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Post# 682922   6/7/2013 at 11:24 (3,975 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 682927 , Reply# 1   6/7/2013 at 11:37 (3,975 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 682929 , Reply# 2   6/7/2013 at 11:55 (3,975 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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but that white 'tator is the same one that's in my LTC Paul's latter day Tag which operates with the short fast stroke.
I thought only the green 'tators went long and slow. Is that what you're talkin' about, Malcolm? The stroke and finning are different, but it is the same size as the green, and perhaps, they're interchangeable. Or is this simply a re-make of the vintage green in a new color? |
Post# 682933 , Reply# 3   6/7/2013 at 12:40 (3,975 days old) by geoff (Cape Coral, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 682941 , Reply# 4   6/7/2013 at 14:05 (3,975 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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That the average person would have taken down their Maytag machine to the level that this one in the video has been. Then, substuting the newer agitator for the old, can't imagine why, can't see that the powerfin would ever fail.
Then, for the user to video the resulting agitation and post it on YT. Just strange for a non-collector to exhibit the behaviour. Malcolm |
Post# 682950 , Reply# 5   6/7/2013 at 15:56 (3,975 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 682954 , Reply# 6   6/7/2013 at 16:35 (3,975 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 682958 , Reply# 7   6/7/2013 at 17:14 (3,975 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 682966 , Reply# 8   6/7/2013 at 18:20 (3,975 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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I could be wrong but he looks a collector or anyway a washer appassioned as in his/her account do have another video (4 in total all about the same machine) showing the machine operation with the "regular" agitator...
Personally I see and think the regular one to be more effective of course, the other one was meant to run faster, at higher speed and shorter strokes, subsantially a different washing action to be had with this different type of agitator, washing action would not do the same or as effective with this agitator that BTW and IMHO look is doing a much more decent job than many other modern agitator machines they sell now...just to say it right. He will not be the first nor the last changing agitator and see how it works in another machine, I've to agree it does not take much to realize it would not have been as effective...but interesting to see anyway... The other video: |
Post# 682971 , Reply# 9   6/7/2013 at 18:34 (3,975 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 682975 , Reply# 10   6/7/2013 at 18:44 (3,975 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 682976 , Reply# 11   6/7/2013 at 18:51 (3,975 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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I remember having watched again recently a short video of an easy agitator in an SQ of a member on here, it was interesting as well, I get to find it....
In this forum I've seen many agitator switch from other machines... Anyway, I've to say sometimes agitators of others machines would work perfectly in others also... if original are not available they would be just an as valid subsitute... maybe not the case of the SQ I mentioned before, nor of ourse of this Maytag... Nice to try them out anyway in different machines... I got the video I was talking about: |
Post# 682977 , Reply# 12   6/7/2013 at 18:51 (3,975 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 682979 , Reply# 13   6/7/2013 at 19:02 (3,975 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 683048 , Reply# 14   6/8/2013 at 11:47 (3,974 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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I remember this. The individual was concerned about the knocking sound the machine made during agitation and we hypothesized that the set screw in the mounting stem was in one of the flutes on the trans. neck or the stop lug was out of adjustment. I don't remember the final conclusion.
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Post# 683137 , Reply# 15   6/9/2013 at 02:41 (3,973 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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I think the Tag in Malcolm's video was the last big hurrah agitator for maytag. Just prior to the dual action patent becoming a facsimile. alr |
Post# 683167 , Reply# 16   6/9/2013 at 07:10 (3,973 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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turn the beat around......a video courtesy of our own westytoploader shows a powerfin installed in an orbital tranny setup....
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Yogitunes's LINK |
Post# 683192 , Reply# 17   6/9/2013 at 08:38 (3,973 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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You see, the regular agitator in an orbital machine is very good!!!
I may remember it wrongly but I could see that in some coin operated maytag with orbital transmission the agitator was similar of an "old style" power fin one, I mean the bottom 4 fins not the things in the neck.... But this agitator works just perfectly in these also! The other one not in older (non-orbital) machines. This post was last edited 06/09/2013 at 08:55 |
Post# 683193 , Reply# 18   6/9/2013 at 08:40 (3,973 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 683194 , Reply# 19   6/9/2013 at 08:42 (3,973 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 683195 , Reply# 20   6/9/2013 at 09:01 (3,973 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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I don't have a regular Maytag anymore, the one I do have has this type of 50hz setup.....but the next time Darren is here, I will try to get a video of different agitators.....amazing the different effects and wash action...
video and info on this setup courtesy of Ben..... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Yogitunes's LINK |
Post# 683420 , Reply# 22   6/10/2013 at 18:05 (3,972 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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there are exceptions as with anything.....
when Kenmore first came out with the DualAction for their beltdrives...the salesmen and guy in the service dept swore it would not fit my Whirlpool.....but I got one anyway and tried it myself.....it worked! and the same for the LoadSensor of the Maytags......designed only to fit the newer model, so they claimed.....now granted it only works for the pitman/helical drive machines......the LoadSensor from a Norge design will not fit a true Maytag machine, and so comes the exception!....the biggest ordela is no center lint filter....the newer design was self cleaning....I never seen a big loss either way ashame for some of the flaws that Norge had, the bigger tub and agitator and longer, slower stroke made it a nice machine to consider....although some have had great luck with these machines.....nobody is perfect |