I just bought a Kenmore 80 Series washer off Craigslist. The guy I got it from claimed it was only 1.5 years old and worked perfectly - never had a problem with it. It looked brand new. I took it home and hooked it up and it seemed to work perfectly, but the spin cycle never triggered. I set it to the spin cycle, turned it on, and it spun beautifully and dried out the clothes. Next, I literally watched a whole batch go through each cycle. The first portion worked perfectly, but there was a long period between draining and the rinse cycle where i could hear a motor running and a little bit of water sloshing in the base, but nothing visually was happening. It then got to the rinse cycle, filled up and worked great, drained, and then there was another long period of some motor running in the base with a little bit of sloshing water - almost like it was still trying to drain a little, but no water was visible. This lasted until the machine got to the off position and shut off. I then manually put it to spin and it spun out the clothes no problem. Any idea what's going on here?
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