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Post# 271779   3/23/2008 at 23:09 (5,875 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Hold on to your hats, boys and girls... it's combo week

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Post# 271780 , Reply# 1   3/23/2008 at 23:11 (5,875 days old) by hooverwheelaway ()        
Ooh!

 I'll take two!

Post# 271784 , Reply# 2   3/23/2008 at 23:17 (5,875 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Be sure to order a box of parts to go with it! (or them...)

Post# 271785 , Reply# 3   3/23/2008 at 23:22 (5,875 days old) by ~sudsshane ()        
Oh Gawd~

 GadgetGary is gonna drool when he sees this! What a beautiful and unique machine!

Post# 271786 , Reply# 4   3/23/2008 at 23:26 (5,875 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Oh wow - ! I wish this machine to go to a loving collector - who is ready for a monster! What a fab (and hard-to-find) machine. This time the dream machine will pass.

I really wonder how many of these are still out there? Parts too?

Ben

Post# 271810 , Reply# 5   3/24/2008 at 07:20 (5,875 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

When John had his first Maytag combo, he used it to wash his work shirts. They had the usual appliance service person's type of soil, largely oil-based. He would spray them with Spray & Wash which had dry cleaning fluid in the aerosol formula; might still, but have not seen it in more than a decade. Then he would put them on to wash with the water heater switched on. The Maytag did not use an immersion element like the Duomatic or the 33" WP/Kenmore combos. It heated with the drying element, like the first GE combo. In the presence of such high heat, the volatile compounds formed a smokey haze at the top of the drum.

The Maytag combo also had a similar type of timer arrangement as the single dial WP combo in that it had a regular wash cycle timer, but behind the pointer for the wash timer there was a dry timer. I seem to remember that the one I played with had a lever with an indentation on the top for a thumb rest when the dry time was set, but some of those memory circuits might need de-fragging. I think that machine might have been the second edition. Maytag did have a good air circulation system with an efficient condenser like in their water dryer, especially when you consider that some combos just sprayed a stream of water down the wall of the outer tub. On other things, they cheaped out. The drum was round and the Bakelite baffles were bolted in instead of being formed in the wall of the drum when the drum was stamped. When a baffle worked loose, like if the threaded area cracked around the screw, there was no easy way to work on it because the screws that held the baffles in place went into the baffle from the outside of the drum. John had to drill two holes through the top of the outer tub to gain access to the the screws holding the loose baffle. The only alternative was pulling the tub.



Post# 271813 , Reply# 6   3/24/2008 at 08:05 (5,875 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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It's funny that another one has survived the recall and the years of storage. This makes five known to exist, Lee Maxwell told me that there is another in Kansas somewhere but not working, of course! I have a yellow model, there is one that was in the Maytag Factory Store in Newton which has been shipped to Whirlpool in Michigan, another in the Jasper County Museum in Newton, IA.

Maytag recalled all of these combos in the early sixties, replacing them with TOL washer & dryer sets for free. I had heard that the recalled machines were shipped back to Newton to be destroyed, a costly endeavor but one that would make sure there would be very few left floating around to sully the Maytag name, things sure did change for Maytag attitudes in the next forty years! The engineering of these machines isn't all that bad, no worse than any other of the ghastly combos from other makers, but what a beast to work on. Even running it only now and then, it's a machine that needs to be babysat - I would never leave the machine running unattended. As with all the combos of the time that didn't have a suspension system, it has trouble balancing the load for spin and the Maytag combo is quite dramatic about it's dissatisfaction with even a slightly unbalanced load. We ran a load in it when Jeff and Fred were here from Chicago once and I thought Fred was going to jump out of his skin when it went into spin. It has a tendency to lurch and jump when the load is unbalanced, there is an unbalance-shut off mechanism that cycles it out of spin and back into tumble for re-distribution, but it doesn't take much to cause it to leap into the air. Severe unbalance like Fred and Jeff witnessed doesn't cause any damage, in fact, the moving drum actually knocks into the door glass and pushes the door open, shutting off the machine.

