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Thread Number: 41210
A700 Agitator Information Needed |
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Post# 609298 7/9/2012 at 21:05 (4,302 days old) by d-jones  (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Post# 609299 , Reply# 1 7/9/2012 at 21:06 (4,302 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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I know from reading this blog that Bakelite replacements are rather scarce, so I started looking for a black Power fin, thinking that it would look more correct than turquoise. Well, I finally found one, but as you can see in the photo it came with a turquoise lint filter assembly. I suppose that’s fine if that’s all there is, but I was wondering if there might be something more appropriate that I should start looking for? For example, did the lint filter assembly come in black at any time, or would the older chrome trimmed lint filters for the Bakelite agitator fit this one? Being somewhat new to vintage Maytag’s, I’m hoping some of the veteran members here can clue me in as to what my options are.
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Post# 609304 , Reply# 2 7/9/2012 at 22:46 (4,302 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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The A700 would have had this lint filter. I don't seem to have a handy picture of the A702 series filter with softener dispenser. Stainless steel with black cup. Either would look great, the dispenser-filter is nice if you regularly use fabric softener.
Good job on the standard black powerfin - a fine looking and probably better washing replacement. 
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Post# 609305 , Reply# 3 7/9/2012 at 22:56 (4,301 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Thanks Ganski | ||
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Post# 609307 , Reply# 4 7/9/2012 at 23:07 (4,301 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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They are all interchangeable. The inside diameter of all Maytag agitators with filters and filter/softener dispensers were the same. The only difference was in the height difference between the standard (16 gal.) agitators and the large-capacity (19 gal.) models. The agitator you pictured with the black poly powerfin and turquoise dispenser/filter was actually sold on some commercial machines between about 1969 and the 1980s. Odd but true!
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Post# 609308 , Reply# 5 7/9/2012 at 23:09 (4,301 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Post# 609314 , Reply# 6 7/9/2012 at 23:33 (4,301 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Thanks for the info Mark
That sprinkler was cracked and the gray cap was dried out and brittle, so I gave it to Kevin(revvinkevin). I didn't feel I needed a display piece sitting around that can't be used. But then the other day, the same guy that has the AMP cabinets had a new old stock sprinkler still in its package, so I bought it from him. Unfortunately, the rubber cap is still hard as a rock and unusable, but in searching around the internet I found something I can use as a substitute. Here's a photo of the new sprinkler and its now removed and unusable cap.
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Post# 609318 , Reply# 7 7/9/2012 at 23:36 (4,301 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Post# 609322 , Reply# 8 7/9/2012 at 23:44 (4,301 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Congrats on finding a replacement. I have never met Kevin, but everyone I know who has met him speaks of him as a gentleman and a scholar! I hope what you have found on the internet works for you. Also, you can try soaking the old plug in glycerine. Many here swear by it. I have no direct experience but I know of more than a few front-loader boots that have been brought back to service by this method.
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Post# 609326 , Reply# 9 7/10/2012 at 00:13 (4,301 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Post# 609339 , Reply# 10 7/10/2012 at 05:20 (4,301 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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 Here's a shot of the agitator for my A701. It, too would fit your machine but I think Greg is right, the one without the lint filter/fabric softener combo is the original one for the A700. I would like to meet the person at Maytag who figured out that they could replace the bulky plastic fabric softener dispenser they first used (and was used on decades of subsequent automatic washers) with a little plastic cup inside the extended hollow of their agitator. That was just a little bit of genius. 
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Post# 609358 , Reply# 12 7/10/2012 at 07:18 (4,301 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Small Fabric Snoftner Dispenser Cup
While a great simplification the small diameter cup will not always dispense properly when a low speed spin is used after the wash cycle, especially if the load is slightly out of balance. This is typical engineering for Maytag [ and other companies ] where the engineers come out with something that works well and the cost cutters come back and cheapen it and end up affecting performance.
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Post# 609387 , Reply# 13 7/10/2012 at 11:11 (4,301 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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| Post# 609394 , Reply# 15 7/10/2012 at 12:10 (4,301 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
Powerfin in old Maytags | ||
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