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Thread Number: 75456
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Maytag AMP washer spin question |
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Post# 993022 , Reply# 1 5/4/2018 at 00:51 (2,178 days old) by swestoyz  (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Congrats Jason, this is a clean 121P. Only a few of these have showed up, and honestly they are the easiest of any original AMP to get going due to the timed fill vs. the cumbersome mercury switches/rubber diaphragms on the metered fill models.
Sounds like the trip lever may be hanging up on the torque spring. A few threads are out there from other folks getting their washers up and going in the past - take a look: www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... There is a slight chance that the brake shoes are stuck against the drum, which requires removal of the center cross brace. There are detailed instructions on how to remove the cross brace to access the brake in the repair manual, available on AE.org. These run on a 'wet' clutch, so hopefully you left some oil on the clutch shoes. Keep us posted and good luck! Ben CLICK HERE TO GO TO swestoyz's LINK
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Post# 993036 , Reply# 2 5/4/2018 at 05:54 (2,178 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Congratulations! What does the wise dog think of the washer? Did it pass the sniff test?
I like washers that you can watch operating which eliminates all of the AMP-style machines except for these time-fill models. | ||
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Post# 993070 , Reply# 3 5/4/2018 at 12:00 (2,177 days old) by 48bencix (Sacramento CA) |
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When I got mine I posted my AMP here and got some advice. You may look at post no. 46 and see Austin's advice. I sprayed the collar with wd40 and that is all it took to get mine going. I also have a video of the AMP. Have fun. CLICK HERE TO GO TO 48bencix's LINK | ||
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Post# 993118 , Reply# 4 5/4/2018 at 23:06 (2,177 days old) by Jasonlittle (Southern iowa) |
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OK thanks for the advice. I plan on tearing it all down here soon and going through it very thoroughly. Hopefully between the service manual I got and all the info you guys have shared with me I can get it running good again. | ||
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Post# 993998 , Reply# 5 5/12/2018 at 14:47 (2,169 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Those are fun machines to work on and play with | ||
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