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Maytag Washer A606 = June 1973

Back to the Speed Queen Well, with a good deal of reluctance, we are giving up on our old Maytag. Time to let go of the old and turn to something newer. We went to check out washing machines this morning. No question, I want a Speed Queen Top Loader. Problem is that Speed Queen is...

Good News and BAD news The good news is that we finally got the springs attached (what a job) and everything tucked away. Then loaded some wash. Bathrobe, levi jacket, light jacket, bath towel, a couple of socks, about half a load. Agitator seemed to work a lot stronger (subjective...

Wow, great images and very helpful! Here's where we are having a bit of a mental road block: When my husband removed the slide assembly from the motor, it naturally remained as he removed it, with the top plate centered on the bottom plate. Yet when he reassembles this slide assembly with...

We just received a motor mount slide kit, with springs and silicon lubricant. My husband has pulled off the motor and the bottom plate and is in the process of trying to reinstall it with the new slides and springs. But he feels he's got the slide assembly put together wrong. IOW, he thinks the...

Motor Mount Slide Kit - we're having trouble... So we just received a motor mount slide kit, with springs and silicon lubricant. My husband has pulled off the motor and the bottom plate and is in the process of trying to reinstall it with the new slides and springs. But he feels he's got the...

As to making a video, unfortunately, I just washed almost everything in the laundry bin yesterday because rain is forecast, and I like to hang my wash out to dry.

I live on what's called the Mid-Peninsula of the SF Bay Area.

My Maytag A606 was purchased new in June 1973 and has given great service, and still looks virtually brand new. BUT, the agitator doesn't seem to be working very hard when there is a full load with the result that the clothes will still retain bits of debris, etc, and don't seem really clean...

Light on the Timer The light over the timer DOES come on after the wash has finished. An orange light, just above the dial. You have to push in the knob to turn the light off.

Fixed! Borrowed a couple of bathroom mats from my neighbor and added some towels for a full load of wash and the agitator seemed to be working much faster (no, it definitely was not on "gentle" cycle before), and the items spun fairly dry, definitely not sopping wet as before, but also dryer...

Update and a question We bought the new belts today and replaced the old ones (which look perfectly good, BTW). and then we looked inside the case (what a heavy front panel; I bet they don't put this much steel into the new ones). Inside looked surprisingly clean for a 39 year old. The...

Washing a heavier load this morning I washed a full load of sheets and shirts and observed the following: 1. on the wash cycle, the agitator was WAY slower in comparison to a small load. 2. on the final spin cycle, the laundry was not left dripping wet, as were the towels that prompted my...

Here's a photo of my A606 Here's a photo of the Maytag A606. It looks like the lid may pry off and then allow the entire front panel to be removed, but it's not obvious how to do this. Sorry for the sideways photo. I took it in vertical mode, it shows up on my computer in vertical mode, but...