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Thread Number: 2294
Scavanger Hunt - Proves Successful! |
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| Post# 69239 6/4/2005 at 21:18 (6,892 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
Hey Folks: this is one of my dream machines! 1975 Maytoag A806 lighted control panels, brought it home today! Now on the search for the matching dryer. Stevie Loves Matching Sets! Let me know if any of you have any experience with these. It does need some work, but guess what for free it works and works well!! Steve 
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| Post# 69240 , Reply# 1 6/4/2005 at 21:34 (6,892 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
how cool | ||
| Post# 69241 , Reply# 2 6/4/2005 at 21:35 (6,892 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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It washes great | ||
Post# 69244 , Reply# 4 6/4/2005 at 22:00 (6,892 days old) by toggleswitch  (New York City, NY) |
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bypassing the lid swtch | ||
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Post# 69245 , Reply# 5 6/4/2005 at 22:07 (6,892 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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That filter looks about like my sister's Maytag. The machine came with the house they bought more than 12 years ago. She had never used a Maytag before, didn't know it had a filter that needs manual cleaning. I ran across the situation about a year ago, when I investigated a leak (on the water fill injector). Soaked it in Lime-a-way, scrubbed it, poked as many of the perfs clear as I could in the time I had available.
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Post# 69248 , Reply# 7 6/4/2005 at 22:17 (6,892 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Beautiful 'Tag | ||
| Post# 69263 , Reply# 10 6/4/2005 at 22:51 (6,892 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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On my other Maytag's
I clean it after every wash. In fact, when the rinse water is flowing, I rinse the fabric softner into the rinse water to make sure there are not leftovers in the the spin trap of the filter. Then when the load is completed, I take the whole thing out and clean it in the laundry sink! Steve PS the last one I did, the bumbbling idiot would feed the detergent through the lint filter. I should have taken pics of that, OMG Steve | ||
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Post# 69267 , Reply# 11 6/4/2005 at 23:19 (6,892 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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say what? | ||
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Post# 69269 , Reply# 12 6/4/2005 at 23:27 (6,892 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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nasty lint filter
Quote: I always clean the filter after each load, although a certain person I know cleans it out every week at the most...;-) Austin, caution there tiger.....only she knows the antidote to what goes in your food!!! LOL LOL and totally off-topic, more for Austin: Spanish language/culture-- Married: Casado/Casada = casa is house=> could it mean locked-away in the house? Handcuffs: esposas (spouses) interesting huh? | ||
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Post# 69271 , Reply# 14 6/4/2005 at 23:36 (6,892 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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the joys of a pure mind.. | ||
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Post# 69291 , Reply# 18 6/5/2005 at 08:53 (6,892 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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so many buttons. | ||
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Post# 69295 , Reply# 20 6/5/2005 at 09:28 (6,892 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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button fever | ||
| Post# 69296 , Reply# 21 6/5/2005 at 10:08 (6,892 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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So Much Energy and Excitement for Me
**DaDoes - hope your sister is keeping hers clean now that she knows about it!!! **westytoploader - YES, you are right, everytime you do a load, you wash it out and it is very effective when done correctly. (The lint filter) **geoffdelp - No to the Suds Saver, we here in the South could afford the water and soap!!! JUST A JOKE! LOL **Venus & SactoTeddyBear - A holiday for Maytag month is a great Idea. It really does seem as though that has happend a lot so far in June 2005. Convention Month! **Venus - I really don't know when the "flourescent" lights were discontinued. Perhaps someone else in the finest club on earth could en-lighten us with this information. Gyrafoam - Thanks for the lid switch tid-bit. I forgot about the tub light being a part of teasing the that little black and white enoying peice in my way! and back to Westytoploader, yes I think they did have a clue that we were outsmarting their machine(s) and we were enjoying tooooooooo much clean fun. After all, if they cannot tax you on it, arrest you on it, take it away from you, send curious minds searching, then they are not happy, so the results is what they define as misery. I am just full of it arent I? LEAVE OUR MACHINES RUNNING WITH THE LID OPEN, ALL YOU MANUFACTURERS. **toggleswitch - jerseymike got them exactly correct, or course there are four water level's he did not mention. 1 - samll load, 2 - medium load, 3 - normal load, 4 - extra large load. **all others who have all the nice things to say, THANKS! I am sure I will have some future questions. OK it is 10:10 here in Pensacola, FL and I am off of here and out to the Wash Shed to Play. So glad I got all my "house work" done yesterday and the yard too. Maytag day for Stevie!!!! Steve | ||
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Post# 69299 , Reply# 22 6/5/2005 at 11:32 (6,892 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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Lid Switch Since the lid switch doubles as the off-balance switch, it's not a good idea to disable it. Instead, add a toggle switch in parallel with the lid switch, mount it on the back of the control panel, and label the top of the panel "SERVICE/SAFETY". | ||
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Post# 69300 , Reply# 23 6/5/2005 at 11:48 (6,892 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 69321 , Reply# 24 6/5/2005 at 17:31 (6,891 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
June SHOULD be Maytag Month! :)
Congratulations Steve! Very nice classic machine you have there. The center timer Tags always had that clean classic look. I like these so much better than the later models when they put the timer on the right side. Have fun with that in the Florida sun!! Rick PS Kenny (GF) can find you a FINE matching dryer if you want one. | ||
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Post# 69326 , Reply# 26 6/5/2005 at 18:27 (6,891 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Quote: Since the lid switch doubles as the off-balance switch, it's not a good idea to disable it. I'm confused, IIRC the off-balance switch is actually some device that mechanically pushes "in" the timer knob, therby stopping the cycle. (or at least it was on a 1965 model....) Would someone kindly shed some more light on this? Thank you. | ||
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Post# 69330 , Reply# 27 6/5/2005 at 18:56 (6,891 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 69354 , Reply# 28 6/5/2005 at 22:31 (6,891 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Had the time of my life today, but
There is not a (A806)tub light an never has been on here. I know where to look on the upper cabinet for that! So, back to the to lid switch! There have been many comments and suggestions on it, but the way I found to do it years ago (stay away toggleswitch) was to super glue the actual switch in the "ON" postion. Then the plunger still seems to be active, but in escense isnt doing any thing with it's spring loaded self at all. It is then an illusion to the eye. Ok so as far as this machine is concered, I did have a nice day seeing what might be issues. "The previous Owners" were trashing it because it leaked. Guess what. A rotten and split drain hose. OMG, they said to me, OH this machines is so old and we don't want to spend any money on it for repair. I said YEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS MAM. May I use it for parts. She obliged, oh please be sure you can use parts then dispose of the remainder in the proper recycle places. Of course I agreed.! Steve | ||
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