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Post# 528346 7/2/2011 at 21:33 (4,679 days old) by Kenmore71  (Minneapolis, MN) |
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I happy to report that my 1967 Maytag DG806 is back together and for all intents and purposes seems to be working properly!!!
This machine was a bit of a challenge and most of the real headaches came from the electronic dryness sensing system. While not completely solved to my satisfaction, I think I'm well on my way. Here is a link to the "before" pictures. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Kenmore71's LINK This post was last edited 07/02/2011 at 22:01 | ||
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Post# 528350 , Reply# 1 7/2/2011 at 21:46 (4,679 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Pictures!
Here's a list of what was done:
- I thoroughly cleaned up the insides. - Took the motor apart, cleaned, and oiled it. - Replaced the Hi-Limit stat as it was cycling the burner off within 5 minutes of firing with a full load of wet clothes. After replacement the burner is cycling properly on the original cycling stat. - Pulled the drum and oiled its bearing. - Replaced the large front felt seal with a new one. (Thanks to Combo52 for the part lead and Larry at Modern Parts for saving it for me!) - Sanded and painted both large pulleys and the back of the blower housing. - Replaced the original aluminum motor pulley with a new steel one. - Replaced the original electronic control with a NOS one. (I'm still not entirely happy with the way this one works either. This one does shut the machine off, but it seems to be overdrying by about 10 minutes or so on "Regular", replacing the capacitor is the next step.) - Replaced the door seal. - Replaced the original, sticky, gooey wiring leading to the drum baffles. I am loathe to get out my calculator and add up how much this beast has cost me in parts and hardware! I guess that's not why we do this. :) Here's a pic looking inside the back at the motor and pulleys. 
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Post# 528354 , Reply# 2 7/2/2011 at 21:58 (4,679 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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A revelation...
When I was doing continuity tests on the baffles and slip ring, I kept finding that there was "stray voltage" getting from somewhere in the cicuit back to the cabinet. This is not good for this type of control. I was finally able to isolate the problem to the slip ring itself. Power was leaking from the ring through the felt into the aluminum blower housing. This had me scratching my head trying to figure out how I was going to solve this problem. Then it occured to me: I was doing these tests on a cold dryer in a basement when the dewpoint was 70 degrees, of course the felt was going to conduct some electricity through it when it's damp! I fired up the dryer until the cycling stat cut the burner out and ran tests again. NO voltage leaks!!! Dry, hot felt doesn't conduct electricity.
The pesky slip ring and it's felt. 
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Post# 528355 , Reply# 3 7/2/2011 at 21:59 (4,679 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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A glamor shot | ||
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Post# 528362 , Reply# 4 7/2/2011 at 22:30 (4,679 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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The brain | ||
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Post# 528364 , Reply# 5 7/2/2011 at 23:35 (4,679 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 528377 , Reply# 6 7/3/2011 at 03:35 (4,679 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 528385 , Reply# 7 7/3/2011 at 06:19 (4,679 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Quiet | ||
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Post# 528386 , Reply# 8 7/3/2011 at 06:41 (4,679 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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It is quiet
This machine is pretty quiet. One little issue it has is that the motor has a little bit of a "rumble" to it. It did this even when it had no pulley on it. The machine amplifies this rumble and also, being a gas model, there is the low rumble of the gas burner too. There are also a few rattles here and there that I need to chase down.
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Post# 528394 , Reply# 9 7/3/2011 at 08:08 (4,679 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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Post# 528421 , Reply# 10 7/3/2011 at 10:16 (4,679 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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| Post# 529438 , Reply# 11 7/8/2011 at 04:21 (4,674 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO) | ||
Capacitor | ||
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