Thread Number: 77934
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Maytag Model 90 |
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Post# 1019602 , Reply# 1   12/31/2018 at 14:16 (1,914 days old) by TexasSuds (Fort Worth, Texas)   |   | |
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One more shot. Still has the original plug and cord. I wouldn't dare plug it in unless I had a deathwish, but cool it still has it's original plug.
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Post# 1019627 , Reply# 2   12/31/2018 at 17:22 (1,914 days old) by jeb (Mansfield Ohiio)   |   | |
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New legs are available on line all the time. You have to push down on the handle to make the wringer turn to different positions. How does it look under the agitator? |
Post# 1019631 , Reply# 3   12/31/2018 at 18:49 (1,914 days old) by TexasSuds (Fort Worth, Texas)   |   | |
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Good question. I’ll have to check. How does one take the agitator off? There’s some sort of cat litter or something in there now, that better come out soon. That probably draws moisture. Here is the serial number though.
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Post# 1019753 , Reply# 4   1/1/2019 at 18:22 (1,913 days old) by jeb (Mansfield Ohiio)   |   | |
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The agitator should just put up and out |
Post# 1019872 , Reply# 5   1/2/2019 at 20:06 (1,912 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada)   |   | |
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dates to October 1929. Total production of the Model 90 was 400,088 units, between Sept.1927 through Jan. 1930.
If the aluminum tub is not pitted too drastically, I would consider going ahead with the restoration! As mentioned, legs, hose, wringer rolls, and other parts appear on ebay periodically. Additionally, I have sources in Iowa and Nebraska, should you need something that you cannot find online. Don't hesitate to contact me by email - bradross63@gmail.com Have fun with it! |
Post# 1020743 , Reply# 7   1/10/2019 at 16:16 (1,904 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada)   |   | |
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but in the interest of others following this thread --- there is a small hole about 1-1/2 inches from the top of the agitator. It's a breather hole, just below the drive block, to allow air to escape when filling the tub with water. Injecting some penetrating oil while the machine is upside down will allow the oil to seep around the drive block (listed as the "torque" in Maytag parts manual), allowing it to loosen up - hopefully! Some carefully applied heat from a torch can help also - but be careful not to over-heat and scorch the agitator.
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Post# 1023233 , Reply# 9   1/31/2019 at 21:00 (1,883 days old) by TexasSuds (Fort Worth, Texas)   |   | |
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Got it figured, y’all. That centrifugal switch is held in with these doohickeys. A nail and some tapping set it free. Now to figure a new switch. Maybe this is helpful to someone else. Maybe I’ve screwed it up. I’ll know soon enough. :) |
Post# 1023243 , Reply# 10   1/31/2019 at 22:39 (1,883 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 1025388 , Reply# 12   2/22/2019 at 23:55 (1,861 days old) by Stan (Napa CA)   |   | |
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Been following along here waiting to see how this goes.
Brad is the expert here with these pre war Maytags, as I'm sure you've figured by now. I have a 1954 Maytag Wringer, but find the model 30s and 90s fascinating. In reading your original post, you said the handle on the mangel won't turn. I'm curious about why that's stuck? And if Brad has made a suggestion concerning it? Can't use the durn thing if it won't wring out water. Keep us posed with your progress |
Post# 1025656 , Reply# 14   2/25/2019 at 22:38 (1,858 days old) by Stan (Napa CA)   |   | |
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Yes it's worth watching these machines get restored!
Have you turned it upside down and squirted peatrating oil in the breather hole on the agitator yet? This may help. Do you know if the tub holds water? Does the agitator turn freely back and fourth? At some point after you get it running, you may be able to fill it with hot water, and let it agitate stop and soak..agitator may come off after. |
Post# 1025800 , Reply# 15   2/27/2019 at 06:01 (1,857 days old) by TexasSuds (Fort Worth, Texas)   |   | |
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I haven’t done the upside down trick. I may also try the hot water trick. As of now, I think I did the breather hole trick and some gentle tapping on the fins with a rubber mallet to no avail. The agitator does not move. Yet. |
Post# 1025871 , Reply# 17   2/27/2019 at 21:26 (1,856 days old) by Stan (Napa CA)   |   | |
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