Thread Number: 83550
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Post# 1078749   6/26/2020 at 15:22 (1,370 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 1078760 , Reply# 1   6/26/2020 at 16:22 (1,370 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1078771 , Reply# 2   6/26/2020 at 17:46 (1,370 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1078786 , Reply# 3   6/26/2020 at 19:52 (1,370 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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"I thought about getting this one. It has been posted for a while. About a 5 hour drive one way."
I drove four hundred and sixty miles from Burbank CA to Chico CA to get my yellow Maytag set. That's just shy of seven hours each way. This machine appears to be in excellent physical condition and it's in a very rare color. If you have an interest in it I'd suggest you act on it. You'll regret it later if you don't. |
Post# 1078788 , Reply# 4   6/26/2020 at 19:59 (1,370 days old) by pumper (SE Wisconsin)   |   | |
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Post# 1078797 , Reply# 5   6/26/2020 at 20:45 (1,370 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Cool Dryer when I first saw one of these I wanted one, BUT Good luck ever getting the electronic control system working, even back in the mid 70s when I worked for Maytag I never saw one of these that worked properly.
I have been told that there are actually one or two of these in our groups hands that actually does shut off properly, but the ones we saw in the mid 70s never would shut off as designed.
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Post# 1078799 , Reply# 6   6/26/2020 at 20:50 (1,370 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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The electronic dry control works well when it is working but can be an absolute royal pain when it isn’t working. The electronic dry control on my Maytag DG606 was giving me trouble and I ended up just converting it to a 306 timer dryer to make it simpler and haven’t had any issues with it since. I believe some Maytag 606 washers were paired up with 306 and 407 auto dry dryers
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Post# 1078805 , Reply# 7   6/26/2020 at 21:36 (1,370 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1078809 , Reply# 8   6/26/2020 at 21:49 (1,370 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1078814 , Reply# 9   6/26/2020 at 22:23 (1,370 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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I think some Maytag dryers in the early 80’s used a electronic dry control in conjunction with a timer. Maytag definitely made it much simpler by then. One recent thing I have done to my Maytag DG306 was I replaced the cycling thermostat with a 120F low heat thermostat and ever since I installed a low heat 120F it seems to be much quicker now and doesn’t take no more than 60 minutes to dry a load of laundry and the high limit thermostat doesn’t seem to go off at all since it has a new 120F thermostat in it.
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Post# 1078815 , Reply# 10   6/26/2020 at 22:44 (1,370 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1078822 , Reply# 11   6/27/2020 at 00:33 (1,370 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Most Maytag dryers in the 90’s simply had a auto dry timer or timed drying timer since it was easier to fix and repair. Most dryers in the 80’s and 90’s that were MOL had a auto dry timer and the mid 80’s Kenmore electric dryer at my old house did have a automatic dry cycle on it but it was never used since it never dried clothes all the way from what my mom told me the only cycle that was used on that dryer was timed drying. Only dryer with a auto dry timer I have experience with was a early 80’s Maytag electric dryer I sold back in 2018 for a HOH and that dryer was fairly quick and seemed to do a good job at drying clothes
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Post# 1078855 , Reply# 12   6/27/2020 at 07:08 (1,370 days old) by unclejohn (Can)   |   | |
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... That color is simply stunning ! |
Post# 1079211 , Reply# 13   6/29/2020 at 20:40 (1,367 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1079220 , Reply# 14   6/29/2020 at 22:04 (1,367 days old) by 4bagger (Long Beach)   |   | |
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Thing's freakin' gorgeous. Congrats. |
Post# 1079329 , Reply# 15   6/30/2020 at 13:41 (1,366 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 1079414 , Reply# 16   7/1/2020 at 07:44 (1,366 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1079428 , Reply# 17   7/1/2020 at 09:13 (1,366 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 1079431 , Reply# 18   7/1/2020 at 09:32 (1,366 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1079440 , Reply# 19   7/1/2020 at 10:16 (1,365 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1079444 , Reply# 20   7/1/2020 at 11:05 (1,365 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1079445 , Reply# 21   7/1/2020 at 11:21 (1,365 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1079881 , Reply# 22   7/5/2020 at 08:45 (1,362 days old) by 63kenmore (Burlington, North Carolina)   |   | |
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Always the dryer, never the washer. I’ve been searching for almost 2 years for any turquoise washer, not to mention a match to my 63 kenmore. |
Post# 1079885 , Reply# 23   7/5/2020 at 09:06 (1,362 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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I agree! I was hesitant to go get this one and I finally caved because of the rarity of the machine. I hope you find the match to your ‘63 Kenmore. I had a chance with a ‘64 turquoise Lady Kenmore set that didn’t work out early this year.
I’m glad I rescued the Maytag because externally it’s a very nice machine. I haven’t hooked it up or checked anything internally yet. I plan on a full disassemble and maintenance eventuality. One of the hot legs on the power cord came off of the terminal block so we’ll see what else is wrong after fixing that issue. I was told it was in service before this happened. |