Thread Number: 90005
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Single-speed Center-dial Maytags: "AUTOMATIC" filler or cycle buttons? |
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Post# 1145958   4/7/2022 at 10:23 (721 days old) by WoodJack99 (Massachusetts/Virginia, USA)   |   | |
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So, it seems many people didn't particularly care for the "AUTOMATIC" blank button on the lower-end, single-speed late 60s/70s/early 1980 center-dial 'Tags, where the speed buttons would be on a 2-speed model. Like the A10X and A308 have the blank, where as the A40X has the cycle buttons there instead of on the dial. What do you prefer?
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Post# 1145963 , Reply# 2   4/7/2022 at 11:22 (721 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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I prefer 2 speed machines. Sometimes I’ll wash a small lightly soiled load on gentle to save wear and tear on clothes and the machine along with not kicking too many suds up when washing a small load. Gentle speed also gives you the option to do a true permanent press cycle instead of a regular speed permanent press cycle which is redundant.
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Post# 1145969 , Reply# 3   4/7/2022 at 13:25 (720 days old) by robbinsandmyers (Conn)   |   | |
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Post# 1145973 , Reply# 4   4/7/2022 at 13:37 (720 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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A407 is a programmable FabricMatic model, 1-speed. The Delicate button changes the active timer circuitry so there are periods of agitation and pause/soaking to get a less-aggressive action. I believe the user instructions advise to wash smaller loads always use a full fill for delicates so the clothes float loosely and ride the water currents instead of being beaten by the fins. Other FabricMatic models may have a separate timer cycle for Delicate. |
Post# 1145985 , Reply# 5   4/7/2022 at 14:43 (720 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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The later center dials like the 308 have the separate delicate cycle - I always thought that was easier than pushing a button. After the 610 model they stopped making the push button fabric-matic. I liked it on the dial anyway but perfered the 2 speed models. This fabric=matic was maytags way to get more people to purchase their product. I knew a few people that had the 510 & 511 series. My Mom had the TOL 810 (real nice machine). I knew a few people also that had the 710 model that was probably the only 3 speed combination model produced.
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Post# 1146030 , Reply# 7   4/7/2022 at 21:15 (720 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Maytag definitely was a crappy company when they brought out their Neptune machines and cheapened their appliances up significantly which was the beginning of the end of them as well. Maytag didn’t only destroy themselves, but they took the Hoover company down with them since they ran Hoover down into the ground as well and ended up getting sold off to TTI in 2007 since Whirlpool wanted nothing to do with Hoover or the floor care business.
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Post# 1146039 , Reply# 9   4/8/2022 at 06:28 (720 days old) by Smartdrive1100 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)   |   | |
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Post# 1146042 , Reply# 10   4/8/2022 at 09:26 (720 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Post# 1146061 , Reply# 11   4/8/2022 at 14:46 (719 days old) by thatwasherguy (Kentucky)   |   | |
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Post# 1146437 , Reply# 13   4/13/2022 at 08:33 (715 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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When Maytag brought out the first Neptune series, they had made some design mistakes, but that doesn't equal cheaply made. I have used one myself and was quite impressed with the built quality. A lot of them are still in use (some members here still own some), after that many years is quite an achievement.
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Post# 1146517 , Reply# 16   4/13/2022 at 23:22 (714 days old) by toploadloyalist (San Luis Obispo, CA)   |   | |
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When it comes to permanent press, I prefer to use high-speed agitation and low-speed spin. Thus, I prefer models with that option available. |
Post# 1146524 , Reply# 17   4/14/2022 at 01:29 (714 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac (Canberra ACT)   |   | |
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Wait there was a Maytag automatic that had the wringer washer agitator?? I’d love to see a photo of it, I know that the Westinghouse ringer washer is here use the same agitator |
Post# 1146638 , Reply# 19   4/15/2022 at 19:34 (712 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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