Thread Number: 87092
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1949 Maytag AMP in the Hartford Metropolitan Area |
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Post# 1116496   5/6/2021 at 11:03 (1,057 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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This appears to be the very first automatic washer model that Maytag produced...
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Post# 1116497 , Reply# 1   5/6/2021 at 11:15 (1,057 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Post# 1116499 , Reply# 2   5/6/2021 at 11:45 (1,057 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1116504 , Reply# 3   5/6/2021 at 12:01 (1,057 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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The lid base on this particular AMP appears to be porcelain, making it late in the original AMP run in 1953.
I hope someone here saves this little guy! Ben
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Post# 1116507 , Reply# 4   5/6/2021 at 12:21 (1,057 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada)   |   | |
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I've always wondered - what are those bolts for?
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Post# 1116510 , Reply# 5   5/6/2021 at 12:31 (1,057 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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AMPs use two tubs to make the assembly - the inner white perforated tub, and an outer solid tub.
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Post# 1116515 , Reply# 6   5/6/2021 at 13:28 (1,057 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 1116516 , Reply# 7   5/6/2021 at 14:38 (1,057 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Oh yes, the dials are odd balls. The March of '53 AMP I once owned had the red/black lettering on the dials. Not sure if this one is extremely dirty and the red isn't showing through? Or if all print is truly black.
Looks like the seller updated the photos to include the model tag. G seems to come through at the Year indicator, which would land this guy at 1953. This post was last edited 05/06/2021 at 15:07 |
Post# 1116521 , Reply# 8   5/6/2021 at 15:50 (1,057 days old) by eurekastar (Amarillo, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1116543 , Reply# 9   5/6/2021 at 22:54 (1,057 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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I remember seeing a washer like that on display at Swallen's. There was some kind of contest to find the oldest working Maytag automatic, and it was the winner. That must have been sometime in the 80's. |
Post# 1116551 , Reply# 10   5/7/2021 at 04:39 (1,057 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC)   |   | |
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. . . in the late 1940's or early 1950's after our Thor retired. The Maytag was with us for 16 years with no problems whatsoever until it died. Great machine.
Jerry Gay |
Post# 1116553 , Reply# 11   5/7/2021 at 06:09 (1,057 days old) by Kenmore58 (Rhode Island)   |   | |
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Post# 1116556 , Reply# 12   5/7/2021 at 07:54 (1,057 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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These are interesting machines Maytag was one of just a few appliance companies that almost completely abandoned their original AW design because it was too expensive to build and too hard to work on and did not work that well etc.
We have the even earlier AMP in our museum that still has the cast alluuium wash tub with the porcelain liner bolted inside, the wash tub is the top of the transmission [ what could go wrong ] LOL
Ron you need this machine and the experience of trying to restore it with few parts being available.
John L. |
Post# 1116558 , Reply# 13   5/7/2021 at 08:59 (1,056 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 1116571 , Reply# 14   5/7/2021 at 12:48 (1,056 days old) by robbinsandmyers (Conn)   |   | |
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Im about 25 mins away from there via I-91 and am tempted but not too crazy about the mechanical design of it. Looks like a nightmare to work on compared to the venerable pitman machines. Plus the few Youtube vides I saw of those they sounded like they had a case of the trots from last nights nachos and tequila. Not how I picture a Maytag. LOL
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Post# 1116599 , Reply# 15   5/7/2021 at 19:27 (1,056 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 1116600 , Reply# 16   5/7/2021 at 19:38 (1,056 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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Post# 1116664 , Reply# 19   5/8/2021 at 15:18 (1,055 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Pitman refers to the gear arrangement inside the transmission, specifically the (Pitman) arm (Photo 1) that drives the agitator oscillation. Orbital is a different internal gearing design. Both are helical drive, which refers to the spiral (helix, thus helical) cut into the input shaft (Photo 2) that allows the drive pulley to move up/down along the shaft (depending which direction the motor runs) to A) turn only the input shaft for agitation with the spin brake engaged or B) release the spin brake and rotate the entire transmission for spinning the basket. This video (at 4:40) shows the internal gears of an orbital and how they function to oscillate the agitator. |
Post# 1116703 , Reply# 20   5/8/2021 at 20:10 (1,055 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 1116707 , Reply# 21   5/8/2021 at 21:29 (1,055 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Thanks Robert For the cool cutaway pictures.
The 2nd picture is the later AMP, the first one has the aluminum wash tub, the one we have at the museum has the earlier design where the top of the transmission was the wash tub, so much for ever replacing a transmission.
The original AMP did not give much thought to service, but that was true of other makes as well, I am sure the original bolt-down WP-KMs were no joy to work on either.
John L. |