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Maytag wringer---pretty in pank!
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Post# 80303   8/25/2005 at 20:35 (6,818 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

See E-Bay #7178631274. Flat-top filter agitator and "MAYTAG" in "block" style letters leads me to believe this machine early sixties----'62,'63,'64? I notice how Maytag has a water level fill line on the agitator instead of the tub wall. I would have thought they might have standardized and used the same agitator for the automatics.




Post# 80325 , Reply# 1   8/25/2005 at 21:58 (6,818 days old) by fixerman ()        

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Post# 80327 , Reply# 2   8/25/2005 at 22:00 (6,818 days old) by fixerman ()        

Another dreamer!

Post# 80330 , Reply# 3   8/25/2005 at 22:04 (6,818 days old) by fixerman ()        

The agitators do not interchange between automatic and wringers.

Post# 80343 , Reply# 4   8/25/2005 at 22:50 (6,818 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        
Starting bid: $750.00!!!!!!

Someone wake the seller up from that dream! Greg Nunn just explained to me the other reason the agitators were not interchangeable with the automatics----there was an air bubble beneath the wringer model to keep water from running down the agitate shaft. Greg is of the opinion that this is a mid to late fifties machine. It was the "block" style lettering that made me think early sixties.

Post# 80359 , Reply# 5   8/25/2005 at 23:31 (6,818 days old) by fixerman ()        

I am not sure that the agitators are different for the reason Greg Nunn stated. Both the automatic and wringer have basically the same seal setup. Both should have the air pocket so the seal isn't underwater and the drive shaft doesn't get wet and corroded, even thought the often do. The reason they do not interchange is because the splines are higher up the agitator on the automatics, so if you put an automatic agitator in a wringer, the skirt would bottom out before locking down on the locking ring.

Post# 80389 , Reply# 6   8/26/2005 at 07:08 (6,818 days old) by westyslantfront ()        

I have never seen Maytag wringer before with agitator from Maytag Highlander automatic.

Post# 80393 , Reply# 7   8/26/2005 at 07:18 (6,818 days old) by repair-man (Pittsburgh PA)        
Second That . . .

Of all the wringers I have seen I have never come across one with an agitator like the automatics.

Post# 80398 , Reply# 8   8/26/2005 at 08:11 (6,818 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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No time to scan and post it now, but the wringer agitators do have a "cup" around the spline and shaft, they added it to be sure the air bubble or block was maintained around the shaft, I'll look it up later after work, it's quite interesting. I have a Maytag "Let's Talk Service" bulletin on it and on the filter agitator, it was an option for the wringer washers.

Post# 80404 , Reply# 9   8/26/2005 at 08:46 (6,817 days old) by fixerman ()        

The cup must have been added on later models. I have wringer agitators without that cup.

Post# 80472 , Reply# 10   8/26/2005 at 18:28 (6,817 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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1964 was the changeover. I wonder why they decided this was so much better than the previous 40 years design?


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