I was struggling a bit with my machine-I wasn't sure what to expect as far as noises and what not. Turns out, it is the drain pump making "the noise" and it is perfectly normal. I love my warsher! she is a tank! I would love to buy another for sure. I did a bit of searching thru here and found ways to increase water levels, add rinses etc. On a side note, I found a full size t9800 dryer on Kijiji (5 hours away) and bought it. Not sure if it actually works or not, haven't brought it downstairs yet. I am hoping like heck it does LOL! it came with a pedestal as well. For now, I am running my 4842 washer with a Kenmore dryer. I have a Samsung washer off to the side, and will be hooking up my Miele dryer whenever I can get enough hands on deck to bring it down my stairs of doom. I plan on running all 4 machines in the near future. haha@ laundry unicorn! *powdered unicorn horn anyone?* is something I always say when I feel like I am being asked an impossible to answer question. Not sure where you live, but there is a Miele unboxed store in Ontario that I would dearly love to check out-however, I am in SK!

Funny.....we once had a neighbor like that. He was in his 70's and married the "town tramp" ( he had money ) she was soon preggers and the old coot was strutting around like rooster. We nosey neighbors figured.........possible, but probably not....his.

Had quite the "journey of discovery" and after looking online, locally, etc. finally found a source of "decent" mechanics chests. Home Depot. They have a good online assortment, free shipping to a local store, and free home shipping for the "less expensive" units. I ordered a "Husky" six drawer, 46" H, 16" D, 26" wide. 180 reviews, average was four out of five stars. $104.22 delivered to my local HD. Husky also has a two year warranty, if that means anything. Ev

Nothing unusual about this spring design per what I've observed, although there usually is a bit of grease at the contact points. Whirlpool direct-drive toploaders have four suspension springs that are metal-to-metal and do wear over time at both sides of the contact points. It's fairly common on aged, well-used machines that the counterbalance spring wears through the mounting hole in the rear frame rail. Simple enough fix to drill a new hole beside it.