Thread Number: 58081
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1972 Maytag HA806 set from Reno |
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Post# 805659   1/24/2015 at 08:01 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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I finished the 806 set the Drew gave me last spring. I finished the dryer early last summer and the washer last fall. Bear with me while I post. Thanks.
1: Bushing in spider that holds drum shaft. Wick removed for cleaning. 3: Wick removed, cleaned in kerosene and mashed between paper towels to dry. 4: Wick reinstalled. 5: New "O" rings installed in front of both bushings and area soaked with turbine oil. 6: Drum reinstalled in spider and fiber washers and snap rings reinstalled. CLICK HERE TO GO TO beekeyknee's LINK This post was last edited 01/24/2015 at 12:31 |
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Post# 805661 , Reply# 1   1/24/2015 at 08:14 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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1: Info on paint can states it cures completely when heat is applied. 2: Insulators, stand offs and thermostats from drum cover.
I had to do part of this work in my living room because the garage wasn't cleaned out yet. |
Post# 805663 , Reply# 2   1/24/2015 at 08:20 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 805665 , Reply# 3   1/24/2015 at 08:33 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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13: I had to test it in the hallway because the other dryer was still hooked up. Fine work shop, eh? |
Post# 805670 , Reply# 4   1/24/2015 at 09:16 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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On to the washer.
4: Thought I'd better make another diagram. This machine has a few more wires than the 1979 model, plus I'm gonna do a modification. 5: The escapement's in good condition. Just a bit of wear on the torsion spring gear. But that's normal. I've seen much worse. 6: Kerosene bath. 7: Parts collecting in my good dishes! 14: Thought I'd open this up to see what's inside. There was a staple stuck in the rubber impeller. 16: The tub clamp cleaned up nicely.
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Post# 805675 , Reply# 5   1/24/2015 at 09:56 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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2: Maytag rubber part stew, anyone? Yum. 3: Thought I'd take apart the brake and clean it. I used these parts to do it. It needed some cleaning and I discovered it needed a new brake spring when I was in there. Luckily I had a new one. The tub wouldn't brake and would index during agitation, so I knew that was it. I hadn't done this before and it was interesting. James Pate did this a year or two ago and used a roller bearing between the washers to help with unscrewing the brake. I just used grease and more pressure since I didn't have a bearing handy. 5: I have quite a few of these gaskets. If any of you want to take your brake apart let me know. I can spare several. 9: I dropped this ballast on the concrete and of course it landed upside down and broke the little wire coming from the winding to one of the terminals. I glued the terminal board down, placed a thin piece of cardboard under the broken wire, scrapped the varnish off the wire, placed the two broken pieces close together and put a tiny drop of solder on them and then covered the area in epoxy. I got continuity again, so it still works. See the little grey bump on the lower left-hand side? That's were the repair is. 12: Hydrochloric fumes, anyone? This post was last edited 01/24/2015 at 12:47 |
Post# 805686 , Reply# 6   1/24/2015 at 11:12 (3,351 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 805687 , Reply# 7   1/24/2015 at 11:13 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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1: Pinion gear has very little wear. All of the machine is like that. Wonder why? The grey coating is POR-15. 13: I marked the tub with an orange wax pencil so I could put it back in the way it came out. It's centered with the counter balance weight. 19: Is the switch I installed to pause the timer motor.
The damper pads got replaced too, of course. I forgot to put that picture in. This post was last edited 01/24/2015 at 15:11 |
Post# 805688 , Reply# 8   1/24/2015 at 11:15 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 805695 , Reply# 9   1/24/2015 at 11:45 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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1: A convenient hole to run the wires for the added switch. 2 - 4: Coming back together. 5: Checking tub cover height. 6: First electric check. Finished pair and some decorating. This post was last edited 01/24/2015 at 13:58 |
Post# 805698 , Reply# 10   1/24/2015 at 11:52 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 805705 , Reply# 11   1/24/2015 at 12:15 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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A video of me doing a test run in the garage last fall. Thanks for your patients. I'm getting fatigued and it's showing. I'm washing the rags I used working on the machine in the video. That's where all the grease is coming from. Cool machines, Drew. I'm glad I didn't part them.
