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Lookie here .....1964 MAYTAG WASHER AND DRYER for sale in FORT COLLINS CO
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Post# 643688   12/3/2012 at 10:08 (4,133 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)        

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I'm baaaaaaack...with more goodies to report!!! Groove on this!

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Post# 643689 , Reply# 1   12/3/2012 at 10:09 (4,133 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)        
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LOGO!

Post# 643690 , Reply# 2   12/3/2012 at 10:10 (4,133 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)        
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SUDS SAVER!!!

Post# 643691 , Reply# 3   12/3/2012 at 10:10 (4,133 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)        
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GENTLE ACTION OR REGULAR ACTION

Post# 643692 , Reply# 4   12/3/2012 at 10:11 (4,133 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)        
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DRYER

Post# 643693 , Reply# 5   12/3/2012 at 10:12 (4,133 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)        
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DRYER BUTTON

Post# 643702 , Reply# 6   12/3/2012 at 11:09 (4,133 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        

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That is VERY interesting, a Maytag Highlander with a TIMED fill??

 

I have N E V E R seen that before!

 

Kevin


Post# 643737 , Reply# 7   12/3/2012 at 14:43 (4,133 days old) by agitatorboogie (Denver)        
i didn't notice that right away REVKEV

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....and there are temperature controls on the dryer....My turquoise maytag has temperature controls on the timer.....

Post# 643739 , Reply# 8   12/3/2012 at 14:44 (4,133 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Nice set, but how do they get "matching"? Because they both say MAYTAG?


Post# 643762 , Reply# 9   12/3/2012 at 17:21 (4,133 days old) by appnut (TX)        
Timed Fill

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Yes, I believe rich (Powerfin64) has a highlander with timed fill.  I thought this was only for BOL machines.  IU never imagined I"d see a timed fill with two speeds, really "fancy".  And no, they aren't a matched set, look at the color of the two control panels.


Post# 643778 , Reply# 10   12/3/2012 at 18:01 (4,133 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Totally stymied by the control dial

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Rinse......Fill......Rinse.....Dry

 

a Double-Rinsing Maytag?

 

DAN, BEN & CO, what's going on here?

 

Wait.... just thought of something: Is the first Rinse period, the wash spin and the spray rinse?

 

How many Tag dials have we seen here, but never this one. Had to get the magnifier out to be sure I wasn't hallucinating. What other Tags (years and models) have this rare dial?

 

AGI BOOGIE: A suds ~ AWESOME! Thanks for a doubly rare treat!

 

 


Post# 643782 , Reply# 11   12/3/2012 at 18:18 (4,133 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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I believe the washer is either a A200S or a A202S - yes, a BOL, two speed, timed fill Maytag with suds saver. I can't say that I've seen a suds version of a 100/200 panel - can you shoot a picture of the whole panel?

I had to brush up on the service lit for this one - but to return the suds, you would set the switch to "SAVE", then set the timer to about the 10 minute mark. Once the suds were fully returned, reset the timer for the desired wash time, add any necessary detergent and clothes. Much different method than a Maytag with the SUDS RETURN built into the timer.

The 124 originally was the A200 from 1958 till around 1961, then the A200/A202 was in production until 1965.

The dryer is a DE300.

Mike - Maytag did some funny stuff with their pre-06 timer dials. Some of them show the whole spin from wash and rinse as a whole rinse, but this washer follows the typical Maytag convention of Wash - Spin - Spray Rinse - Spin - Fill - Rinse - Spin.

Ben




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Post# 643797 , Reply# 12   12/3/2012 at 19:30 (4,133 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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I'd love to see a money shot. Could this model be the same as the first 'Tag I ever saw, with a dark blue/gray speckled tub and the wringer style black bakelite gyratator? I remember being so freaked that the entire agitator was submerged during the wash cycle; you could see rollover and movement, but no agitator in sight! Dr. Freud thought that was interesting. Marked me for life.


Post# 643799 , Reply# 13   12/3/2012 at 19:34 (4,133 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Thanks Ben ~

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Interesting to see a full rinse marking for the spray AND EXCITNG, too.

 

Usually the Save or Drains switches regulate the output; you know: one hose if you're not saving suds, or two if you are, and then Suds (return) is marked on the dial or there is another button for return. This arrangement is unusual. I, too, am wondering if there is a return switch, but if you say the doctrine says to select SAVE, then of course, I believe you, and there would not be a return switch.

 

What a trip this Maytag is. To devote a whole rinse segment to the almighty unparalleled* Maytag spray is so preferential, respectful, and cool it sends me right over the top, and now I want one SOOOOO bad. Then when someone comes over, I can exclaim, "You must, must, must come see my Maytag with the special rinse setting!" I'm sure they'll hurry away. Frown Good! LOL.

 

* until GM FINALLY figured it out in the 1-18.




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Post# 643807 , Reply# 14   12/3/2012 at 20:05 (4,133 days old) by washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)        

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I've got the same dryer in turquoise and soooo quiet! Great machine. Still working on getting the matching washer up & running...

Post# 643837 , Reply# 15   12/3/2012 at 20:35 (4,133 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
A200S

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Cool this is a rare machine and another low mileage machine in great condition, Yay

 

Michael as Ben was explaining you set the washer timer dial to 10 minutes or less and the motor will start running and if in addition you push the suds save button it will energize the two-way valve and the washer will suck what ever amount of water is in the storage tub back into the washer. And if for some unusual reason there is more than about 18 gallons of water in the storage tub the washer will overflow, LOL.


