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Post# 823597   5/15/2015 at 17:32 (3,260 days old) by xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania )        

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On Wednesday I was headed into town to get inspection/emissions done on my Park Avenue and about 1/2 mile from home was a this Maytag sitting with a free sign on it. I turned around ran home and got the Estate Wagon and hauled it home right away.

It is not in good cosmetic shape, but it does agitate and the wringer works. Just curious what model is it? The information label is worn off, also about what year would this model have been manufactured?


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Post# 823646 , Reply# 1   5/15/2015 at 23:24 (3,260 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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There was a machine like that at a cabin we used to rent up at Donner Lake. 

 

I don't know when they switched over to the turquoise accents, but red definitely pre-dates that change.


Post# 823695 , Reply# 2   5/16/2015 at 09:13 (3,259 days old) by Mr-maytag (Minneapolis, MN)        

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That's an E2L. Someone must have replaced the decal on the front. When that style was used on the other two models at the time (circa 1959 through 1965) (models N2L and J2L) , the E2L had chrome MAYTAG across the front. Your machine was manufactured in December 1955. The turquoise accents started in January 1966.

Post# 823697 , Reply# 3   5/16/2015 at 09:23 (3,259 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )        

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 Here's a decoder chart that Mark (Kenmore71) posted back in 2012.  The model is an E2L.  Is it a pump or gravity drain model?



CLICK HERE TO GO TO polkanut's LINK

Post# 823710 , Reply# 4   5/16/2015 at 10:22 (3,259 days old) by xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania )        

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I'm glad to know the age of this and a model number.
I'd assume that this is a gravity drain model


Post# 823971 , Reply# 5   5/18/2015 at 06:26 (3,258 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
Great find!

Red Bakelite Gyrators pre-dated black Bakelite Gyrators. Since this was made in 1955, it must be among the last red Gyrators because even the later AM models had black Gyrators.

Very Old Joke:

What did Maytag and the Communist Party in American have in common?

Thousands of red agitators.


Post# 824061 , Reply# 6   5/18/2015 at 20:29 (3,257 days old) by electronicontrl (Grand Rapids, MI)        
Congrats!!!

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Great Find!!! and the price was right!

COOL FOR YOU!!


Post# 824086 , Reply# 7   5/19/2015 at 00:06 (3,257 days old) by stan (Napa CA)        
Hi Sam

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Nice find!
Have you taken the agitator out yet, checked to see if it holds water?
This machine can have a pump added.


Post# 824290 , Reply# 8   5/20/2015 at 07:30 (3,256 days old) by mamapinky (blairsville pa)        
I seen that

Listed on CL as free..I thought about it but I just don't have the room..glad someone on here got it. Cheryl

Post# 824298 , Reply# 9   5/20/2015 at 09:46 (3,255 days old) by moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA )        
Great Find!

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Bring it to the wash-in!

Post# 824608 , Reply# 10   5/22/2015 at 10:30 (3,253 days old) by xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania )        

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Cheryl,
This wasn't on craigslist, it was sitting along the road on the day before our garbage pickup.

Jerry, if I'm driving the wagon the day of the wash-in I'll bring it. If I drive the new Park Avenue I don't think it'll fit in the trunk


Post# 824637 , Reply# 11   5/22/2015 at 15:51 (3,253 days old) by stan (Napa CA)        
Make sure

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If you move it, and you have to lay it down, that you lay it on its front side.otherwise the transmission oil will leak out the weep hole.

Post# 824651 , Reply# 12   5/22/2015 at 16:53 (3,253 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )        

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And to save your back, remove the wringer head too.


Post# 824670 , Reply# 13   5/22/2015 at 19:00 (3,253 days old) by xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania )        

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Thanks for the transport tips
When I brought it home it was on it's back, however it was only a 1/2 mile drive


Post# 824699 , Reply# 14   5/22/2015 at 21:36 (3,253 days old) by stan (Napa CA)        
Remember

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If the transmission oil leaks out, there is no way to add back, without taking the machine apart. Which means new seals, gaskets etc.

Post# 824701 , Reply# 15   5/22/2015 at 22:03 (3,253 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ)        

I used a wringer at Martin's wash-in. It was cool, I admit. I hope you have fun with it.

Now I have to ask...... What years are your Park Ave. and Estate Wagon?

Jim


Post# 824709 , Reply# 16   5/22/2015 at 23:06 (3,253 days old) by xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania )        

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Jim,
The newest Park Avenue is a 1996, the estate wagon is a 1995. I also have a 2000 Park Avenue I'm trying to sell


Post# 824713 , Reply# 17   5/22/2015 at 23:44 (3,253 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ)        

Cool. Thanks for the info.

I can't visualize at 95 wagon, however. Weird.... a car that my brain can't provide a pic for... (sssssshhhhh!!! Don't tell anyone!)

Jim


Post# 824746 , Reply# 18   5/23/2015 at 08:13 (3,253 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA)        
1995 Roadmaster Estate Wagon

Here is a link with a picture of a '96 but the '95 is basically identical.

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