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NOS Maytag Washer Button Switch Part No. 4201-16 |
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Post# 1021880   1/20/2019 at 18:30 (1,913 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)   |   | |
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Post# 1021932 , Reply# 2   1/21/2019 at 08:59 (1,913 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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This is a pretty rare switch, PN 2-913. It's for the early version of the fabric/switch of the 140S, AMP-style washer.
After a certain serial number run they changed the timer from the standard AMP 2-14 timer to a unique timer (2-1057) for just this washer, apparently due to a change in the suds return pump/system with the added "Return Suds" as part of the timer function, and switched the fabric selector switch to what we know and love as "Save Suds/Drain Suds", PN 2-1060. I can't imagine many of these flew off the shelves, which might explain why this seller happen to run across a few. Ben
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Post# 1021983 , Reply# 4   1/21/2019 at 21:00 (1,912 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Leave it to Sears to make something complicated.
I’m really glad you asked this question when you did. Over the last few weeks I’ve been diving in 50’s Maytag service lit, and your memory about your aunt’s Highlander ended up in revealing something new to me. For the model 123S, and oddly for the latter rebadged 100S, Maytag uses a one model only “system” for triggering the timing of the saving suds action, provided totally via mechanical means. The bean counter in me wonders how this trip lever system with a mercury switch was cost savings vs an extra cam in the timer and electrical switch, like the 142/700. This was totally new for me to learn today. Would love to see this in action! I also discovered that the back side of all Highlander timer dials have the ecenrtic modeled into the plastic. Yet another way that Maytag saved $ with their supplier! Service explanation:
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Post# 1021984 , Reply# 5   1/21/2019 at 21:01 (1,912 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Timer dials - this example is from an A200S, which utilizes it own self canceling mechanism!
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