It took me about a month of working on mine to get it running, the biggest obstacle was the motor coupling that was shot. I searched and searched for parts across the country and the only ones I was able to find still on the shelves were a few motor couplings (long after I needed them, but hey...) and a NOS water valve. The pump is very similar to the Bendix/Philco pumps of the day and there is a good possibility that seals may be interchangeable. The tranny is a silly design that hangs on a clamp-ring mount like a motor bracket at the back of the machine. Trying to silence vibration was their likely goal but it allows the tranny case to shake during operation which is very hard on the oil seals and consequently the oil drips almost constantly from the seals. I finally gave up, unable to find seals and live with the slight drippage that is caught on a maxi-pad stuck to the baseplate under the tranny. The tranny has a pulley on it that runs the blower which works just fine but the largest challenge is finding the blower fan belt which of course is a unique size to this machine. I was finally able to make a belt from a Frigidaire Skinny-Mini work, but it took many tries to get the adjustments right and I would still like to have a belt just a tad larger.

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Post# 271818 , Reply# 7   3/24/2008 at 08:15 (5,875 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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You are so right about the condenser system in this combo, Tom. Rivaled only by the electric Bendix condenser (and that's a toss up because of the water-use, atomizing the water spray in the Maytag uses a lot less) but it does work very well and the circulating air from the blower helps speed up the process. The 340 RPM spin speed of the Maytag still makes it a slower unit negating some of the benefits of using less water & energy but that wasn't a huge concern at the time and it couldn't be avoided by anyone except Bendix/Philco-Bendix with their fistful of patents. The Maytag has a rather large space between the inner and outer drum at the back. The back of the inner drum is perforated which tends to whip up a lot of suds, but makes for some cool water-action for those who like to peek into the door glass.

Post# 271829 , Reply# 8   3/24/2008 at 09:03 (5,875 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        

This is Amazing!
Really wonder how many are out there?
I am sure that there were some of the Maytag combos that ran without any troubles, so the owner never called for a repair.
Did you notice that the seller also has a Maytag Dutch oven stove for sale? Nice.
Greg, I just loved watching your Maytag combo in action! It is beautiful!
Brent

Post# 271832 , Reply# 9   3/24/2008 at 09:39 (5,875 days old) by sparkymarky1973 ()        

Hi Guys

Lovely machine.
Can someone explain the story behind the recall to me? Is that why they were only made for 2 years?

Thanks
Mark

Post# 271872 , Reply# 10   3/24/2008 at 14:00 (5,875 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Actually people were not forced to give them up. Bill and Bob, Maytag dealers John had worked with had a customer, a man who lived alone, who opted to keep his and storm troupers did not surround his place during the night and take it away.

Post# 271875 , Reply# 11   3/24/2008 at 14:17 (5,875 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Maytag Combo!

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It's to bad they didn't enhance the machine and make it better.
Peter

Post# 271876 , Reply# 12   3/24/2008 at 14:25 (5,875 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        

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That must be true, it was then and still is the United States of America. Those units belonged to whomever paid for them, and as their property, Maytag couldn't force anyone to surrender anything. Offering other appliances, credits and or using scare tactics about continued use is another matter.

Even today persons do not always return items on recall lists, however it must be noted once a recall is announced and one has been duly notified personally, then refusing to send back the item/appliance does release the maker from liability.

L.

Post# 271880 , Reply# 13   3/24/2008 at 15:00 (5,875 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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I remember seeing one about 10 years ago, in a junkyard. I had no idea what it was. It's long gone.

Post# 271890 , Reply# 14   3/24/2008 at 16:44 (5,874 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Mine survived because it had been installed in a kitchen in Newton, IA and it likely was impossible to fit a standard washer & dryer in the space of the combo. It clearly had been worked on through the years and obviously was used as only a dryer later in it's life. Of course nobody was forced to give them up, but I would imagine after a few repairs in or out of warranty, most were pretty willing ;-) The Westinghouse combo I had that was found in Spokane, WA had been in a vacation home and later moved to a basement after the property was sold. It seemed to work just fine and was probably working when removed from service but the model/serial tag had been removed so perhaps they opted for a refund from Westinghouse when it was available.

Post# 271964 , Reply# 15   3/25/2008 at 03:19 (5,874 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
Wow!!....Wot No Bids!!!

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Fab machine there and $150 for delivery up to 200 miles I`d say that was a bargain awaiting to be had especially as it wouldnt need to be manhandled out of a basement, could just get him to back the truck up to your garage...simple...

Go on , you know you want it!!!!

Post# 271980 , Reply# 16   3/25/2008 at 06:46 (5,874 days old) by dj-gabriele ()        

Ahh, I'd sure bid on it if I were in the US... shipping trasn-oceanly would be bit too much expensive. I always loved those vintage American combos! They fascinate me in a way that I can't describe!

