Recent content by dlb

Further followup: the auxiliary door spring arrived a week ago so I threw it in, and that finally solved the door falling open problem. Glad for this odyssey to finally come to a close.

Follow up on this: I ordered new door springs and installed them, and that did not change the door falling open issue. So I looked more carefully at the literature and saw that these models should all have one 9-1862 aux spring on the right side, and if the door has an additional decorative...

Thanks for the info, Combo52. In hindsight I may have not needed to replace the gasket, I may have just needed to adjust the latch but I didn't know the latch could be adjusted until after I had bought the new gasket. Oh well. I used your advice and that made installing the gasket a breeze. I...

Wow, that video just got posted 3 days ago, and it's for the very gasket I'm talking about! Great find, askolover, thank you. The folks in that video had the same problem as me, seems like by using a hair dryer to warm the gasket up they were able to get the barbed tabs in so I'll try that...

Hi, I bought a new door seal for my Maytag WU202 but I'm having trouble getting it fully seated. The gasket has many tabs with little barbs on them to hold it snugly in place but I haven't found a good way to press the tabs in far enough to seat. I have tried pressing as hard as I can with both...

I picked this up from someone about two years ago but I just found it doesn't fit the space in our new house, so it's free if anyone wants it. I've never used it but the previous owner said it worked well. In decent shape, some small dents and scuffs, but it appears to be all complete. I am...

I think I found the top flange on eBay. Part # 9-11940 has been replaced by 902889 so I ordered one of those. Fingers crossed it's the right part. Trying to get the springs for a decent price, hoping to order them today. I'll post back once I get some progress. Thanks for your help thus far, gents.

Yup, the little nylon bushings are there and still in good shape. I played with the different positions for the springs but it didn't make much difference. I might try to order both the springs just in case but worst case scenario I'll just get the main ones and keep my fingers crossed. Thanks...

Hey, thanks for the quick response, swestoyz. I found coastparts.com and they have both the springs and the flange. Will cost a mint to ship to Canada but c'est la vie. I just learned something about the door springs though: in the pic below it shows two different door springs in the bottom...

I have a Maytag WU202 that I need a few parts for (door springs and the top flange) but everything I am finding online is no longer available. Does anyone know if new parts are available somewhere that I just haven't looked yet? Picture just for reference. My model is second from the bottom in...

Thanks for the response, John. What is the inlet air gap? The rubber piece you mentioned, do you mean the hose that runs from the water inlet valve to the drum? I did not replace that, though I did notice when I took the old inlet valve out that the rubber hose was pretty swollen where it...

Hi again. Here's the update on this situation. I disconnected the hoses at both ends, all the screens were clear. I tried the washer on hot and cold to see if it made a difference. It seemed to make a slight difference but not much. Today I finally replaced the inlet valve along with the...

Thanks for the info, boys. What in the inlet valve fails? I wonder if I should try to repair it first before ordering a new one.

Our old Maytag washer was working great in our last house, then we moved and since then it makes a humming sound when it is filling that is new and doesn't sound good. It still fills and seems to operate fine but it sounds like something is straining so I'm wondering if there is a pump in there...

thank you! Ah, that's the good news I was hoping for. Thank you for that, and for the pictures of yours for reference! I don't use this forum a lot but man, when I do, it's one of my favourite. I would never have guessed there would be such a dedicated group of old appliance enthusiasts. Three...