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Post# 279311   5/10/2008 at 20:04 (5,800 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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I'm kind of tempted even though it isn't TOL.

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Post# 279312 , Reply# 1   5/10/2008 at 20:04 (5,800 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Post# 279315 , Reply# 2   5/10/2008 at 20:39 (5,800 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

I have a 1964 Custom Highlander with this same console. Mine is a single-speed Model A300.

Post# 279319 , Reply# 3   5/10/2008 at 21:06 (5,800 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Thanks Gyrafoam!!

Post# 279320 , Reply# 4   5/10/2008 at 21:28 (5,800 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)        
AMP

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I didn't want to make a thread for such a dumb question, so i'm "driftin'" a bit.

What on earth does AMP stand for? As in an AMP washer.


Post# 279325 , Reply# 5   5/10/2008 at 21:45 (5,800 days old) by tuthill ()        
John

I belive AMP stands for Automatic Model Pump. Maytag's first automatic!

Post# 279329 , Reply# 6   5/10/2008 at 21:59 (5,800 days old) by volvoguy87 (Cincinnati, OH)        
AMPs

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The AMP had the pump, supposedly there was also an AM which lacked a pump. I have never heard of an AM being found or seen by one of us. I guess the AM worked via a gravity drain like some commercial machine. At the time of Maytag's first venture into automatic washers, many homes had wash tubs, and it was often easier (and cheaper) to get a washer with a pump and hook the drain hose such that it would drain into the tub. If this method was not used, a new drain line would have to be installed for the washer.

How does the AMP perform compared to other washers?

Not to distract from the subject of this thread,
Dave


Post# 279388 , Reply# 7   5/11/2008 at 08:52 (5,799 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        
As you may recall----

The "AMP" style machines manufactured up untill about (what?) 1958 or so, had a "jacketed" INNER tub. So even though the inside portion was perforated the whole (two-piece) inner-tub really was a "solid-tub" in the way it functioned---at least when throwing-out the water during spin. i.e. it was not the OUTER-tub's job to contain the water for the inner-tub.

Therefore it didn't matter that the drain-hose was stuffed into a floor drain or allowed to pass through the wall of the house and out into the yard (or driveway) as many people did with their "AM" models.

It was only when the inner-tub became a true "perforated" single piece unit that the outer tub could no longer be drained by gravity.



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