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New Maytag A102 Washer in Bristol, TN |
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Post# 938351   5/13/2017 at 18:55 (2,531 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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The shinny tub certainly looks unused. I'd suspect the oil in the transmission isn't in the best of shape, but they are only new once! |
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Post# 938358 , Reply# 1   5/13/2017 at 19:21 (2,531 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 938368 , Reply# 3   5/13/2017 at 19:57 (2,531 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 938371 , Reply# 4   5/13/2017 at 20:17 (2,531 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 938373 , Reply# 5   5/13/2017 at 20:26 (2,531 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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I don't know where the 1972 fits in! As you already know, that one dates to the sixties! The seller must be confused. Laundress---- I've been in the basement trying to figure out where to put it. 😳 |
Post# 938378 , Reply# 6   5/13/2017 at 20:50 (2,531 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 938380 , Reply# 7   5/13/2017 at 20:53 (2,531 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Hate to see the thing land into the hands of someone who will promptly abuse the thing.
We all know, but not many otherwise that even NIB washing machines have to be carefully coaxed into life after sitting for decades. Often simply plug in and play just won't do. By the way what would be the matching dryer to this washer? |
Post# 938459 , Reply# 8   5/14/2017 at 09:26 (2,531 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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...but this was, I believe, the first Maytag I ever saw and I'd love to have a Maytag with the speckled porcelain tub. It was one of many automatic washers in our apartment complex, Peter Cooper/Stuyvesant Town (a wonderful "project" that was built by Metropolitan Life{when corporations actually cared about their employees} for their WWII vets and their families in the mid Forties) that was installed on casters so the tenants could wheel it away into a closet (gives you an idea how generous the closets in these apartments were) when the supers or other agents came through. Our friends Jerry and Florence Simon had this machine and, like all of us, they'd hook a special hose connected to both the HOT and COLD inlets to the faucet of this wonderful farm sink that all the apartments had with one regular sink and an extra large and deep sink (that I suppose was what they planned for hand-washing laundry).
This machine fascinated me as a kid because the machines I knew were Filter-Flo's and Whirlpools. This Maytag was very quiet and had this same diminutive agitator that became buried under the suds after the machine filled; the wash water looked to be agitating itself during the cycle.
What a beautiful specimen but is it worth close to 1K when all is said and done? Do any of you know what year this was produced? |
Post# 938460 , Reply# 9   5/14/2017 at 09:29 (2,531 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 938500 , Reply# 11   5/14/2017 at 13:25 (2,531 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 938821 , Reply# 12   5/16/2017 at 13:10 (2,529 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)   |   | |
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Post# 938822 , Reply# 13   5/16/2017 at 13:28 (2,529 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 938824 , Reply# 14   5/16/2017 at 13:33 (2,529 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 938878 , Reply# 15   5/16/2017 at 18:16 (2,529 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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... there's one I won't be competing with you for. What do you like about that year's model?? Support your answer with examples and photos.
... and, yes, I owe you and Eddie correspondence. No excuse other than dementia and laziness.
Here's what I'd like to find NOS and inside their shipping crates:
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Post# 938880 , Reply# 16   5/16/2017 at 18:19 (2,529 days old) by moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA )   |   | |
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Post# 939332 , Reply# 17   5/19/2017 at 06:23 (2,526 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 959414 , Reply# 18   9/27/2017 at 11:07 (2,395 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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I have seen members travel farther, for less....
sometimes a 2 or 3 day excursion....sleeping along side the road....and still trenching on... it would take some doing, but how hard would it be to actually get this?...if you want it bad enough, distance is only a number..... make an adventure out of it, and visit some members along the way..... not only from the machine, but think of the story of your road trip to acquire this gem....... |
Post# 959447 , Reply# 21   9/27/2017 at 14:39 (2,395 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Bruce, my 1964 Highlander has metal hinges, however I am sure the upper models had switched to nylon by then. |
Post# 959450 , Reply# 22   9/27/2017 at 14:47 (2,395 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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I do have a question though, when did Maytag go to the lid using the nylon balls to hold it in place? The AMP did not have a reversing motor. It used a solenoid to shift a lever that tripped a torque spring in the spin shaft and used a clutch to reduce stress on the motor during the transition.
Ben |
Post# 959458 , Reply# 23   9/27/2017 at 15:44 (2,395 days old) by Lorainfurniture (Cleveland )   |   | |
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I’d be happy to buy it if someone can grab it for me. Anyone live close? |
Post# 959459 , Reply# 24   9/27/2017 at 15:49 (2,395 days old) by MayfairPink (Palo Alto, CA)   |   | |
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I'd love to buy it to use and pay for shipping to CA if someone can help. Thanks, Hue |
Post# 959460 , Reply# 25   9/27/2017 at 15:56 (2,395 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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The original Craigslist ad is from May.
HOWEVER - it appears the seller still has it.... tricities.craigslist.org/app/d/m... |
Post# 959464 , Reply# 26   9/27/2017 at 16:17 (2,395 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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My A102 has the nylon ball lid hinges. |
Post# 959468 , Reply# 27   9/27/2017 at 16:26 (2,395 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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No more he doesn't, well at least the machine seems to be spoken for:
www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... |
Post# 959489 , Reply# 28   9/27/2017 at 18:34 (2,395 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 959563 , Reply# 29   9/28/2017 at 08:56 (2,394 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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