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Post# 187992 2/1/2007 at 20:01 (6,286 days old) by duetboy ()
Checkrate/Likes the young whippersnappers! Some of us old ones can do some baking too! duetboy aka jeff

Post# 188077 , Reply# 1 2/2/2007 at 06:06 (6,285 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)
Checkrate/Likes i just love a nice cake in the morning

Post# 188088 , Reply# 2 2/2/2007 at 07:38 (6,285 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)
Checkrate/Likes Jeff ... nice "cake" you are making there! Is that a Maytag NX? Does it have the short (or none) agitator post? Here's one starting to building in a Model E. Actually, these are soap suds; that's Fels-Naptha in there. You don't really get a "cake"; you get more of a rich "blanket".

Post# 188120 , Reply# 3 2/2/2007 at 10:09 (6,285 days old) by duetboy ()
Checkrate/Likes *Absolutely correct* it WAS an nx with the short/no post agitator. Unfortunately in the combining two houses together, the "living room furniture" was sold! ;-( , , , duetboy aka jeff

Post# 188139 , Reply# 4 2/2/2007 at 11:27 (6,285 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)
Checkrate/Likes Oh boy ... that's too bad, Jeff! The NX was a unique washing machine for Maytag. The color, the two balloon rollers, the short post agitator ... all fun collector-type stuff. Robert (Unimatic) was showing me a short-post agitator he had found at a garage (or estate) sale (brand new) and I was "coveting" it! I don't know how effective those were, but I would assume they worked well. In Maytag's first machine that used the "Gyrafoam" principle (I believe the Model 80?), they used the short-post aluminum agitator.

Post# 188153 , Reply# 5 2/2/2007 at 12:42 (6,285 days old) by duetboy ()
Checkrate/Likes *The Short post...* did some amazing work...until something big got sucke down on top of the agitator! Big bath towels, dress shirts, stuff like that would get sucked down on the top of the agitator and basically just swish back and forth. For things like socks, hand towels, kitchen towels, small stuff it was amazing! Big stuff however, different story! jeff

Post# 188182 , Reply# 6 2/2/2007 at 16:21 (6,285 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)
Checkrate/Likes Jeff ... I wondered about the short post agitator; now you've confirmed my suspicions ... thanks! I thought that sheets, towels, blankets, etc. wouldn't move in the water really well. The long post on the "modern" agitator keeps it all separated. But, can you imagine, what women first thought, however, when Maytag came out with a machine that had an agitator in the bottom? It must have been quite an experience; Maytag quickly took leadership in the washing machine industry. Thanks for the info!

Post# 188248 , Reply# 7 2/2/2007 at 22:46 (6,285 days old) by duetboy ()
Checkrate/Likes *I always wondered....* if I could have gotten one of the later model's of agitators with the lint filter in the agitator and put in it? I was looking at buying a reproduction of the agitator with the center post to see how it would work in it. I loved using it, but just not for towels and sheets, etc. I used to have a speed queen and I would wash in the queen and rinse in the Maytag. I sure could go through some laundry with it. (OK, I'll admit, it went into the duet for a final 11 minute 1400 rpm spin before it went into the dryer!) 12 minute wash, 6 minute rinse, 11 minute spin and before I knew it, I had baskets of wet laundry waiting for the dryer! I also know why my kitchen floor was spotless...I always had to mop up after I was done doing laundry! ;-) jeff

Post# 188250 , Reply# 8 2/2/2007 at 23:10 (6,285 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York)
Checkrate/Likes Wow! Cool, seems like cleaning is going on, and all good things rise to the top.

Post# 188253 , Reply# 9 2/3/2007 at 00:11 (6,285 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois)
Checkrate/Likes OMG JEFF, We had the same Speed Queen when I was a kid on the farm in the 50's. Dad had to rework the timer but it washed up a storm; my mom loved that machine! We moved into town in 1960 in a new ranch styled house with no basement. She traded the Speed Queen for a brand new 1963 Coranado automatic which cleaned well but vibrated so much that dad had to replace the subfloor in the utilty room. I sure wish I had one of those Speed Queens; ours had a red cap on the adgitator. HI GEOF, How are you doing? Thanks again for the reprint of the manual for my Maytag. I took your advice and am using the plastic adgitator from the 1973 Master in the 1954 Commander. I do have a question for you. Do you have to oil the motors on the Maytags and if yes, what kind of oil and where to i turn the machine on its side so I won't damage it? Thanks guys, great machines. Gary

Post# 188258 , Reply# 10 2/3/2007 at 00:35 (6,285 days old) by duetboy ()
Checkrate/Likes *The queen was going to need...* an overhaul of the transmission. She was starting to make a little noise. Then again, to get to it, you had to take the tub out! Ugh! I look back and wish I would have kept at least one of them. They would have been perfect for getting a lot of the dog hair off of the dog blankies before they go into the duet. Oh, well... Jeff

Post# 188699 , Reply# 11 2/5/2007 at 14:09 (6,282 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)
Checkrate/Likes Jeff ... Actually, Maytag made a lint filter agitator for their wringer washers (not standard; made it more "deluxe") in the late 1950's/early 1960's. They were fairly effective; they looked just like the "flat" (no dispenser cup) lint filters that appeared in the automatics for the same time period. I have one and have used it when I wash blankets, etc. I read in a service bulletin that they stopped making them in the early 1960's. I don't believe they were too popular. They mainly appeared in the E2L's but were available for the N and the J. When they changed the design on them, the service bulletin warned the dealers that the "new" version would not work well for the N or J ... it sat too tall in the tub and the lids couldn't be put back on. The demise of the lint filter for the Maytag wringer washer! Taking the tub out of the Speed Queen would not have been that big of a deal; they just have screws that hold it in place to the transmission. I think it's fun to take these tubs off and see how these machines "ticked". They are all very simple in design. I always have the cleanest laundry room floor and hands after I do a wringer washer wash, too! This past weekend, I used my Model N and the goal was to keep as much water off the floor as possible; I did pretty well! :-) I cheated, however, and used only one rinse tub and did the final deep rinse in my automatic!! Hi Gary ... we're doing pretty well up here. We braved -23 degrees this morning. Unbelievable. I guess that type of cold gives a guy "character"!! :-) The windchills hovered around -30 to -40 below. Absolutely numbing. At lunch today, we were all the way up to -1!! It will get better soon. No; you should have to oil your motor on the "modern" Maytag wringer. The ones from the late 1920's/early 1930's required a few drops of oil now and then; but the ones that we have don't require any. When I would repair/restore these machines, I would take the electric motor off and bring it in to the electric motor service place and have them blow them off and out (lots of dust on the inside), "oil" anything they think might need oiling and I always had a new 3-prong cord put back on. In some instances, they re-spray painted them for me! They work just like new after that and it usually only cost $15-$20; small price to pay for that. That's it; save your "collector" agitator for show and get a new one for a daily driver. The "new" turquoise agitators had the plastic spline. I like those better; they are less noisy than the metal ones and won't rust, either. That's the primary reason the old ones were hard to remove; that and the stop ring (little rubber ring) had become hard and brittle. Happy Wringer Washing guys!!

Post# 188803 , Reply# 12 2/5/2007 at 22:39 (6,282 days old) by duetboy ()
Checkrate/Likes *The NX* Geoffdelp, The NX is the one that you helped me with here regarding the upper roll that wouldn't "lock" down. After getting the new safety release from a guy on-line, it worked like a charm. Oh and as for the cleanest floors. Thank goodness for rainbow vacuum's and the squeege attachment! Jeff

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