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Thread Number: 4693
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| Post# 104888 1/21/2006 at 08:47 (6,663 days old) by oldwasherguy (Ladson SC) | ||
i have an automatic maytag washer that i have aquired that is in excellent condition but have no history or information on it. i was hoping that someone would have the information on it here.i do have the serial number and that is the following: 344426bu and the model number is a206. on the inside it has a black agitator with a woven mesh lint filter. if anyone has any information/history on this machine i would greatly appreciate it if i could get it. i thankyou for your time. don | ||
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Post# 104901 , Reply# 1 1/21/2006 at 13:02 (6,663 days old) by sudsmaster  (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Post# 104903 , Reply# 2 1/21/2006 at 13:31 (6,663 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 104921 , Reply# 3 1/21/2006 at 17:04 (6,663 days old) by oldwasherguy (Ladson SC) | ||
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i dont have any way to take pictures right now, but i will soon. i collect many types of old appliances from the 1920s 30s 40s and 50s. i just recently started with the automatic washers. wringers have always interested me most,but now that the new automatics look so flimsy,i have really started to appreciate the vintage ones. i would eventually like to show all of my collection when i get a new camera.
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Post# 104936 , Reply# 4 1/21/2006 at 18:35 (6,663 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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A206 Specs | ||
| Post# 104942 , Reply# 5 1/21/2006 at 18:46 (6,663 days old) by oldwasherguy (Ladson SC) | ||
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Post# 105100 , Reply# 6 1/22/2006 at 20:09 (6,662 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Notice the change in agitation speeds. The very first of these (non perm press models) had the black bakelite agitators which ran 54 OPM, as pre-'06 models did. This was only made for a few months before the power-fin agitator and faster stroke (63 OPM) was implemented in this and the 106 models. I wonder why Maytag did this, perhaps an abundance of bakelite agitators and 54 OPM sector gears?? | ||
| Post# 105105 , Reply# 7 1/22/2006 at 20:56 (6,662 days old) by jamman_98 (Columbia, SC) | ||
Where are you? | ||
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Post# 105122 , Reply# 8 1/22/2006 at 23:03 (6,661 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Greg - I think you've got a good theory on that. I also think they were trying to market the small tub series as a set below the big tub with the faster speeds, and realized soon after that it wasn't working or being cost effective when they could be using the same parts through the entire line. Unless someone from the Maytag marketing/engineering dept comes along - it will just be another mystery! Ben | ||
| Post# 105238 , Reply# 9 1/23/2006 at 16:23 (6,661 days old) by oldwasherguy (Ladson SC) | ||
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right down the road | ||
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Post# 105300 , Reply# 10 1/23/2006 at 21:02 (6,661 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Post# 105359 , Reply# 12 1/24/2006 at 01:49 (6,660 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Austin, Thanks, I did get the A606S. It's now sitting in my garage, and I posted some photos in the A606S thread about it. Thank also for the information about when the orbital transmission came into existence. Compared to 160 opm, a change from 54 to 63 is fairly negligible. And I can see why it's not advisable to try to replace a helical transmission with an orbital one... unless one is trying to crush grapes. | ||
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