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Thread Number: 43985
Maytag Wringer Washer On/Off Switch? |
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Post# 646505 , Reply# 2 12/14/2012 at 18:08 (4,149 days old) by RevvinKevin  (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Question....
Can you post a better photo of this on/off lever you were referring to?
And CONGRATS on your (new to you) Maytag wringer!!
Do you know when it was built? Post the 2 letters from the end of the serial # and we can tell you!
Kevin This post was last edited 12/14/2012 at 19:07 | ||
| Post# 646526 , Reply# 4 12/14/2012 at 19:35 (4,149 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN) | ||
Congratulations on your purchase of your "J". In a way, I prefer them over the top of the line "E" machines because their tubs are easier to care for and the lid gives you access to the entire interior of the machine, which helps getting bulky items out.
That mystery switch is probably a pump control. I am attaching a picture of the bottom of my "E" (it's identical to a "J"). On a Maytag Wringer, once you plug it in, all the controls are purely mechanical. The red arrow indicates the agitator control (the knob on the side of the cabinet) and the green is a toggle that pushes the friction wheel of the optional pump against the rim of the pulley. If you push the pump to the "ON" position and nothing happens, chances are the pump wheel isn't pressing hard enough against the pulley rim. Word of caution: Be sure that when you start playing with the pump control, the water actually has someplace to go. Your machine should have a crook tube at the end of the hose and I don't see it, meaning if the pump is turned on, the machine will geyser. By the way if you do have a pump, your model number is J2LP, if not, it's just a J2L 
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| Post# 646533 , Reply# 5 12/14/2012 at 19:54 (4,149 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN) | ||
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As for owner's manuals, this site has the Automatic Ephemera page where manuals and advertising material is available at a very nominal cost. For your wringer, just click the link at the bottom of this window and you will be taken to the specific page you need to get started. Consider "Long Famous Dependable Maytags" (published in 1966 but revised up to 1980) and "Maytag Wringer Washer Instruction Book" (1959). The first book is more of a primer, and the second gives very detailed instructions on handling laundry situations.
Your model (the "J") was the middle of the road model and was discontinued several years before wringer production halted completely ("E" was Top and "N" was Bottom of the Line). If there is no reference to the "J" model in the chapter you are reading (the deleted references are a little haphazard), just use instructions for the "E", their specifications are really identical. One last thing, the designs on this line go back to World War Two and went forward almost completely unchanged until wringers were discontinued in the 1980's. While the machines didn't change the nature of clothing, fabrics, and detergents did, so my advice would be to follow laundry instructions from the latest publications. CLICK HERE TO GO TO scoots's LINK | ||
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