one repair. That repair on this Whirlpool direct drive washer was a $6 coupler. Its owner intends to keep it forever and has stocked up for the day things wear out: a spare transmission, motor, timer and pump are sitting in storage.

Retold from a post on r/Appliances. Read the original

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