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Thread Number: 93974
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Mid-1980's Maytag Washer - Manual w/ Drum Capacity Needed |
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| Post# 1186434 , Reply# 1 7/31/2023 at 18:07 (277 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 1186442 , Reply# 3 7/31/2023 at 19:38 (277 days old) by NickL (Mid-Atlantic) | ||
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Repairguy nailed it. 19 gallons works out to 2.54 cubic feet. | ||
Post# 1186449 , Reply# 4 7/31/2023 at 20:08 (277 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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A883 Someone several years ago shared this spec sheet in a post about "oddball" Maytag models ... special or limited-edition models sold through specific retailers. I don't recall that Maytag stated cu. ft. capacity in sales literature. Perhaps someone knows from service literature? The 2nd photo is the backside of a sheet for model A884 which is the same "Extra Capacity" size as A883, and references the water usage per regular cycle for each of A884's fill levels. 40 gals for a full-fill wash/rinse presumably includes 1 gal for a spray rinse? | ||
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Post# 1186457 , Reply# 5 7/31/2023 at 22:55 (277 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Older Maytag washer capacity
Hi Nicole, my best advice as a repair person and dealing with consumer issues involving homes would be to try to get your money back on the home warranty, if you think they’re giving you a hassle now. Wait until something goes wrong.
Homeowner warranties are absolutely the biggest waste of money you can imagine and they use the absolutely worse contractors when they actually send somebody to your home and you’re usually paying a hefty co-pay. Every time they show up for every single problem and very little ever gets fixed properly, in addition, most of their people are unlicensed and untrained for the items they are working on. John. | ||
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Post# 1186494 , Reply# 7 8/1/2023 at 11:06 (276 days old) by LowEfficiency (Iowa) |
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 >> @NickL - yes, our machines do look almost identical - I also noticed a small variation in the knob on each of >> our machines. Please let me know if you are willing to share your manual digitally as I can see if this would be >> accepted as "close enough" by the home warranty company due to the similarity in the models. Perhaps I can >> show them the 19 gallon figure (equalling a 2.5 cubic foot capacity) you have on the A8740 instead of the 40 >> gallon figure indicated on an entire wash cycle. The manual I referenced above states a 42 gallon figure for a >> full wash cycle so I am not sure which number is more accurate on the A883. 40 or 42 gallons is not the capacity - that's the water used through a whole cycle, including the wash, spray rinse, and deep rinse. The 19 gallon figure is going to be the closest measurement of a "single full tub" capacity like you are looking for. I don't know that anyone has a manual for the A883 - I've certainly never seen one. The simplest way to bridge the information void is to show that your machine and another (for which information *is* available) both use the same outer tub - part number 2-5484 (205484). Here are the relevant pages for the A883 and the A8740. | ||
| Post# 1186719 , Reply# 9 8/3/2023 at 13:49 (274 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 1186771 , Reply# 10 8/3/2023 at 21:23 (274 days old) by NickL (Mid-Atlantic) | ||
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I sent you a PM Nicole. Nick | ||
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Post# 1186775 , Reply# 11 8/3/2023 at 21:57 (274 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI) |
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I'm sure I'm not the only one wondering what the issue is that deems this washer UN-repairable. | ||
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Post# 1186807 , Reply# 12 8/4/2023 at 10:16 (273 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Repairing a 1980s Maytag washer
Hi Matt, I’m sure this machine is very repairable. If you get the right person, however, with a warranty company, you’re lucky if they fix anything if it’s even less than 10 years old, they’re not in the business of fixing things they only want to get your money.
The people they send out to your home or generally the lowest Level of repair technicians you could imagine. No decent technician would ever work for these companies. Only technicians that are desperate for work and can’t make it on their own get signed up for these companies. A friend of ours signed up for one of these plans and she said half the people they’ve sent to her home she won’t even let in the house she gets such a bad sense from them as soon as they come to the door. John | ||
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