Post# 643875 , Reply# 16   12/3/2012 at 21:34 (4,133 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO)        
On the Suds Return,

My Mom had a machine like this she bought in March of 1965. Although ours didn't have the timed fill. It had the Small, Med and Full buttons for the water level. It also had the Suds Return and the non-filter, non-fabric softener gyrafoam agitator, same as the wringer models. No lights on it either. It I've always wondered about the enormous stress it must have been on the motor when it was refilling. Since these weren't supposed to operate with the top up, you loaded the washer and started it empty while the agitator started and the used wash water refilled the tub. Once those clothes were wet, but before the tub was refilled, that must have been hard on the motor. I would have thought it made more sense to refill the machine then add the clothes. But the safety switch made that impossible.

In theory anyway. I think our machine was about 2 days old before I figured out the clothes pin trick to let it operate with the top up. And I was all of 9 years old at the time!

It was a great machine. It lasted over 30 years!


Post# 643879 , Reply# 17   12/3/2012 at 21:50 (4,133 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
OMG Ken !!!

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That is the same machine in a "Tag Laundromat" in Sandwich on the Cape. I can't believe you remember the "Gyrator" being submerged during the Wash and Rinse cycles. I used to fold up a pack of my Mom's matches for Cigs back then and stuff it the back of the Lid just to watch the turnover of the Wash and Rinse.

What Memories. Imagine on a Hot July Night in the early 60's. Going to a Laundromat. And hearing 48 Maytag Highlanders droning to the Agitation and Spin Cycles with Timers "Scratching" when they changed increments. Hot water was at least 140 when you hit the "Hot Wash" button. Imagine the smell of "Blue Cheer" and Clorox on a 80 degree night in July with a Ice Cream Cone in hand !!!


Post# 643883 , Reply# 18   12/3/2012 at 21:58 (4,133 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO)        
As I remenber.

The water didn't actually cover the agitator. It went to the "water line" about an inch and a half from the top. But with the washing action at times the water would cover the top of the agitator. A lot of suds would definitely cover it.

Post# 643885 , Reply# 19   12/3/2012 at 21:59 (4,133 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Suds-Saver Washers And Motor Stress

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When returning the suds water to the washer the wash tub should not have any clothing in it, the exception would be solid tub washers that had a dedicated suds return pump to return the suds water and did not agitate during suds return process. Once the majority of the wash water was returned you could add the next load of clothing and add additional detergent and allow the washer to top off the water level usually with hot water.


Post# 643886 , Reply# 20   12/3/2012 at 22:04 (4,133 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO)        
I think I remember ours did,

You set the dial to Suds Return, the agitator started and the pump started pulling the wash water from the laundry tub/sink back into the washer. You could do it with nothing in the washer and the agitator would kick up lots of suds with the splashing action. But I might be thinking of the old Kenmore we had before the Maytag.

Post# 643904 , Reply# 21   12/3/2012 at 22:48 (4,133 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
I agree with John, Larry.

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Both Kenmores and Maytags returned suds the same way. Somewhere in the manuals, they tell you to return the sudsy water before adding the clothes. In Maytags you would have to close the lid, as you say, but the KM's allowed you to watch all the fun. At some point, maybe in the late 70's KM engineered the low speed suds-return, thus creating less stress mainly on the clothing, for anyone loading before sudsing.


Post# 643906 , Reply# 22   12/3/2012 at 22:53 (4,133 days old) by appnut (TX)        
maybe in the late 70's KM engineered the low speed suds

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Actually our 1970/1971 Kenmore 800 the dead space on the timer dial that was intended for suds return was gentle agition. 


Post# 643910 , Reply# 23   12/3/2012 at 22:58 (4,133 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Looks like a 202S as it has the center lid switch and bump in the heavier lid to actuate it. Earlier Highlanders had the switch to the left of center and strike lip on a thinner lid. My grandmother's had the exposed-button switch of the earlier model and my thumbs would nearly be bruised from holding it in cycle after cycle.

Post# 643915 , Reply# 24   12/3/2012 at 23:21 (4,133 days old) by e2l-arry (LAKEWOOD COLORADO)        
BUT

On the Maytag, if it won't operate with the lid open, how would you put clothes in after the water was returned to the washer? Assuming most users didn't know about bypassing the safety switch. You'd have to do that a few clothes at a time, agitate to pull them under, lift the lid stopping the machine, add a few more clothes, repeat the process until the entire load was in the washer. It's been a long time but I don't remember doing it like that. I think we loaded up the machine then set it to suds return. THEN, after all the water was back in, you moved the timer to how long you wanted it to wash. At that point it would go back into fill mode to replace water lost from the previous load. The temperature would depend on what the machine was set at.

Post# 643925 , Reply# 25   12/4/2012 at 00:13 (4,133 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Bajaspuma,  are you referring to the no centerpost agitator like in a "bluebell"?  I do remember such a machine that was on clearance in the 1960's.  IIRC,  this was a machine with the 2 dials on the center panel, no pushbuttons.  Please know this sighting was in the mid 1960's.  and it had to be discontinued or used because the folks ended up buying the 1 cycle center dial with gray paint instead of chrome.  alr



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