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Post# 805716 , Reply# 12   1/24/2015 at 12:53 (3,351 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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Post# 805718 , Reply# 13   1/24/2015 at 13:00 (3,351 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 805736 , Reply# 14   1/24/2015 at 15:00 (3,351 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 805746 , Reply# 15   1/24/2015 at 15:25 (3,351 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)   |   | |
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Post# 805802 , Reply# 17   1/24/2015 at 21:34 (3,350 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 805846 , Reply# 18   1/24/2015 at 23:59 (3,350 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 806123 , Reply# 19   1/26/2015 at 13:23 (3,349 days old) by hippiedoll ( arizona )   |   | |
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Post# 984040 , Reply# 22   2/23/2018 at 22:14 (2,224 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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I wasn't completely satisfied with my restoration from 2015 so I decided to make some changes. This started last summer and I just made my final tweak today. I'll try to keep this as concise as possible as to not bore anyone.
1. Had outer tub powder coated. They didn't have extra dark blue so I had them do it in black. 2. I had a NOS agitator drive shaft so I installed it in the upper transmission half and replaced the trans. oil with real Maytag oil. It's a bit thicker and machine runs quieter. 3. Took out the rubber injector tube and replaced it with a barbed plastic connector. Also removed the little rubber restrictor from the water valve. Water just dumps in now. I like the way it works. 4. Soaked some of the rubber parts that were hard in a wintergreen oil/91% alcohol mixture (one part wg>2 or 3ish parts alcohol) for about a month. Works pretty well. Started putting machine back together. 5. Over the holidays, while at my parent's house, I found an older New Generation machine for sale on CL with the two piece, baffled Powerfin agitator. It may have been a 606. Not sure. Just wanted the agitator out of it. The whole machine was only $45.00. It popped right out with a few tugs. That's the third time I've encountered a baffled agitator and they all came out easily. Seems like an unusual string of good luck, according to what I've heard others say. I fear my luck will be running out. This is the first time I've had one of these apart. I found an "O" ring in the top of the baffle where it fits around the spline. It seems this "O" ring is what creates the seal that keeps the air bubble under the agitator and water away from the spline. The "O" ring in this agitator was beginning to fail, as it had hairline cracks in it. There was actually room for two "O" rings in the top of this baffle and I felt two distinct "pops" or "snaps" as I pushed the baffle back into place in the agitator and I can see a good fit on the bottom ring around the spline. These pieces went together well, felt solid going together and I believe there will be good integrity to maintain an air pocket underneath the agitator. I don't remember anyone addressing the "O" ring before in any other post and I can see now that this part is important. Did I just miss that somewhere? 6. This is the adjustable cool down thermostat that I and others have mentioned before. This addition makes a so - so dryer into a really great one, IMO. Clothes come out pretty cool (about body temperature or lower), with no static on most fabrics and with a lot less lint. I've noticed more lint on the filter with the longer cool down time. I don't know why. Maybe fabrics release more lint when cool? Fabrics seem to be more fluffy too. I think I set the thermostat at around 90 or 95 degrees. Was going to write it down while it was open and forgot. The temperature in the house runs between the upper 60's and lower 70's and the dryer runs for about 10 min. after the bell rings. I glance at the clock and add 10 min. before collecting the clothes. CLICK HERE TO GO TO beekeyknee's LINK |
Post# 984044 , Reply# 23   2/23/2018 at 22:40 (2,224 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK)   |   | |
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Post# 984045 , Reply# 24   2/23/2018 at 22:44 (2,224 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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7. Took a page out of Mark's (kenmore71) book and added a light in the console to let me know when the element is on. He used a blue light behind the gas logo, so I decided to use orange neon behind the Maytag logo. I soldered two neons together in parallel, heat shrinked the legs on the lamps and then heat shrinked the whole thing. I connected it to both sides of the element where the ceramic poles are on the reflector. Used a ring terminal on the end of the wires where they connect to the poles.
8. Did a little extra cleaning and oiling while I was in there, especially on that idler pulley. 9. Last I scanned the schematic and caution label, downloaded it on to a USB stick, took it to Staples and had it printed and laminated. Soon I will open the washer, spray the back of the laminates with photo mount adhesive and stick them on the front of the tub. That's it. |
Post# 984159 , Reply# 26   2/24/2018 at 15:59 (2,224 days old) by Tazz (western massachusetts)   |   | |
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I know they're gold but I'm green with envy... Beautiful |
Post# 984216 , Reply# 27   2/25/2018 at 06:25 (2,223 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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