Post# 271983 , Reply# 17   3/25/2008 at 07:15 (5,874 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

Oh, I think there's likely a "snipe" or two out there somewhere-----------

Post# 272022 , Reply# 18   3/25/2008 at 10:23 (5,874 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

That full power spin start was not so good for a machine that did not have a suspension system and was not bolted down. The other combos that used a variable sheave pulley system to increase the speed from tumble to spin had a slow enough acceleration (and spin) that you did not get the sudden lurch, but they would walk. Even the Duomatic did something to minimize the tendency of the mechanism to lurch as it went into the slow speed first stage of the spin. I think Bendix did something like not letting the motor energize the start windings when the added load on the tranny caused the motor's speed to slow. I am not sure if that is right, but I remember reading of something like that.

Greg, you are so right about the difference in noise level between the suspended mechanism in the Bendix and the rest of the combos where every moving part transmitted noise down through the floor.

WP combos tried to control machine movement by using a bar that went from side to side at the back of the machine through which the drive shaft ran with the drum on one side and the pulley on the other. Everything seemed to be frozen in place, but if the drum started spinning with an unbalanced load, the drum shaft pivoted from side to side. Excessive pivoting caused the end of the bar to hit an air-filled bladder switch mounted on the machine frame. This interrupted power to the little wind up motor that pulled the pulley up to the spin position. It unwound and the tub slowed to tumble and redistribute until the air bladder refilled and completed the circuit to the motor which wound the chain for the variable sheave pulley, but as Robert showed in his video, the timer was not delayed by this switch and even once the circuit was closed, it took a while to bring the tub back up to top spin speed so sometimes spins were skipped entirely. In the early machines, this bar was too weak and flexed instead of remaining rigid. Because of that, it would not hit the unbalance switch and the combo would go for a walk, often to the limit of its plumbing and/or power connections and sometimes into a position that blocked a door from opening, like into a laundry room or, less seriously, maybe the back door or the door from the garage into the kitchen. At least with the last two cases, there was another door by which you could gain entry to move the thing back into position. GE and Easy were smart to have the cups that screwed to the floor for the front feet of the machines. The undercounter GE was somewhat better at water extraction than the free standing model because the machine was installed on a base plate that was screwed to the floor, into beams when possible. The combo was then moved into position by sliding its feet into tracks in this plate which helped hold it in place and hold it down. The GE combos had a speed controller in the left front corner of the machine. It was attached to the leveling leg and ticked during the spins, depending on how much the cabinet was moving up and down. If it ticked too much, it dropped the spin back to tumble to redistribute. You could get the freestanding model to spin better by sitting on that corner.

Can you imagine spins so slow that the spin slowed three times to, in the manufacturer's words, allow items that were not against the drum to have a chance to be positioned against the drum for the next spin so that they might have more water spun out of them? The interruptions and redistributions also took advantage of the load being lighter after the first amount of water was extracted so that the fabrics tumbled in a more open pattern making a more even distribution possible. Each item's lighter weight also meant that uneveness in distribution caused less of an unbalanced detriment to spin. It was surprising, even at the slow spin speed, to see how much water gushed out of the drain hose in the initial part of the spin.

Regarding recalls, Hotpoint sure must have had excellent records on who bought their combos because they seem to have successfully pulled every unit sold. Maytag did not want to anger customers (far cry from recent history) when they decided that they did not want to continue support for the combos so they gave customers the choice. A new TOL pair was a very generous exchange.

Post# 272200 , Reply# 19   3/26/2008 at 09:21 (5,873 days old) by thirtyater ()        

Wow, so very close I am tempted to bid even though I am a big Filter Flo fan. Should I?

Post# 272596 , Reply# 20   3/28/2008 at 14:23 (5,871 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Peter, Other than Philco, that downsized the Bendix combo and not totally for the better, only Whirlpool, through the huge number of combos sold through Sears, could afford to totally redesign the machine. The initial costs of tooling up to manufacture the combos were a financial investment on which most companies did not see a profitable return and with Philco-Bendix holding the most important patents on the concept of a washer-dryer combination, even continuing production was almost not worth the trouble. Once the stories began to circulate of compromised performance and the deep, mostly unrequited, attachment some combinations formed with their service technicians, sales dropped each year after 1958 or 59. Some manufacturers spent money on cosmetic changes like keeping the control panels contemporary with the rest of their laundry line, but underneath they were largely the same machines. I guess that in the soured market, no one had the resources to take on AVCO with all of their millions of millions from defense contracts, but it would almost seem like they very successfully stifled competion and infringed on trade for that whole invention. When you consider the power of patents, we're lucky that we had so many different brands of automatic washers. Even without infringing on AVCO's patents, every other manufacturer paid AVCO/Bendix a royalty on every combination built because AVCO had the idea first. Whirlpool still uses their patents to fight others when it looks like features they patented around 50 years ago are being used today. The story of combos was, unfortunately, like the stories of so many love affairs; they hit their peak with the first shot and nothing that came later could match it.

