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Thread Number: 42924
Big capacity vintage washer? |
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| Post# 631385 10/13/2012 at 20:34 (4,204 days old) by Northwesty (Renton, WA) | ||
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can anyone tell if this is one of those big capacity washers from the 60s? I might be in the market... 
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| Post# 631387 , Reply# 2 10/13/2012 at 20:54 (4,204 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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Also wanted to add: While this may not be a 1960s model, it does have nostalgic value as it does have the helical drive transmission which first emerged in the 1960s. Another plus is that parts would more readily be available for a model of this age if it needs anything changed out. | ||
Post# 631390 , Reply# 3 10/13/2012 at 21:07 (4,204 days old) by Kenmore71  (Minneapolis, MN) |
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Helical drive transmission was first made available in 1957 on model 123.
Those machines are definitely 10-series machines that were made from 1980-1985. Like was mentioned before, it's hard to say if this is the standard 16 gallon or larger 19 gallon tub. Maytag machines never had the kind of capacity that the large capacity Kenmores or Frigidaire 1-18 machines had. | ||
| Post# 631396 , Reply# 4 10/13/2012 at 21:22 (4,204 days old) by Northwesty (Renton, WA) | ||
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Thanks for the quick response. | ||
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Post# 631397 , Reply# 5 10/13/2012 at 21:29 (4,204 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 631406 , Reply# 6 10/13/2012 at 21:58 (4,204 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN) |
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I have grown so weary of this correcting about the Maytag transmission. While technically true...it's easy to see how this popular description came about. Kind of like how some people call any carbonated beverage a "coke". Maytag marketed their "Helical Drive" transmission machines as such as soon as they debuted in 1957. In the late 80's when they changed their transmission, they called it the "Orbital" transmission in all of their service literature. This isn't the first time that the popular description of something and the absolutely technically accurate one differed.
Attached is a picture from a 1990 parts list. 
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Post# 631412 , Reply# 7 10/13/2012 at 22:28 (4,204 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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That lovely woodgrain looks just like the ones I have put all my wash in since 1984, LA511 and LDE410. I have a king size comforter and it washes just fine in my Maytag with perfect turnover. I may use alot more water but that is not a problem, as I live on a lake. But there is really nothing I cant put in my Maytag within reason and it always is washed fine. I am keeping these babies as long as I can.
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Post# 631417 , Reply# 8 10/13/2012 at 22:40 (4,204 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Compared to some models of Norges, GEs and WP-made machines, the Maytags were not large capacity machines, if by large capacity machines you mean 16-18 pound capacity. The large tub Maytag holds far less, somewhere in the range of 10-12 pounds. | ||
| Post# 631422 , Reply# 9 10/13/2012 at 23:44 (4,204 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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1957 origination date: Oh that's right, thanks. I keep confusing the birth of the transmission type with that of the Powerfin agitator. | ||
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Post# 631597 , Reply# 10 10/14/2012 at 19:14 (4,203 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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MT Helical Drive Washers They never called it a Helical Transmission, MT called these washers Helical Drive machines as they were talking about the drive system NOT the transmission, in fact the Helical Drive washers have almost the same transmission as the original AMP style machines, [ the gears are some of the less than 10 parts that are interchangeable between the two different style washers ] The first helical drive MT model 123 came out in 1956 I had one. | ||
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Post# 631656 , Reply# 11 10/14/2012 at 22:07 (4,203 days old) by super32 (Blackstone Massachusetts) |
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What's in a name? | ||
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Post# 631878 , Reply# 12 10/15/2012 at 16:53 (4,202 days old) by geoff (Cape Coral, FL) |
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MT | ||
| Post# 631879 , Reply# 13 10/15/2012 at 16:57 (4,202 days old) by retropia () | ||
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Dynaflow | ||
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Post# 632206 , Reply# 14 10/16/2012 at 22:30 (4,201 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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