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Post# 649222   12/26/2012 at 20:53 (4,110 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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So I figured I would share with the group an amazing present that Evan got me, He did not tell me where we were going today, just that I needed to get out of the house, I am recovering from surgery. So we wound up in West Bend, he took me into the ReStore there where I found a matched set of Maytag 906's, I discovered that they had been sold earlier that day and had been placed on hold. Just as I went to walk out the door he told me not so quick we need to take home that pair that had been sold.

I have gotten the washer up and running it needs a new lamp for the dash and a starter. The dryer still needs to have a 220vac outlet wired in for it, but they did say that it worked when they tested it at the store.

Hope that everyone had a Merry Christmas, and has a Happy New Year.

Mike





Post# 649224 , Reply# 1   12/26/2012 at 20:55 (4,110 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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inside the tub

Post# 649225 , Reply# 2   12/26/2012 at 20:56 (4,110 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Mon Dieu!

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So they are still out there! There is hope!

Congratulations, and I hope you're going to be as happy with them as I think I would be if I found a pair, not that the new 806s I'm getting are anything to sneeze at.


Post# 649228 , Reply# 3   12/26/2012 at 21:00 (4,110 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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The matching dryer a DE906 waiting on a power source.....

Post# 649229 , Reply# 4   12/26/2012 at 21:01 (4,110 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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The money shot of the dryer

Post# 649230 , Reply# 5   12/26/2012 at 21:01 (4,110 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Congrats!

Wow, a matching set too. Please post up the serial #'s for us to decode. Not too many of these out there, even back when they were new!


Post# 649232 , Reply# 6   12/26/2012 at 21:03 (4,110 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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Since the second dryer got on here..... I figured I would share the other washer as well... It is a Maytag commerical line

Post# 649234 , Reply# 7   12/26/2012 at 21:04 (4,110 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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Its interior.... this has a sorted history, it came from a retired hospital, and it was given to us. This was one of two machines that started me down the line of collecting

Post# 649236 , Reply# 8   12/26/2012 at 21:09 (4,110 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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The serial numbers of the 906's are

Dryer: 755261KM

Washer: 400658KK

I am not 100% sure if they are a matched set, but I was told they came from the original owners who passed away.



Post# 649237 , Reply# 9   12/26/2012 at 21:09 (4,110 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)        
Beautiful Set

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Great Score.

 

Enjoy them.   Nice you have a dial set up on the Commercial Machine.


Post# 649239 , Reply# 10   12/26/2012 at 21:12 (4,110 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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I was great full for that as well, no need to keep coins near by

Post# 649258 , Reply# 11   12/26/2012 at 23:32 (4,110 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Washer: 400658KK     May 1970

 

Dryer: 755261KM       June 1970

 

Yeah, that's definitely a matched set Cool


Post# 649264 , Reply# 12   12/27/2012 at 00:26 (4,110 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN)        

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What a beautiful set and what a generous gift. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed reading the story.

Post# 649284 , Reply# 13   12/27/2012 at 06:41 (4,109 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)        

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Wow! Now that's a nice Christmas present!!!

lawrence


Post# 649286 , Reply# 14   12/27/2012 at 07:13 (4,109 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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That's an awesome gift!

These are my favorite Maytags!


Post# 649297 , Reply# 15   12/27/2012 at 08:40 (4,109 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Amazing present! What a great find - welcome to the world of pushbutton living!

Could you post a picture of the dial on that commercial OPL Maytag washer? That's a fun machine to have as well - not many of those floating around.


Post# 649301 , Reply# 16   12/27/2012 at 09:00 (4,109 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

You must of been really good this year. Congrats on the beautiful machines. alr

Post# 649340 , Reply# 17   12/27/2012 at 13:31 (4,109 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)        

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What a gift! Those are just fantastic. You're going to like doing laundry the Maytag push button way. Evan has great taste!

RCD


Post# 649344 , Reply# 18   12/27/2012 at 14:13 (4,109 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Congrats! What a great Christmas gift - especially the way you were surprised. Nice touch!

Ben


Post# 649354 , Reply# 19   12/27/2012 at 15:28 (4,109 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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I got a good picture of the dial of our commercial and also figured I would share the rest of the collection as well, thank you all for the great posts.

