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| Post# 774965 , Reply# 1 8/2/2014 at 09:46 (3,545 days old) by jimmler (Nipomo, CA) | ||
Nice score, Rob! I suspect if you give them a full-on tune up using all the wonderful information you'll find on this site, they will be more than adequate to handle all your laundry needs. And you can probably pass them on to your toddler when they're ready to leave home. They'll still be runnning.
-Jim | ||
Post# 774968 , Reply# 2 8/2/2014 at 09:55 (3,545 days old) by electronicontrl  (Grand Rapids, MI) |
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Sweet | ||
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Post# 774969 , Reply# 3 8/2/2014 at 09:57 (3,545 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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Center dial Maytags
are solid and reliable. Your washer is lower end and one speed, but nevertheless has Maytag reliability and strong construction. My 1979 A608 had tons of rust from a leaking water inlet hose, it still runs fine 3 years later. Sand, prime, paint, no problems. Keep in mind that "lower end" is speeds, options, dispensers for fabric softener and bleach. "Lower end" still has the same mechanics and motor and transmission and cabinet as the highest end.
Neither machine is huge, but they are a matched set for size. The 606 dryer fits a load of 107 wash perfectly. As to the one speed----if it has a GENTLE or DELICATE cycle on the timer knob, then it gives a wash cycle of agitate-pause-agitate, etc. If you don't overload when you run the gentle cycle, and use the highest water level, you can wash the most gentle items in this washer, no problem. NO washer does gentle well on the lower water levels. If it has a permanent press cycle, avoid that. Water waste bigtime. Keep asking questions and posting pictures, but most Maytags of this era are long-lasting and solid performers. While they aren't as huge as 2014 models, they deliver fine results and clean rinsing. Whether a huge washer or not, the diapers are a seperate load anyhows, give them 2 rinses. Can't beat the price! | ||
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Post# 774998 , Reply# 4 8/2/2014 at 15:36 (3,545 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 775322 , Reply# 6 8/4/2014 at 07:22 (3,543 days old) by tennblondie78 (Bowling Green, KY) |
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Welcome!!! You will find many friendly, helpful people here. I restored a 1976 Maytag set a few months ago. You may want to check out my thread, becasue my washer had a badly rusted base plate as well. It's caused by the siphon break in the fill tube. You'll wanna pull that thing out and replace it with a piece of PVC or the like. There are plenty of people here to help you get your machines up and running in no time! CLICK HERE TO GO TO tennblondie78's LINK | ||
| Post# 775375 , Reply# 8 8/4/2014 at 14:44 (3,543 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona ) | ||
your washer & dryer's birthdate...... | ||
| Post# 775537 , Reply# 10 8/5/2014 at 03:05 (3,542 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
Hi Rob | ||
| Post# 775769 , Reply# 11 8/6/2014 at 07:26 (3,541 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
Nuh auh
Super iron out from Lowes for the rust in the Tub Rob!
You can take your machine completely apart if so inclined and re work it from the ground up and get rid of all that rust on the base. Infact, find another machine that does not have all that and part it out for a better base. Have done it, and it's a lot of work but very doable. | ||
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Post# 776072 , Reply# 13 8/7/2014 at 16:15 (3,540 days old) by tennblondie78 (Bowling Green, KY) |
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| Post# 776167 , Reply# 14 8/8/2014 at 00:51 (3,539 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO) | ||
Here's how you can fix up the control panels after you get the major stuff done.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO beekeyknee's LINK | ||
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Post# 787922 , Reply# 17 10/8/2014 at 00:52 (3,478 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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My mother had one similar,
a 1966 Maytag, looked like this one. My older sister and I were BOTH in cloth diapers and that machine never failed until we were in our teens....16 years it chugged along and was still chugging but started leaking oil so she got a GE filter flo which only lasted 12 years...then she went back to Maytag in 1994..it's still going strong too!
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| Post# 787925 , Reply# 19 10/8/2014 at 03:05 (3,478 days old) by bluejay (Havre de Grace, MD) | ||
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Post# 787929 , Reply# 20 10/8/2014 at 04:10 (3,478 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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I remember my mother's | ||
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Post# 787938 , Reply# 21 10/8/2014 at 05:48 (3,478 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 "Vintage" Maytag Perm Press cooldown is a single-step process ... an almost-complete drain, refill with cold water, brief agitation, then continue rest of the cycle. Essentially functions as an extra rinse. Mom11, I haven't found a reference to the specific model number of your Maytag. You say it's a "modern" machine so the Perm Press cycle may do something entirely different. The Norgetag I had from an aunt didn't run a drain/refill cooldown on Perm Press. It has slightly shorter cycle sequences and added a short spray to the first spin ... no large concern regards to water usage. Whirlpool/Kenmore had the most water-guzzling Perm Press sequence on their belt-drive machines. | ||
| Post# 787976 , Reply# 22 10/8/2014 at 11:05 (3,478 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA) | ||
On your new "Maytags"
Hey Rob,
I too over the summer replaced a Kitchen Aid set (Whirlpool/Kenmore/Roper etc.etc), that was starting to give me problems as well. The washer leaked pretty bad, and the dryer, well worked okay, but had a drum roller squeak issue. I was able to score a mid 80's set of white, low use, Right Dial Maytag's, the model numbers escape me at the moment, but the wash tub on mine is the larger capacity (four holes on the agitator, instead of three on the STD. capacity models). I too went back to Maytags for their usually trouble free, simplicity that my folks had with their set, and that many on here appreciate when doing their washes. I too noticed a minor capacity drop on mine. I used to be able to wash a queen size comforter in my old machine, but not in the Maytag, or not well for the machine, or the item. IIRC this was an issue my mother had with hers. Now, I just take larger items to the laundromat if I really need to now. I noticed that the dryer is a bit slower than my Kitchen Aid, (even being gas) but my clothes don't wrinkle quite as much either. Maytags can certainly keep up with today's loads. Our mentality as a whole about washing clothes has changed drastically, and NOT for the better...most people today feel that they should stuff the new HUGE capacity tubs to their limit and walk away, hour+ later hopefully returning to "seem clean" clothing. Then pop it all in a huge dryer. That is really not the best way as many here will attest I'm sure, but... Maytag Automatics have relatively fast wash cycles, compared to new larger machines, and the dryers arent FAST per-se, but by no means cannot handle todays laundry needs. I wish you the best of luck with your new machines. Devote enough time to the laundry generated, and those machines will churn out the clothes as fast as you could ever need. Chad... | ||
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