Thread Number: 90275
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1950 maytag washer |
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Post# 1148503   5/11/2022 at 18:24 (687 days old) by Dj (Gloversville)   |   | |
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I bought this washer last summer to work on it and never got the time, so it ended up in storage. The deal was when I bought the washer it sat in a dry basement for 60 yrs. I plugged it in once- turned the knob and it filled and stopped.If you turn the knob it appears to go through the cycle, but only manually. The guy told me that he thought it was the timer. I found a place in onterio Cannada that rebuilds timers. That's the first and last time I played with it. Moved on to other projects. If anyone is interested in buying it i'm asking 200.00 What I paid for it. It's been in a climate control storage through the year.
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Post# 1148551 , Reply# 1   5/12/2022 at 05:14 (687 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC)   |   | |
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. . . we had when I was growing up. It lasted through three children for 15 years. A great machine. Jerry Gay |
Post# 1148552 , Reply# 2   5/12/2022 at 06:06 (687 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)   |   | |
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Post# 1148586 , Reply# 4   5/12/2022 at 18:43 (686 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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From the July 1955 Let’s Talk Service.
Beautiful AMP! Chris - go for it! Ben CLICK HERE TO GO TO swestoyz's LINK
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Post# 1148588 , Reply# 5   5/12/2022 at 19:38 (686 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1148590 , Reply# 6   5/12/2022 at 20:04 (686 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Thank you, Ben. So the totally perforated wash basket bolted to the solid tub held water between them? |
Post# 1148615 , Reply# 7   5/13/2022 at 05:47 (686 days old) by Dj (Gloversville)   |   | |
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I love the old Maytags. My great grandmother had one like this in her cellar. Every time we would go there to visit as a little kid,I would remember having to make up an excuse to go down caller just to see the washer. I remember my grandmother would say don't touch the washer. They knew what I really wanted to go see. Anyway I was just going to say hers was like that and I remember her getting a new one when I was 16 so she had it since 1954 I think my mom said. What I wondered though is why they made a tub with holes in it when It was a solid tub behind there?I had the hose laying on the ground when it was filled with water and the only time the water drained out is when it would spin.
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Post# 1148620 , Reply# 8   5/13/2022 at 07:51 (685 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Tom - yes, that is exactly what Maytag was doing. The updated tub assembly had baffles in the outer tub to collect sediment, centered below the channel. During spin out the theory is the water would flush up along the channels and carry with it sand, etc.
As for the beautiful '50 AMP DJ has posted - Dan's suggestion about the escapement is a good one but the 2-14 timers are prone to an early death due to the black Mallory timer motors. If swapped for a later timer motor (with a bit of revision to the bracket holding the motor on), it often springs everything back to life. Ben |