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Post# 119447   4/2/2006 at 10:34 (6,592 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        

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Can anybody help me date this machine please...does it have the older maytag tub and "Black" agi??

Could you transplant the control panel with an older model and make it work etc??

Cheers, Mike


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Post# 119464 , Reply# 1   4/2/2006 at 11:42 (6,592 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        

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Is that an extra lid lock on the front side of the lid? I have seen those commercial machines at some camping sites in Europe, but never with that part.

Post# 120259 , Reply# 2   4/6/2006 at 04:00 (6,588 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Spin Lock

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I think its the spin lock, looks more like a retro fit than made like that....

was interested because the tub looked older and is that agi black??



Post# 120391 , Reply# 3   4/6/2006 at 13:48 (6,588 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)        

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Because the agitator does not look like the Power Fin 12, I think this is a pre-orbital transmission machine. Maytag made these machines for OPL applications in extra large capacity; the agitator should have 16 holes in it (4 vertical rows of 4). I'd say a pre-1990 machine.

Post# 120400 , Reply# 4   4/6/2006 at 14:05 (6,588 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Tranny

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Thanks Peter

Does this make it more of an older style machine mechanics, tub/tranny/agi etc ???


Post# 120473 , Reply# 5   4/6/2006 at 20:17 (6,588 days old) by brettsomers ()        

judging from the limited photo, yes, that is the classic Maytag design. slow stroke with straight-vane agitator. i had no idea these were sold in the UK. basic design dates from the 1960s.

Post# 120596 , Reply# 6   4/7/2006 at 11:33 (6,587 days old) by cvillewasherbo ()        
Maytag Design

"basic design from the 1960'a"

IMO the "BEST" design of all and I wish they didn't quit making that way.


Post# 120614 , Reply# 7   4/7/2006 at 13:20 (6,587 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Thanks for the info

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Just contacted the seller and she says I can have it, to collect asap or its going to the tip tomorrow..

If its transported on its back is it likely to leak oil etc??


Post# 120629 , Reply# 8   4/7/2006 at 15:39 (6,587 days old) by brettsomers ()        

in my limited experience (im sure a washer guru will correct me) the classic Maytag transmission was one of the more reliable components of the design. you might stock up on belts and the water fill assembly may be worn.

Post# 120644 , Reply# 9   4/7/2006 at 17:08 (6,587 days old) by nickuk (chelmsford UK)        

Good luck with it tomorrow Mike let us know how you get on

Nick


Post# 120650 , Reply# 10   4/7/2006 at 17:32 (6,587 days old) by brettsomers ()        
OOPS

you asked about moving it on its back, good question. if you did that you CERTAINLY would need to lock the tub into place. where are the washer/Maytag gurus?

Post# 121116 , Reply# 11   4/10/2006 at 04:19 (6,584 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Scrapped

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Well BIG disappointment, the "Scrap Man" got it before I could get there!!!

One consolation is that the extra pics showed it well beaten up, and now I know what the mechansim is I have seen quite a few of these around....here`s hunting

Mike



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