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Thread Number: 39776
Maytag Agitator Variations |
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| Post# 588953 4/13/2012 at 03:18 (4,394 days old) by waterwitch (Pomona, Calif.) | ||
How many different agitator variations were there for Maytag Automatics? This is not in reference to the difference between the "Standard" and "Extra Large Capacity". So far I am only aware of the Turquoise "Powerfin" and one black "Bakelite" version. The Bakelite version that I have seen had a type of plate at the very bottom, and created the suction for the filter through a slit that was on the lower circumference achieved by the bottom plate and the bottom of the agitator coming together. But were there any other methods in achieving the flow of water needed for the filter?
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| Post# 590028 , Reply# 2 4/16/2012 at 19:40 (4,390 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California) | ||
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| Post# 590294 , Reply# 3 4/17/2012 at 14:40 (4,389 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Agis IIRC, the Bakelite ones had a separate pump section on the bottom of the agitator for pulling water down through the column and filtering it. Early polypropylene PowerFins did too, but later ones revised the design to allow the column to just exhaust on the outside down near the fins--no true pumping involved. | ||
| Post# 590309 , Reply# 4 4/17/2012 at 14:54 (4,389 days old) by nmassman44 (Brooksville Florida) | ||
Well um wait a second there...granted they did away with that disc under the agitator and the " true pump" but the PowerFin that they used still pulled water thru the filter. The vanes and where the outlet was at the bottom of the lint filter barrel would create a suction to pull the water into the slots and thru the filter and down and out. I think that is very effective. I know in my A613 it does quite well filtering and when I put the PowerFin into my Dependable Care Maytag it's amazing how much lint gets caught on that filter. And yes I know one is not supposed to use a PowerFin in an Orbital drive washer...but it's fun! Most of the time I use the LoadSensor or PowerFlex 12....
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Post# 590313 , Reply# 5 4/17/2012 at 15:04 (4,389 days old) by Yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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| Post# 590341 , Reply# 6 4/17/2012 at 17:05 (4,389 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
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Pumping No disparaging intended there, Mike. The mechanism still works, but my intent was underscoring that the process for directing the water down the column is different between the two.
Assuredly, it still works, as is attested to by countless Maytags we find with packed-solid lint filters, if the operator didn't realize it was there. :-) | ||
| Post# 590365 , Reply# 7 4/17/2012 at 18:23 (4,389 days old) by mixguy (St. Martinville, Louisiana) | ||
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Agitator of the AMP Automatic Was there no column in the early AMP Maytag automatics? Looking like the agitator of wringer washers but with no column above the fins. The models having a timed fill not the ones using float that tripped the fill switch | ||
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Post# 590380 , Reply# 8 4/17/2012 at 19:05 (4,389 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Early Lint Filter MT Washer Agitators One of the best things about the earlier agitators with the pumping disk below the skirt was that it made an excellent dry detergent dispenser and for the few customers that actually used it that way the detergent kept you from ever getting the agitator clogged with minerals, lint etc as the detergents water softening proprieties were applied directly inside the agitator. | ||
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Post# 590395 , Reply# 9 4/17/2012 at 19:38 (4,389 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area)) |
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Black Powerfin? | ||
| Post# 590399 , Reply# 10 4/17/2012 at 19:49 (4,389 days old) by cehalstead (Charleston, WV) | ||
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I'm not trying to go off topic, but I have a turquoise power fin agitator for the large capacity machine that I will give to a good home (i no longer have a Maytag, and have no need for it). Private message me on the site, and we can work out shipping....first come, first serve........ | ||
| Post# 590405 , Reply# 11 4/17/2012 at 20:15 (4,389 days old) by mixfinder () | ||
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Me Too I also have a large capacity, turquoise power fin agitator with filter assembly if anyone wants it. I'd love to find a chrome lint filter for my 806. | ||
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