Post# 272629 , Reply# 21   3/28/2008 at 16:54 (5,870 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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You can be sure the lurkers are out there waiting on this one. Wink-Wink!

Post# 272753 , Reply# 22   3/29/2008 at 05:23 (5,870 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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1 bid I see.....

Post# 272766 , Reply# 23   3/29/2008 at 07:49 (5,870 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
Wow

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Well someone certainly wants this, I'm thrilled its going to be saved.

Post# 272777 , Reply# 24   3/29/2008 at 08:57 (5,870 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
and *fish-bowl*, as used, has NO other meaning.. *WINK*

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oh Mr. Gansky if I had known...at that time...that these are so rare, I myself would have put a fish-bowl on your machine (which we were blessed enough to see at the convention at your home)..and stuffed the first $20 bill contribution into it.



Post# 272780 , Reply# 25   3/29/2008 at 09:13 (5,870 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        
That's Why I Always Snipe

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Very suspicious bidding on this item. Granted the current winning bidder placed his best bid (at least $1,000.00), but when I see a new bidder placing bids in certain dollar increments, then placing an unusual final amount bid ($995.00), I begin to smell a rat. If the second bidder really was a serious bidder, he would have placed a $1,000 bid rather than $5.00 less than the other bid. I have been involved with unscrupulous sellers twice before. They created fake eBay IDs only to jump up the price on their items, knowing full well what my highest bid already was. This auction COULD be on the up-and-up, but just APPEARS to be shaky. I hope that the winning bidder does not get screwed into paying more than he rightfully should.

This is why I always snipe what I want to avoid this improper behavior. Good luck to the honest bidder who actually wants this great item!

Post# 272791 , Reply# 26   3/29/2008 at 10:26 (5,870 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        
Yes, Rich I saw that too........

 I too smell a rat on the bidding of this item. It is strongly suggested that when this appears that it be reported to ebay. Just go to Ebays A-Z help section and click on SHILLING. Follow the instructions about reporting it to ebay with the ebay listing number. Ebay will usually investigate the bidding, and the more people that report it the better.........Shilling along with excessive shipping costs are 2 very big ebay bugaboos........

Post# 272795 , Reply# 27   3/29/2008 at 10:46 (5,870 days old) by cvillewasherbo ()        
GE Combos

 First automatic that my Mom ever had, GE Conbo from 1956. It was in the kitchen which only had room for one machine and my Dad didn't want my mom going outside to the line anymore--Long line made with SS triple width line, cemented posts on each end and a triple wide sidewalk, still not good in the winter with ice. He's such a nice guy!! Anyway, I came along around the same time and sat in the kitchen playing with pots and pans and my toy mixers, washing machines, sewing machines, you name it, while I watched everything through that tiny (compared to now) window of the GE.

Last place I lived in about 2 years ago, I wish I had a combo. I had a stacked unitized unit that was a POS.
Courtney in Waynesboro VA

Post# 272798 , Reply# 28   3/29/2008 at 10:55 (5,870 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
Hmm.....

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Id be inclined to agree- shill bidding is a destinct possibility....

Post# 272799 , Reply# 29   3/29/2008 at 11:04 (5,870 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        
Happy Birthday FilterFlo

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Hi Jimmy,

Sorry I'm out of town at the moment, but wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday anyway. Hope to see you and the Ohio/Pennsylvania guys soon.

Rich

Post# 272809 , Reply# 30   3/29/2008 at 11:38 (5,870 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        

Hi Rich,
Ah Gee, thanks. A Maytag Combo sure would make a nice birthday gift! Hint, hint! HA, just kidding. Where in the world would I put it?

Post# 272811 , Reply# 31   3/29/2008 at 11:45 (5,870 days old) by hooverwheelaway ()        
Where in the world would I put it?

 There's always room for one more!

