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Post# 779173   8/24/2014 at 20:12 (3,525 days old) by wringer (x)        

I recently purchased an old Maytag Wringer Washer model E or E2 with a cast aluminum tub. The label on the back side is missing so I don't know if it is an E or E2. I am trying to find out when it was made and am having no luck. The serial number stamped on the rim of the tub is 155641Y. Can anyone help me on this please? I found some info in a Maytag Collectors Club that kind of suggested it was made from 1939 to 1941. I didn't think it was that old. Any help on dating this machine will be very much appreciated. Thank You !!

Jim




Post# 779180 , Reply# 1   8/24/2014 at 20:39 (3,525 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)        

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From the serial number it would be an E2L from January of 1948.
Post# 779181 , Reply# 2   8/24/2014 at 20:43 (3,525 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN)        
Your machine is at least pre 1954

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Hi Jim and congrats on the new machine.

My dating code notes only go back to 1954, so your machine is earlier. Something that would help date the machine (if the serial number data isn't available) is what kind of agitator does it have? Aluminum, Bakelite, or plastic, and what colors are on the agitator and the ringer quick release. Photos of the Maytag badge might also be helpful. Does it have a pump?

I don't know of anybody that has a prewar E,J, or N, and I'm not sure what revisions were made to the design once postwar production started on the E2, J2, and N2 series.

Post# 779205 , Reply# 3   8/24/2014 at 23:02 (3,525 days old) by Tomoldcars (Montclair, Ca 91763 USA)        
The machinery gods answer to my prayers

 My wife called last Saturday and informed me our refrigerator was hot. A quick check showed a running but not compressing compressor. Thus was my GE Eterna off to its eternal reward. Sunday consisted of evicting unfrozen food and a large metal box from my kitchen and Monday my search started. Contacts through friends, Creigslist, Penny Saver, etc, had no results; so Wednesday was damaged / used dealers. My wife threw in a load of clothes, started the washer and we left. We returned about 3 hours later to Lake Laundry Room and a river running out the door. It seems our 1986 Kenmore had conspired with the frige for a two pronged attack. The washer was drained and moved to a place it could be disassembled. Almost 30 years on a wet concrete floor does not improve sheet metal and rusty clips can be fun. The frige budget was adjusted to include a used washer. Yesterday was all the yard sales we could find and everything but washers and friges. This morning, there was a new Creigslist item to investigate. It was in a direction we hadn’t travelled and overpriced. So, on a whim, we aimed at another outlet store. Enroute, my wife spotted a yard sale down the block on a cross street. A quick U turn and drive by was uninspiring until I noticed what I thought might be the back of a refrigerator. It was a 25cu’ black / stainless GE, very moldy, that had been parked several years following remodel. We agreed on $20.00 and I went back for my truck. Returned, loaded and headed back. Yard sale #2 was lots of knick knacks’ and a washer. I had a chat with the very nice gentleman who owned it and was unable to refuse his offer to take $20.00 for the washer if I would be kind enough to haul off some other items that didn’t sell. I am now in possession of; a very large, very battered coffee table, a box of very old bottles and a mid 30’s Maytag. The table goes to Goodwill, the bottles on my player piano and the fate of the washer can be up to you. Had the gods been devious enough to supply the gas version, you couldn’t pry it from me and my wife would be moving out. As it is, I have way too many projects to dive into wringer washer repair. I’d like it to have a good home and am starting here. I have no idea what it’s worth, I’m open to suggestions, offers, trades, anything. I’ll take ANY functioning auto washer. (would a Duomatic be asking too much?) All I know about it now is; the lid is missing, “It worked when I put it in the garage” and the cord is very cracked and brittle but does not appear to be shorted. Plugging it in could be exciting as the copper prongs are exposed all the way to the cord. I’ll investigate more as I have time. It is very heavy and will live in my truck until I have help and a place to put it.

I’ll answer any questions I can, Tom
PS The GE froze a glass of water, there’s hope.


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Post# 779206 , Reply# 4   8/24/2014 at 23:07 (3,525 days old) by Tomoldcars (Montclair, Ca 91763 USA)        
Sorry

 This was supposed to be a new topic I didn’t mean to hijack this one.
I am not able to correct it, someone else is welcome to.
Sorry again, Tom


Post# 779211 , Reply# 5   8/24/2014 at 23:40 (3,525 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada)        
Mark's serial number reference list ...

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Jim, I usually use the Maytag Collector's club index as a good reference for age, but of course, it doesn't narrow it down to a specific year - usually a range of years. And also, it doesn't decode the letters, even though I believe (from previous posts by Geoff Delp) those letters reference specific months.

Mark - which reference list do you use? Is it something that any members could have access to? I sure would like to have a copy of it.

...Brad



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Post# 779215 , Reply# 6   8/24/2014 at 23:49 (3,525 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada)        
Another serial number reference ... Dave's Repair

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Hello again, Jim,

Here's another reference, this time from Dave's Repair...according to his chart, your machine DOES date between 1939 and 1941.

Mark...hope you saw my post just above this one.

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Post# 779253 , Reply# 7   8/25/2014 at 05:42 (3,525 days old) by Kenmore71 (Minneapolis, MN)        

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I have a photocopy of a book from Geoff Delp. I am trying to remember if I copied it directly from him or if I got these copies through Ben Swestka. I don't recall the title of the book or who published it, but I suspect it's from some branch of the MT collector's club. I have copies of about 16 pages from it. It lists specific serial number ranges under categories arranged by the letter suffix. 
Post# 779275 , Reply# 8   8/25/2014 at 08:41 (3,524 days old) by wringer (x)        
Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 Thanks to everyone who replied to my question. Yes, Brad, I found the Maytag Collectors Club info on line and also found one of Dave's lists. I am satisfied that it was made in 1948. It is 5 years younger than I am LOL. Yep, I sure am old LOL. I have been wanting a cast tub E for a long time and found it in the group of machines my Amish friends have awaiting restoration. It did not have an agitator nor a label on the back side. Myron finished it last week and I will go get it Wed. He put 4 coats of paint on it in the paint booth. I was lucky to find NOS wringer rolls and hose for it. I found a nearly new aluminum agitator on ebay long ago which is what type it had in it when built. I had him install a pump also. The tub is in really good shape but does need to have a spa treatment which I will be looking forward to doing when I get it home. Her name is Ethel May LOL. This makes 6 wringers for me and I am totally out of room in this apartment for any more. I use all of them on a rotation basis for weekly drivers. This will be my oldest Maytag and my newest is an 81 E2L. Anyhow, THANKS to you all for the dating information. I too would like to have a copy of the list that Kenmore71 has Brad. Happy Maytaging to all and to all a big thanks !!

Jim



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