Recent content by maytag85

I think another reason why those GM intermediates from the 1960’s are sought after is they are the perfect size, not too big, not too small, just right. A midsized car that feels like a full sized car with the room of one. Surprisingly, those didn’t get as bad of fuel mileage as one might have...

My Maytag HOH will dry large items like pillows and comforters in an hour, may be just ever so slightly damp but much dry for the most part.

What’s the wattage on your Westinghouse dryer?

The ‘67 Buick Skylark you had more than likely had the Super Turbine 300 transmission in it which had variable stater vanes like the Dyna-Flow but had 2 speeds to make it more effective and efficient. Here’s a ‘64 Buick Skylark that was owned by my friend Richard/speedqueen back in 2019, first...

It’s not that I am against technology, more so about things that aren’t standardized. It became mandatory in the 1960’s for the PRNDL shift quadrant (interestingly enough, Ford used that particular shift quadrant starting in 1951), should also be mandatory for the gear selector to be actually...

“The majority of new tech is overall safer and more convenient to use” Yeah that’s true, until it’s not. You have to remember they are NOT using standardized gear shifts in late model vehicles, it’s really difficult to tell what gear you are in since the shifter returns back to its resting...

I’ll put it this way, I have nothing against technology, but when you change things just for the sake of doing so and not because it’s needed along with pushing for stuff that’s not needed, it will cause people just to become complacent and so forth. Nothing is dangerous, it’s simply because...

The more humans rely on technology for basic tasks, the dumber and complacent they become.

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Seems to be A LOT of Whirlpools and Kenmores in the scrap pile. Meanwhile, don’t see many Maytags (at least from what I can tell) in comparison to everything else. Either didn’t sell many in that particular region, or they just won’t die.

My Whirlpool was in service from 1963 to 2005, never a problem from what I could tell with the wires on the control magnet assembly. I had them in service from June of 2021 to April of 2022, not a problem with them either. Put them back into service in June of 2022 and were in service until 2023...

Here’s one thing though, top loaders (mainly the old Kelvinators, Frigidaires, solid tub Speed Queens, solid tub Hotpoints from the 1950’s, Philco top loaders from the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, Whirlpools/Kenmores) are more entertaining to watch and observe from not only going through the...

There isn’t a difference in the tumble speed, just have it operate with a lower 4500 watt output on the ‘special drying setting’ to keep things such as bedding and sheets in the air stream a bit longer so they’ll dry to completion.

That’s the thing I like about mine, it doesn’t really ball up anything at all. Sometimes it will, but since I use the slower ‘tumble speed’ which drops the wattage down therefore it ‘tumbles’ longer, blankets and sheets are dried to completion without being balled or tangled up which will...

Sounds about right. Thought it could have been the clutch grabbing, but tuns out the belt was a bit on the loose side.