:-)

Post# 272816 , Reply# 32   3/29/2008 at 12:30 (5,870 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL)        

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Fred,

No, it's true - Jimmy too, is out of room. But he has enough property that he can erect a few more buildings. I keep telling him how practical it would be to have only one brand of appliance per building.

Rich

Post# 272872 , Reply# 33   3/29/2008 at 17:21 (5,869 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Maybe it's Hollywood Bob doing the bidding.....8^)

Post# 272925 , Reply# 34   3/30/2008 at 01:20 (5,869 days old) by mattl (Flushing, MI)        

I don't have much respect for eBay in terms of handling bad sellers or fraud. Last fall there was a Norge wringer washer posted, and I bid on. It was located just a couple of miles from me. It was a no minimum, no reserve auction and bidding was low. I was in good position to get it and the seller pulled the auction saying there weren't any serious bids. He was/is a "Power seller", and they did nothing not even a slap on the wrist.

I wouldn't have felt bad if I was outbid, I'm frequently outbid and always snipe, but at least it's my decision. I feel if you list something on eBay to sell you take your chances, if you expect a certain price then put a reserve on it.

Post# 273039 , Reply# 35   3/30/2008 at 22:46 (5,868 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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the seller sent me some more pictures to see

I think somebody is going to get there moneys worth as it looks immaculate

Post# 273041 , Reply# 36   3/30/2008 at 23:06 (5,868 days old) by supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)        

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$3576.99?!?

Gulp.

Post# 273042 , Reply# 37   3/30/2008 at 23:09 (5,868 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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I do not know who it is but a member got it and they still got there moneys worth

I do not think there is much to do on it

Hopefully pictures and videos will be shown when the owner wants to show the fine machine off

Post# 273053 , Reply# 38   3/31/2008 at 00:52 (5,868 days old) by mattl (Flushing, MI)        

Glad to see it went to a club member!

Post# 273060 , Reply# 39   3/31/2008 at 05:13 (5,868 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

Congratulations Kim. I know you will have a real interesting addition to your already fine collection of Combo's.

Post# 273082 , Reply# 40   3/31/2008 at 07:47 (5,868 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

I don't think the crack about Hollywood Bob was appropriate. No matter whether you like someone or not and for whatever reasons, an unethical practice was being discussed and there were no grounds to accuse someone by name.

I looked at the incremental bidding as someone who was trying to enter a bid higher than $99.99, not realizing the amount of the maximum. Maybe that is naive, but when it happens against my bid, I figure someone is trying to beat my bid by spending the least amount possible. It's not smart because if a bidder wants something, 9 times out of 10, you are not going to win it by bidding a pittance over the initial maximum. I will go in at the very end with a bid that will break their back and push each vertebra sideways out a tender place. Some of Joan's philosophy is spot on. I also did not know that the seller knew a bidder's maximum before it was reached.

Post# 273083 , Reply# 41   3/31/2008 at 08:13 (5,868 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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The seller does not know a bidder's maximum bid at any point during or after the auction - that is a myth. The only exceptions would be if a bidder cancels a bid placed (this happens most often when a curious moron simply wants to know the reserve price set by the seller) and if the seller is in cahoots with someone who is placing a shill bid to raise the auction ending price. At the end of an auction, the seller only sees the maximum amount the bidder had to win the auction. If the ending price of the auction was $1215.00, the seller has no idea that the bidder may have entered any price above that amount, only what it took to win the auction. There may be a way for the seller to see the bid amount if they are cancelling a bid placed by someone, I've never had that happen in one of my auctions. I haven't experienced the shill bidding, that I know of, as a buyer but have had someone curious about the reserve and cancel a bid. Immediately reported to ebay, they keep track of a bidder's activity in such cases in the future. I think you're only allowed to cancel bids a very few times before you're kicked to the ebay curb.

Post# 273110 , Reply# 42   3/31/2008 at 12:11 (5,868 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Just So People Know

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Ebay has made many changes to their systems, including the ability to retract bids.

One can no longer simply retract a bid willy-nilly, so placing a bid to suff out the reserve, then canceling that bid is no longer on, in most cases.

Also, yes as Ganksy says, sellers hever have nor never will see a buyer's highest bid, they only know what the highest winning bid was, and now because of changes to eBay's system, bidding activity in terms of who bid what.

L.

