Thread Number: 46038
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
1994 Amana washer - is this basically a Speed Queen? |
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Post# 672891   4/15/2013 at 11:07 (4,029 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Because it sure looks like a Speed Queen (made by the same company I'm sure).
I brought this home yesterday with a number of other machines (see my other thread in Imperial).
So far it seems to work fine, though the timer "seems" a little slow, but not sure about that.
It sounds like it may need a belt. How do you get inside the machine, only by lifting the top? |
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Post# 672892 , Reply# 1   4/15/2013 at 11:08 (4,029 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 672896 , Reply# 3   4/15/2013 at 11:31 (4,029 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Thanks John! When I looked at it it looked like it was a one piece cabinet ala-Whirlpool. Maybe I was daydreaming when I was looking at it, LOL.
With the way this thing fills, I don't see how it could have a spray rinse, or if it does, how it would do anything other than go straight to the outer tub and down the drain. In other words, completely ineffective and a waist of water.
I'll play with it as I have time this week and see what I can find out.
Kevin |
Post# 672953 , Reply# 4   4/15/2013 at 15:41 (4,028 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Kevin...this is the Raytheon built machine......commonly known as problem machines....usually pump issues and belt chewers...not to mention main seal failures....not all will do this, just a trademark of these styles....
can't really say to stay away from it, I have a matched set, needed a pump and belt, but otherwise runs well....it seems the main issue I see is the spray rinse slows the tub down, poor design of the drain port to pump, and this is causing the belts to wear out too soon... that spray rinse is not all that effective on these, where as mine has the rimflo filtering, and of course the fill flume aims into the this filter rim, and is only thrown into the outter tub area....not the greatest.... a fun machine, but not one that can handle a load bigger than 2/3rds full.... open it up and see what you find....may prove to be a decent, although not the best daily driver.... good luck! |
Post# 673031 , Reply# 5   4/15/2013 at 20:05 (4,028 days old) by bosch2460 (Harrisonburg, VA)   |   | |
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I am sure I will get hell for this. lol. But I did have an Amana washer and dryer in late 90's/very early 2000's. I had this washer for 5 years and it never missed a beat. The capacity was huge for the time, and the agitation was very much like a Maytag/Speed Queen, to me. I never had one issue with it, even washing up to 30 loads a week for extended periods of time. The only reason I gave it up was to go to a front loader. I sold it to a lady who I worked with and she used it for years with no issue. Others have said they were terrible machines, but that certainly was not my experience. This still goes as one of the best TL washers I have ever owned.
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Post# 673095 , Reply# 7   4/16/2013 at 01:23 (4,028 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Our '97 Amana didn't spring any leaks in the nine years we had it. It was on its third belt when we got rid of it though, and I felt it was lousy at rinsing.
I did appreciate the long agitation stroke. The sound was reminiscent of its Maytag predecessor, but there was a tenuous aspect to it. The cabinet was cheap and thin compared to the Maytag, so the machine was louder at doing everything. |