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Post# 101708 1/4/2006 at 19:09 (6,683 days old) by pulltostart  (Mobile, AL) |
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Post# 101709 , Reply# 1 1/4/2006 at 19:20 (6,683 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Wow! That looks like a nice one----seller seems VERY well versed-------- Now who has the matching washer-------is it Chris-------? | ||
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Post# 101714 , Reply# 2 1/4/2006 at 19:50 (6,683 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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This is the electric model (641) just like the gas (741c) model I found the Friday of the convention weekend last June. Mine differs from this only in the panel glass - this one is lined, mine is tiny dots like the 1960 washer glass. I'm currently in the process of converting mine from gas to electric. This 641 looks lovely, needs a new door seal which might be a challenge to find, but otherwise I'll bet it works great. One of the quietest dryers I've ever heard.
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| Post# 101788 , Reply# 3 1/5/2006 at 06:08 (6,683 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
no not mine | ||
| Post# 101794 , Reply# 4 1/5/2006 at 06:50 (6,683 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston) | ||
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I have the matching washer. The front emblem is the 1960 revision, though. the washer is a model 142, and any original parts I would be greatly interested in. Door seals are still available thru Maytag. Bobby | ||
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Post# 101802 , Reply# 5 1/5/2006 at 07:54 (6,683 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Hi Bobby, the front emblem is the older style on this dryer - the round style came out in 59-60. I just ordered a door seal through my parts supplier last month, they had one in stock at another store but said they were NLA from Maytag now. If you know of a parts supplier that might still have some, I'd love to buy another to have on hand.
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Post# 101803 , Reply# 6 1/5/2006 at 07:56 (6,683 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 101805 , Reply# 7 1/5/2006 at 08:07 (6,683 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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The sad thing is that the HOH drum was so much smaller than the huge perforated drum in the previous model. | ||
| Post# 101868 , Reply# 8 1/5/2006 at 17:22 (6,682 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston) | ||
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I'll call Maycor in Boston tommorrow and see if they have any door gaskets left. As of last year they still had some. Bobby | ||
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Post# 101906 , Reply# 9 1/5/2006 at 19:57 (6,682 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 102602 , Reply# 10 1/9/2006 at 07:37 (6,679 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston) | ||
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Hi, here's the scoop! Maycor in Boston is out of stock, however they say the warehouse in Tennessee has some, and they would order the door gasket. If it's soon to be NLA, we should grab them, otherwise we'll be SOL! Bobby in Boston | ||
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Post# 102608 , Reply# 11 1/9/2006 at 08:15 (6,679 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Greetings Mr. Gansky | ||
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Post# 102609 , Reply# 12 1/9/2006 at 08:18 (6,679 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Tommy boy... | ||
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Post# 102719 , Reply# 13 1/9/2006 at 18:37 (6,678 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Here is the electric version, you can see the shroud around and in front of the clothes drum. There is a heating element (coil-type) that runs around the shroud. Air is pulled over the drum, over the element and into the drum. Notice the wires and hi-limit thermostat at the top of the shroud at the top in my previous picture, this is the '06 style, earlier HOH models had a two-coil element. Also notice that there is only one 'regulating' thermostat, thus one operating temperature for all cycles. The older timed-dry model I have has two, a high temp and low temp for wash-n-wear. 
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Post# 102722 , Reply# 14 1/9/2006 at 18:45 (6,678 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Now here is the gas version, probably just like yours with a heater flue on the left side that pulls heat into the drum over the gas heater and into the drum through the shroud on front. For some odd reason, Maytag didn't use electric ignition for their dryers after the HOH models came out and wasn't offered again until the Big Load series dryers were intro'd in 1975. With a standing pilot, everything in the cabinet is coated with gas combustion by-products continually which rusted every screw, all painted surfaces, corroded the glass panels, etc. The only parts mostly unaffected by the pilot burning were the porcelain top and the zinc-coated cabinet. The cabinet would get moisture corrosion on the surfaces (inside) but no rust. 
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| Post# 102729 , Reply# 15 1/9/2006 at 19:14 (6,678 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River) | ||
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