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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.






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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Or this??


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)        
A606 prior to 1969

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So the A606's prior to 1969 were only one cycle machines with a soak?


Post# 590559 , Reply# 5   4/18/2012 at 14:11 (4,362 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)        

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Yes. Here is a little bit clearer picture of the console of an early A606.

Post# 590639 , Reply# 6   4/18/2012 at 20:08 (4,361 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)        

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Thanks for the info guys. Although the picture above control panel is exactly like the way I remember, my gut is telling me this is a standard capacity machine !! Can it be ?!? Maybe I am just remembering things wrong and it was a large cap

Post# 590646 , Reply# 7   4/18/2012 at 20:27 (4,361 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        

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Jed -

Blue tub = small capacity
Whute tub = large capacity

So, if her machine had a white tub with the two speed control, then this is it!

Ben


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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Well thanks for clearing everything up guys. The 606 doesnt lie, this is the ONLY machine I've seen matchup perfectly.

Post# 590679 , Reply# 10   4/18/2012 at 22:02 (4,361 days old) by jetaction (Minneapolis)        
I love when.......

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Appliance mysteries are solved, how cool Jed! Thanks boys for helping him solve that one! Funny how things I see now from my childhood look sooooooooo small. I remember having to be lifted up to start the 59 800 Kenmores my Grandmother had. Now, in my basement as an adult they don't seem so huge!

Post# 591341 , Reply# 11   4/22/2012 at 10:35 (4,358 days old) by varicyclevoice (Davenport, Iowa)        
Water level settings

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When I was growing up, my Mom and Dad had an A606 washer and a DG606 dryer. The washer had the larger capacity tub and there were 4 water level selections: SMALL, MEDIUM, NORMAL, and LARGE.

Post# 591417 , Reply# 12   4/22/2012 at 19:43 (4,357 days old) by 300C (Jonesboro, GA)        
Early A206 Agitator -- Detergent Dispenser?

Regarding the black polypropylene gyratator agitator in the standard capacity Washpower Automatics (A106, A206), could it be used as a detergent dispenser (by pouring the detergent down the column) as in the 142 and 700 models? (Why am I so fascinated with detergent dispensers?)

Try this in a later model and the detergent simply falls through the column and empties onto the agitator base outside the column...



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