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Post# 437652   5/26/2010 at 17:04 (5,054 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 437672 , Reply# 1   5/26/2010 at 18:41 (5,054 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Last year of pink was 1965. I believe the last year of turquoise was 1967. '66-'67 606/806/906 machines had the poly agitator with the same filtration of the Bakelite agitators in the higher end highlanders and up, which included the lower baffle. I'd sure love to find/buy a couple of those early agitators, but they almost always cement themselves to the agitator shaft and usually end up being destroyed in the removal process. They don't have opening at the base of the agitator, like the post '67 agitators, to make use of a puller (just like the Bakelite). It makes it all the more fun to remove them....preferably in one piece, lol.
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Post# 437673 , Reply# 2   5/26/2010 at 18:47 (5,054 days old) by appliguy (Oakton Va.)   |   | |
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Post# 437692 , Reply# 3   5/26/2010 at 20:34 (5,054 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 437698 , Reply# 4   5/26/2010 at 21:33 (5,054 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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The first couple of years of power finn agitators with the baffle still had an aluminum drive block with rubber molded around it pressed into the agitator. The aluminum block would get stuck to the steel agitator shaft more easily unless it was removed occasionally and a little grease applied to the shaft. Few people did this with the automatics many did it with the wringer washers as you had to remove the agitator to clean the strainer. Luckily I have managed to save several of the original agitators, its the only one I like use with the non orbital transmissions because it actually makes the lint filter work a little bit.
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Post# 437732 , Reply# 5   5/26/2010 at 23:36 (5,054 days old) by brettsomers ()   |   | |
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Baja, always enjoy your machine renderings. I dont think ive ever seen you do a Maytag before. Good job. |
Post# 437829 , Reply# 7   5/27/2010 at 11:58 (5,053 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)   |   | |
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in that Yellow. But, alas, in 1997, the colour choices were White or Almond, and I HATE Almond. Lawrence/Maytagbear |
Post# 437837 , Reply# 8   5/27/2010 at 12:40 (5,053 days old) by SRSwirl ()   |   | |
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On Maytag's classic center dial w/ pushbutton consoles, did they ever offer a second rinse via one of the pushbutton options on any of those models? |
Post# 437838 , Reply# 9   5/27/2010 at 12:44 (5,053 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 437926 , Reply# 10   5/27/2010 at 19:04 (5,053 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Post# 437937 , Reply# 11   5/27/2010 at 20:19 (5,053 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 437946 , Reply# 12   5/27/2010 at 21:15 (5,053 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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There was no 2nd rinse option on MT center Dial machines. MT was very conservative about wasting water and did not offer it until forced to by the computation. I think this was part of MTs strategy in trying to make long lasting washers & dryers, just doing an extra rinse adds about 50% more ware to the machine per load.
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