Post# 649355 , Reply# 20   12/27/2012 at 15:33 (4,109 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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The other Maytag Automatic, it is needing a bit of help took it off line until we can give it a good going through

Post# 649356 , Reply# 21   12/27/2012 at 15:34 (4,109 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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The with the dash light on.... and yes it is a A700S

Post# 649357 , Reply# 22   12/27/2012 at 15:36 (4,109 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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last but not least is our wringer washer.... also a Maytag of course.

Post# 649358 , Reply# 23   12/27/2012 at 15:38 (4,109 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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the inside of the 700...

Post# 649380 , Reply# 24   12/27/2012 at 18:01 (4,109 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Maytag Holy Grails! Must be Nirvana!

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A 700 S...AND...the 906 pushbutton--you lucky dog!!!

The A 700 S looks so minty and fresh. Just beautiful.

Any chance we could see a close-up of the suds button on top of the hood? I've never seen one of those.

"Sorry, these are sold...."

And then.... and then.... THEY'RE MINE???? Really!

Simply, fabulous.


Post# 649402 , Reply# 25   12/27/2012 at 18:52 (4,109 days old) by appnut (TX)        
we could see a close-up of the suds button on top of the ho

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Michael that is the rinse selector dial.  Automatic (h wash/warm rinse; warm wash/warm rinse; cold wash/cold rinse.  the dial selected to cold yields a cold rinse for the temp buttons which would normally yield a warm rinse).  The suds return buttons are 2 of the 4 button pods on the left-hyand side of the panel.  The other two muttons of the pods are for regular or gentle action. 


Post# 649449 , Reply# 26   12/27/2012 at 22:59 (4,109 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
I remember now, Bob. Thank You.

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I knew the the top white wheel was for default cold on other models, but somehow thought it for Suds on Suds models.

So do all Sudsing Tags have the Suds buttons on the console, or do some models have Suds on the main dial and no buttons?

And doesn't the 900S and the 906S use the wheel, since there are no buttons for suds.

Can't get enough washer facts, no matter how hard I try. ;'D


Post# 649625 , Reply# 27   12/28/2012 at 18:39 (4,108 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)        
Your Christmas present

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Mike,

You are very lucky to have someone who cares enough to do something like that. It's a very special thing. You know it probably didn't happen easily.

Good luck with your machines and take good care of them.

Brian


Post# 649629 , Reply# 28   12/28/2012 at 18:49 (4,108 days old) by appnut (TX)        
Maytag Sudsers

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Every model I've seen has a suds save and suds bypass type of buttons.  The one like you see here has the buttons next to the speed option buttons.  Later models of the center dials I've seen had the sads save or not save buttons next to the water temperaure buttons.  These buttons only control whether the wash water is drained for saving in the suds save tub or out the hose which would go down the drain.  The function of returning the saved suds water to the machine is on the dial. 


Post# 649660 , Reply# 29   12/28/2012 at 21:02 (4,108 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        
an up date.....

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I was working on doing a bit more cleaning of both my commercial and the 906 washer... and I noticed that the agitators are in great shape and just out of curiosity I grabbed the top and gave it a firm pull straight up and off they came.... I was a bit grossed out with how dirty it was underneath them, not any more.

Post# 649662 , Reply# 30   12/28/2012 at 21:08 (4,108 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Youy're very lucky how easily both of those agitators came out. 


Post# 649665 , Reply# 31   12/28/2012 at 21:18 (4,108 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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I know I am, I have seen the stories on here of all sorts of other trauma...

Post# 649673 , Reply# 32   12/28/2012 at 21:47 (4,108 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
If You Haven't Already:

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Go to automatice.org and download the 1966 Maytag full-line brochure. Cost is only $3.33, and the scan quality is phenomenal. It's so good, in fact, that I was able to zoom in and read every button and dial setting on the 806 pair I'm getting.

The brochure has a full run-down on the 906s, including specifications. And the photos qualify as washer porn; they're impossibly beautiful and inspire raging lust, LOL.

The instruction card for your 906 is also available there.


Post# 649692 , Reply# 33   12/28/2012 at 23:07 (4,108 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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just out of curiosity I grabbed the top and gave it a firm pull straight up and off they came

Ugh, some people have all the damn luck....


