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The 906s Are Home and Working!! |
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Post# 152134   9/3/2006 at 13:49 (6,416 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Well, the Maytag 906s are finally home in St. Charles, hooked up and running. What a saga this has turned out to be. I first saw these beautiful specimens at Greg Nunn’s in Omaha at the June 2005 Washer convention. I coveted them even before I got there. I hate to say it, but, I set my cap for them early on, and gladly report that my charm and persuasiveness won Greg over and he sold them to me. See the attached photo link to see the whole story. They arrived from Omaha and were stored in my garage until I could get my contractor (a full-time fireman and part time contractor (and quite cute as well which is why I am inclined to wait so long)) to put a 220V electrical line into my laundry room and a gas line to the basement where my Neptunes were relegated. The machines arrived in July and are finally installed on the 3rd of September. Boy, that took patience. The contractor installed the utilities (which he did) and was supposed to move the machines, but never was able to get that together (perhaps it was because I told him that if he scratched those 906s a fate worse than death would befall him.). I finally called a moving company and they came this weekend to move the Neptunes to the basement and the 906s from the garage to the laundry room. When I went to hook up the dryer, I realized he had put a four-prong receptacle and I had put a 3-prong plug on the dryer. I checked all the wiring to make sure that I wired the new 4-lead cord and plug right and realized that he had wired the receptacle wrong. He hooked up ground to neutral. I re-wired the receptacle and put a new 4-lead cord on the dryer and lo-and-behold, it worked! I was so pre-occupied with getting the dryer to work that I just assumed that the washer would work fine when I plugged it in. CURSES!!! I plugged it in and pressed one of the buttons and no lights and just a hum. Long story short, I called Greg and he walked me through getting the rapid-advance motor to start working again and we were off to the races. Now, the machines need leveling and the interior light was burned out. I put some new hoses which ran slow and those needed to be replaced. After getting the washer to work right, replacing the interior light (no small trick) and leveling as best I could, they are now fabulously working in my laundry room with the KDI-14. Did a few loads of laundry and we are off to the races. When Greg comes in in October, we will do some final leveling and get that rapid-advance timer lubricated. Thanks again Greg, I am in Maytag heaven!!! CLICK HERE TO GO TO fnelson487's LINK |
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Post# 152137 , Reply# 1   9/3/2006 at 14:19 (6,416 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 152138 , Reply# 2   9/3/2006 at 14:23 (6,416 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 152141 , Reply# 3   9/3/2006 at 15:05 (6,416 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 152142 , Reply# 4   9/3/2006 at 15:08 (6,416 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 152147 , Reply# 5   9/3/2006 at 15:40 (6,416 days old) by sudsman ()   |   | |
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Yes, There is nothing like the warm glo from the lights on a washer.... |
Post# 152148 , Reply# 6   9/3/2006 at 15:43 (6,416 days old) by hoover1060 ()   |   | |
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YAY for you Fred! I am so happy to see those machines in and running! |
Post# 152152 , Reply# 7   9/3/2006 at 15:52 (6,416 days old) by westytoploader ()   |   | |
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Fred, those Maytags look just FANTASTIC in your laundry room, congratulations! Glad to see they're running nicely! |
Post# 152154 , Reply# 8   9/3/2006 at 16:57 (6,416 days old) by brettsomers ()   |   | |
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those machines are just flawless. pure elegance. |
Post# 152155 , Reply# 9   9/3/2006 at 17:37 (6,416 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 152183 , Reply# 11   9/3/2006 at 21:03 (6,416 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 152188 , Reply# 12   9/3/2006 at 21:25 (6,416 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 152203 , Reply# 14   9/3/2006 at 22:57 (6,416 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 152232 , Reply# 15   9/4/2006 at 02:49 (6,415 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 152235 , Reply# 16   9/4/2006 at 03:07 (6,415 days old) by mayfan69 (Brisbane Queensland Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 152238 , Reply# 17   9/4/2006 at 04:52 (6,415 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 152265 , Reply# 18   9/4/2006 at 08:53 (6,415 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 152266 , Reply# 19   9/4/2006 at 08:58 (6,415 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 152304 , Reply# 20   9/4/2006 at 11:31 (6,415 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 152331 , Reply# 21   9/4/2006 at 13:00 (6,415 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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Post# 152332 , Reply# 22   9/4/2006 at 13:01 (6,415 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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Post# 152405 , Reply# 23   9/4/2006 at 21:34 (6,415 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)   |   | |
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Post# 152521 , Reply# 25   9/5/2006 at 10:06 (6,414 days old) by retromom ()   |   | |
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They are stunning! Push a few buttons on 'em for me, will ya!! Enjoy - Venus :-D |
Post# 152692 , Reply# 26   9/5/2006 at 22:12 (6,414 days old) by fnelson487 (Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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