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Pink Maytag set on EBAY! |
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Post# 465731   9/26/2010 at 15:10 (4,957 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 465767 , Reply# 1   9/26/2010 at 18:16 (4,957 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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PA142/PDE641C.
Couple of obvious issues. The left pane glass is toast on the dryer. Finding another older striped pane glass would be a daunting task. It looks like the washer timer dial/timer knob has been modified. The lid on the washer sags, meaning a combination of the following: Missing rubber bleach inlet tube/missing bumper, or the lid is rusted out where is rests on the rubber bleach tube (common). Or a combination of all of the above. That's just the obvious problems without pulling front/rear covers and dry testing the machines. These machines are at least 51 years old, so a complete tear down to the bases and full rebuild is an absolute must. |
Post# 465772 , Reply# 2   9/26/2010 at 18:46 (4,957 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 465789 , Reply# 3   9/26/2010 at 19:35 (4,957 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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It's glass, but unlike the later glass panels, it's frosted on both sides. Maytag quit using that glass in 1959, so finding a panel would be very difficult. Having a panel cut, frosted, and silk screened(?) would probably be extremely expensive.
Here's a pic of the 641C dryer I gave to redcarpetdrew. |
Post# 465801 , Reply# 4   9/26/2010 at 19:47 (4,957 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 466043 , Reply# 6   9/27/2010 at 19:58 (4,956 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I am in the process of restoring a pink MT gas dryer like this one, I believe I have an extra set of glass panels if someone gets this pair. The pink gas one I have is being converted to electric ignition using parts from a MT big load dryer. Originally Bob of Hollywood and I started on this dryer but I haven't heard from him in over a month so I will probably sell it after I finish it and have some fun using it for a while.
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Post# 466066 , Reply# 7   9/27/2010 at 20:47 (4,956 days old) by bobofhollywood ()   |   | |
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Thanks a lot john for demonstrating that you have all the integrity I expect of you. I really appreciate that a lot. You're a real pal. |
Post# 466200 , Reply# 8   9/28/2010 at 15:15 (4,955 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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I had a Maytag 906 many moons ago, that had a broken glass. I used a piece of clear Plexiglass, cut it to shape, then painted one side white. Put the painted side inside, it looked pretty good I thought. I wonder if something similar could be done.
Now that I look at it, the one in the boneyard must be glass also, I see the light switches off to one side. |