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Post# 529333   7/7/2011 at 14:58 (4,648 days old) by mr-maytag (Minneapolis, MN)        

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Is this washer vintage? Just thought someone on here might be interested.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO mr-maytag's LINK on minneapolis Craigslist





Post# 529335 , Reply# 1   7/7/2011 at 15:00 (4,648 days old) by mr-maytag (Minneapolis, MN)        

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I don't think the link worked...here it is again:

CLICK HERE TO GO TO mr-maytag's LINK on Minneapolis Craigslist


Post# 529359 , Reply# 2   7/7/2011 at 16:39 (4,648 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

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Looks like it may be from the mid 80's.

Post# 529362 , Reply# 3   7/7/2011 at 16:56 (4,648 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)        
Another

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Marathon washer.

Malcolm


Post# 529403 , Reply# 4   7/7/2011 at 21:08 (4,648 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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AAHHHHHHHHHHH!.....Malcolm beat me to it!...hahaha...but yeah Marathon.......

Post# 529415 , Reply# 5   7/7/2011 at 22:19 (4,648 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)        

It could be anywhere between 1983 and 1988. It may not have the entertainment of the solid tub machines, but nontheless it will put on a decent show. It looks brand new.

Have a good one,
James


Post# 529423 , Reply# 6   7/7/2011 at 23:12 (4,648 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        

i have two of those,both from 1984-HA3001 and HA5001,pretty good washers and they
feature a rim flo filter setup.most repair work on these is pretty easy,but
repairs involving the agitator shaft or basket hub can be a real pain as i found
out wih one of mine:pin for the drive block would not come out and there was
severe corrosion of the aluminum basket hub...ended up taking the whole tub,basket
tranny,milkstool,etc.from a smashed up dump grab and installing in the washer.
Parts machine was also an '84,so must have been a good year for marathon
speed queens-at least locally.Have not found any matching dryers,so these might
be a case where the washers outlived the dryers?


Post# 529431 , Reply# 7   7/8/2011 at 00:44 (4,648 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        

Pretty good year for Marathon's",   I wonder if this was about the time Sears became "brand central".  Of course Sears always put the "hard sell" on the Kenmore products.


Post# 529449 , Reply# 8   7/8/2011 at 07:06 (4,647 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
1980s SQ WASHERS

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The pin in the agitator drive block was not designed to be removed, normally on these you just replace the shaft and block. Even the current SQ TLers can be difficult to do major repairs on after they have a few years of use and corrosion on them. They are a little like old Norge built TLers, too many pot-metal parts exposed to water. Fortunately the current TL SQs are much better built than the 1980s machines and will not likely need many major repairs for a long time at which point most will just be replaced and recycled.


Post# 529582 , Reply# 9   7/8/2011 at 21:43 (4,647 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        
pin

yeah,i tried just about everything to get that pin out with out drilling LOL
-then the parts machine became avalible...BTW,the bent up dump grab"parts"washer
only had a bad lid switch-just bypassed under the control panel by unplugging
and plugging together a couple wires and washed a few loads in it before stripping
it to fix the other washer


Post# 529599 , Reply# 10   7/9/2011 at 00:07 (4,647 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)        

Sears did not really become Brand Central until 1990. Until then their inventory was exclusively Kenmore.

Have a good one,
James



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