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Thread Number: 113
Maytag Combo Comes to Life |
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Post# 45339 9/18/2004 at 22:33 (7,158 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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I've been steadily making progress on the Maytag combo this week, there are only a couple more things to do before it will be ready to move to a place on honor in the laundry room. So far, I've filled the tranny with 85W gear oil, disassembled, cleaned and rebuilt the water pump and blower fan, replaced most of the rubber hoses, rebuilt the 4 solenoid water valve, rebuilt the fabric softener dispenser (although I need to do this again as it doesn't seal well enough), replaced the panel light switch and spent several hours cleaning the drum of lint and hard water deposits. The seemingly endless work is starting to pay off though, I was able to water test it a couple of times today, thankfully the timer is good and all electrical systems seem to work. I have a few things left to do; adjust the pump belt tension, finish the dispenser and find a belt for the blower fan.
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Post# 45340 , Reply# 1 9/18/2004 at 22:34 (7,158 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Panel Lights!! | ||
| Post# 45343 , Reply# 4 9/18/2004 at 23:34 (7,158 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Never want to sound impatient Greg we were starving for updates :-) Looks great, figured you were busy with this today. Thank you for sharing alr2903 | ||
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Post# 45344 , Reply# 5 9/18/2004 at 23:48 (7,158 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 45367 , Reply# 6 9/19/2004 at 11:01 (7,158 days old) by JerseyMike () | ||
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Wow, Greg! Talk about a labor of love! Thanks for the hard work and for the update. What an awesome looking machine. Too bad Maytag had so many problems with them. Mike | ||
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Post# 45368 , Reply# 7 9/19/2004 at 11:16 (7,158 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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First Signs of Splashing | ||
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Post# 45381 , Reply# 9 9/19/2004 at 15:13 (7,157 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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First Signs of Splashing
Yeah, fun... While trying to thread new water supply hoses (with chop sticks ;-) through the maze of equipment crammed inside that cabinet I didn't think it was too fun. I was contemplating a very sternly worded letter to the engineering department at Maytag but all that frustration was washed away when I saw it run through an entire cycle (sans clothes) last night! I might still have to write Maytag about that odd narrow belt they used for the pump and blower fan but I doubt I'll get very far. I'd probably get farther taking a 5/16" nut driver to visit the factory store display! Just kidding...for now. | ||
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