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Post# 679199 , Reply# 1   5/13/2013 at 20:32 (3,999 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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oh wow!! i'm surprized nobody has replied to your post yet??
there are some very experienced members on here that know alot about the maytag A50. i'm wondering if maybe they haven't seen your post?? i'm really sorry that nobody has chimed in just yet. but my post will bring this thread to the top and hopefully some of the maytag A50 enthusiasts will see your message and help you out. me personally, i don't know anything about the maytag A50, as i'm a hoover-girl cuz i only have a hoover twin tub. and i don't even know everything there is to know about my hoover. LOL.... but i am learning little by little. hm hm hm..... good luck!!! just me, hippiedoll peace & love...... |
Post# 679231 , Reply# 2   5/14/2013 at 01:35 (3,999 days old) by revvinkevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Hey Drew, I don't know that I can answer all your questions but I'll give it a shot. 1. Yes as long as the cable is adjusted properly and flapper inside is in good condition, it should seal enough so the wash tub water stays put. 2. Yes as long as the circuit you have i't plugged into can handle it. 3. The clinking sound is normal. It's the belt running thru the pulleys, spot on the belt where it's connected together to make one continuous loop. So..... That sound is normal, every one does it. 4. Sorry I don't know enough about the motors or electrical to answer this. 5. The motors should be permanently lubricated, meaning there is no place to lube them. 6. When starting the wash motor, you can turn the timer the other direction and go directly to the five-minute mark. I hope this helps! Kevin |
Post# 679234 , Reply# 3   5/14/2013 at 01:57 (3,999 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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I'm sorry. Too many irons in the fire and I missed this post.
I see no reason why you couldn't put a capacitor on the motors. It could only help and Maytag actually had a capacitor and instructions to install on the full size machines where the power was low enough to dim the lights. I think the machine was designed with the idea that you would just turn the timer to the full wash. A run switch is a novel idea and also wouldn't be difficult to install. You could mount it on the back so to not to mar the front. Kevin is right. You should be able to seal off the tubs to prevent water from traveling between them. I will have to look in the archives at the shop and see if I can locate the service manuals for her. I will try. RCD |
Post# 679270 , Reply# 4   5/14/2013 at 07:58 (3,999 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Light dimming when starting, you should test the circuits voltage you are using at the instant of start, if the voltage falls below about about 100 volts and or if it is less that about 110 when running BOTH motors the circuit is really not up to using for this washer. This washer had two strong but very inefficient motors [ by today's standards ] and it needed a good strong appliance circuit for best performance. As Andy suggested you could probably add a motor start capacitor on each motor or the motor that gives you the bigger problem which might slightly help but as long as the motors start quickly each time it really will not help anything either.
You likely have a bad diverter valve.
Welcome to the world of manually operated clothes washing and while I have several of this type of washer in our collection I would never find the time to actually do my laundry in one of these machines, LOL. When I was working MT in the early 1970s we sold a few of these washers, but when WP introduced their compact fully automatic portable in late 1972 we never sold another of the A50s, in fact we almost had to give away the A50 demonstrator that was on the showroom floor. I dough that MT sold many of these washers which makes them a must have for serious MT collectors. I also suspect that MT lost money on these as not only were they quickly beat in sales by many Japanese machines and as I already mentioned just as had already happened with wringer washer sales more than a decade before when almost all consumers rushed to fully automatic washers.
As a result most of the A50s saw little use and the ones that did suffered lots of early failures. Almost every Maytag appliance ever introduced since World War Two through there demise in 2006 had lots of problems that MT would correct over the next few years of production. This was one of the few products that they only made a few improvements in as I think they knew almost from the beginning it was not going to be successful in the long run.
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