Post# 649730 , Reply# 34   12/29/2012 at 08:40 (4,107 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Dan - You Din't Know?

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Dan:

906s are so automated that you push a button and the agitator releases.

LOL!


Post# 649783 , Reply# 35   12/29/2012 at 14:13 (4,107 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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So today I did some more work on the set and figured out that the dryer came from a home where it was set to 115 volts instead of 220 so I made a cord set and got to give it a test run and it worked just as new, the one problem that I did find was that there was one broken clip on a wire going to the "brain". Dose any one have some thoughts as to what I can use to repair this, I was thinking a female spade connector

Post# 649784 , Reply# 36   12/29/2012 at 14:15 (4,107 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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Oh and I also got the dash light working on the washer as well.

Post# 649796 , Reply# 37   12/29/2012 at 15:58 (4,107 days old) by qsd-dan (West)        

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Dan: 906s are so automated that you push a button and the agitator releases.

 

Apparently, this feature is broken on my 906, lol. As luck would have it, I can't find a repair procedure in the service manual either ;>)

 

I still haven't been successful in wrestling that blasted agitator out yet. I'll have to launch it off with a puller instead of using a 40 pound sledge like I have done in the past. Powerfins are beginning to become rare :(


Post# 649846 , Reply# 38   12/29/2012 at 22:57 (4,107 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)        

Congratulations on your new set. They are gorgeous indeed. I must admit I have never seen a 906 in person. They must be effortless to operate.

I must also add, I am intrigued by the Whirlpool dryer. It looks like it is mid 90s at the earliest. I thought the full width door models had stopped being produced a few years earlier. Also, that Maytag commercial washer is unique. I did not know they made a commercial line with a cycle dial. It makes sense, as this was used in a hospital where a washer of commercial lines would be needed, but without requiring coins to be operated.


Post# 649941 , Reply# 39   12/30/2012 at 12:41 (4,106 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)        
Stuck Agitator

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Dan,
Try a semi-rigid piece of aquarium tubing with some flexible on the end of it. Heat the semi-rigid piece of tubing a little way down from the end just a little bit to mold it to fit the curve of the underneath side of a power-fin and fill the tub with the hottest water and lots of detergent and STPP. Insert the curved piece of tube under the agitator until you get to the air bubble underneath and suck the air out so the water detergent solution will get up to the drive shaft. Then run the machine for awhile and then try and pull the agitator out.

It worked for me last year. If that doesn't work for me next time I'm gonna pull the lid off, lay a bunch of old blankets and padding down, turn the stupid thing upside down and spray some PB Blaster under her skirt. Let it sit over-night. See how she likes that.


Post# 650503 , Reply# 40   1/1/2013 at 21:34 (4,104 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))        

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Just beautiful! Best of luck with them!

Post# 650520 , Reply# 41   1/1/2013 at 23:44 (4,104 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Push-Button Maytag Washers&Dryers

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Michael the A160S and the A900S Suds-Saver PB MTs did use the same small knob on the top right side of the control panel for the SS operation, your A900S has this knob.

 

Mike congratulations on your cool new Washer and Dryer, when the little female terminals start breaking and come loose from the edge of the printed board it is best to solder them directly to the circuit board, Maytag always had a lot of problems with these terminals as these dryers aged, this type of connection was a poor way of connecting wires to a circuit board, manufacturers would never make something this poorly today as they are now much better with electronic controls used on major appliances.


Post# 650523 , Reply# 42   1/2/2013 at 00:16 (4,104 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)        
I'm a little late to the party but.....

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Hey Mike, you have a great collection there, but WOW those 906's, what an AWESOME Christmas gift, CONGRATS!!!

 

Kevin


Post# 651089 , Reply# 43   1/4/2013 at 21:45 (4,101 days old) by classicguywi (outside of Sheboygan WI)        

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Thanks for the advice on the terminals. I do not know much about the wirlpool dryer other than it was a replacement for the dead original that was left from Evan's grandparents, he said that it was a speed queen :(.... Before my time here. I can get the model number up here shortly if ya want. Thank you all again for the great replies it has made me think twice about this gift and how much it means.

Also on a personal update, I am recovering from a cornea and lens replacement surgery, due to. Screwdriver meeting my left eye, and I am happy to announce that my vision is coming back and I have hopes that it will be back to normal soon.



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