Post# 273126 , Reply# 43   3/31/2008 at 15:27 (5,868 days old) by washendry (pinconning,mich)        
MAYTAG COMBO

 Hi Everyone,
Well, as you know I purchased the Maytag Combo, I wanted you all to know how much I appreciate the emails and messages about my recent purchases, I had set aside $5000.00 just after the 2005 Convention in Omaha for specifically these items, (if they ever came available) they did and I spent, I'll be talking with Jerry about the Combo later tonight, Plans are certain for DuoImatic pick up Wednesday in Waterford. I have a video/digital camera going with me and I plan on posting soon.
Thank you again
Kim

Post# 273133 , Reply# 44   3/31/2008 at 16:07 (5,867 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Congrats!

Enjoy it in good health!

We all can't wait for "money" shots, aciton shots, "guts" shots and other shots galore!

May it bring you loads of joy!

Post# 273142 , Reply# 45   3/31/2008 at 17:22 (5,867 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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the seller sent me some shots he took

Greg does this look like a pristine tub seal

Post# 273161 , Reply# 46   3/31/2008 at 18:38 (5,867 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Kim, congratulations. Glad someone in the club caught this beauty. Can't wait for pics!!

Post# 273162 , Reply# 47   3/31/2008 at 18:40 (5,867 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Many Congrats!

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Hi Kim,
Best Wishes - I am Happy you got the combo.
Chat soon,
Peter

Post# 273166 , Reply# 48   3/31/2008 at 19:00 (5,867 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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It's funny, I asked the seller for additional pictures of the machine and got none - if you have more, please post them. I'm sure everyone would like to see them. The seller did tell me that there were no more parts around in the shop for this combo, which is the usual response I've found from most Maytag dealers...

The seal doesn't look too bad and the overall condition looked to be pretty nice - - but remember, Maytag didn't have a recall/buyback on these because of problematic paint ;-)

Post# 273171 , Reply# 49   3/31/2008 at 19:56 (5,867 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Congratulations Kim

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2 Combos in one month, thats the way to do it!!

Jon

Post# 273173 , Reply# 50   3/31/2008 at 20:12 (5,867 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        
Original Owners Manual, Service Manual, Advertising Wheel...

 Hi Kim ! Hooray for a wonderful find........ If you need any copies of these let me know..........

Post# 273174 , Reply# 51   3/31/2008 at 20:13 (5,867 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        

Service manual.....very extensive with lots of photos and diagrams........

Post# 273175 , Reply# 52   3/31/2008 at 20:13 (5,867 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        

More service manual........

Post# 273176 , Reply# 53   3/31/2008 at 20:14 (5,867 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        

Owners operating manual........

Post# 273177 , Reply# 54   3/31/2008 at 20:15 (5,867 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        

More owners manual.......

Post# 273178 , Reply# 55   3/31/2008 at 20:15 (5,867 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        

Another page........

Post# 273179 , Reply# 56   3/31/2008 at 20:16 (5,867 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        

Very interesting Advertising Wheel, with Maytag Combo features!

Post# 273180 , Reply# 57   3/31/2008 at 20:17 (5,867 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        

Flip side of the wheel, with conventional top loading Maytag washers.........

Post# 273193 , Reply# 58   3/31/2008 at 21:13 (5,867 days old) by washendry (pinconning,mich)        
Manuals

 Thanks for the offer Filter Flo, I'll email you about the Great selection of Maytag Combo material,
Thanks again, everyone
Kim

Post# 273225 , Reply# 59   3/31/2008 at 22:53 (5,867 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        

Way to go Kim!
What fun toys you have bought in the last couple of months!
The Bendix, and this Maytag look to be in super shape! I am sure you will have loads of fun for some time to come.
Jimmy, thanks for the pictures of the operation manual, and service manual. They are lot's of Fun!
Gansky, (Greg) you have a nice investment in your basement!!!!
Brent

Post# 273483 , Reply# 60   4/2/2008 at 13:49 (5,866 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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more lip anyone

I think this looks pristine also

Post# 273510 , Reply# 61   4/2/2008 at 17:13 (5,865 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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rinse d and more tub ring seal

Post# 273596 , Reply# 62   4/3/2008 at 13:26 (5,865 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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etc

Post# 273790 , Reply# 63   4/4/2008 at 16:29 (5,863 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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clorox or purex

Post# 273793 , Reply# 64   4/4/2008 at 16:59 (5,863 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

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I agree with tomturbomatic regarding HollywoodBob.

Post# 273850 , Reply# 65   4/5/2008 at 01:20 (5,863 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)        

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rinse for the downey final touch and the nu soft cocoanut


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