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Post# 590534   4/18/2012 at 11:40 (4,362 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)   |   | |
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I am trying to identify my childhood Maytag washer. I have tried to do this before but I have yet to find an exact match (the a206's are the closest, yet not quite).
Here goes: left side (HOT WARM COLD) right side RA GA, small normal large. The trim on the panel was the sea blue variety. timer had the silver knob, the machine had the pilot light (I destroyed this light in an attempt to sabotage the washer LOL, probably my earliest memory of working on appliances). The timer only had one cycle. I dont remember if it had a soak or not but I do know it only had one cycle because if it had more I would've used them. And finally the last part that I haven't seen a perfect match too is a white tub with turquoise power fin. Definitely wasnt a blue tub. |
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Post# 590539 , Reply# 1   4/18/2012 at 12:17 (4,362 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 590542 , Reply# 2   4/18/2012 at 12:41 (4,362 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 590553 , Reply# 3   4/18/2012 at 13:54 (4,362 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)   |   | |
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Ben is correct. Sounds like an original series A606 that would have been produced between January 1966 and November 1968. What Ben posted is the original literature that went out to dealers in late 1965 to mark the introduction of the "new" Washpower Automatics.
In December 1968 they introduced the 4-position water level switch on the large tub machines and in February 1969 they began using a revised timer that included a Permanent Press cycle. |
Post# 590554 , Reply# 4   4/18/2012 at 13:57 (4,362 days old) by joefuss1984 (Little Rock, AR)   |   | |
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Post# 590559 , Reply# 5   4/18/2012 at 14:11 (4,362 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)   |   | |
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Post# 590639 , Reply# 6   4/18/2012 at 20:08 (4,361 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 590646 , Reply# 7   4/18/2012 at 20:27 (4,361 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 590669 , Reply# 8   4/18/2012 at 21:41 (4,361 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)   |   | |
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Exactly, Ben. Also, if it were a standard capacity machine from this era the water levels would have been: small, medium, and large. On the large capacity machines it was small, normal, and large.
In addition to that, the standard capacity Washpower Automatics (A106, A206) were originally introduced with a black polypropalene gyratator agitator and a dark blue tub. By the late 1960s that had been changed to a lighter blue enamel tub with a turquoise power-fin agitator. |
Post# 590673 , Reply# 9   4/18/2012 at 21:47 (4,361 days old) by Lebron (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 590679 , Reply# 10   4/18/2012 at 22:02 (4,361 days old) by jetaction (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 591341 , Reply# 11   4/22/2012 at 10:35 (4,358 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa)   |   | |
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