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Deep rinses are crystal clear in the Maytag, maybe a you had a poor rinsing washer.

The dryer is a 1976 HDE608. It has electronic control drying, basically a TOL DE808 without the console light. Stream of Heat dryers debuted in 1976 and the edged harvest gold painting scheme got replaced in 1977 for harvest wheat. I can't quite make out the washer but it's looking like an...

Or you could just get a water softener.

When I used my KDS-19 as a daily driver, I used the "Heavy Wash" selection. Using this option, it would fill with the motor running (like all Pre 19 series Kitchenaid dishwashers), wash a bit, then drain. After this, it would commence like the "Normal Cycle" by filling with the motor off and pre...

WHAT??? The worlds worst placed filter in dishwasher history.

19 series ran from 10/79 - 04/81

Price is too high for a low optioned machine. Make them aware it's a 40 year old washer and talk them down a bit on the price.

Both of those issues sounds like a timer problem. I'd open it up and check both the contacts and levers. Sometimes a lever needs to be bent back into place.

It was common for the plunger to wear down overtime with lots of use and stop making contact for the door switch on old Hobart KA's. The common hack back then was to substitute a bolt of the correct length.

A friend of mine moved into a 1950's home in 1991 and it had a GE wall A/C unit that looked like it was from the 70's, maybe very early 80's. The air it threw out was insanely cold, even on a hot triple digit day. Phasing out R12 and R22 was a stupid decision and I refuse to believe a gas that's...

You'd think it would be cheaper to manufacture one design and add/subtract features rather than manufacturing 2 separate designs (Durawash/Ultrawash).

Use the longest cycle with the most water at the hottest temp the fabric can withstand while adding the most detergent and oxygen bleach the machine can handle without suds locking. Some borax would help, too.

I custom adjust them slightly tighter than factory and go by feel but I did a bunch of these back in the day. The short, official version by Maytag: Tighten the springs evenly until the washer can handle a 5 pound weight in an empty tub without going out of balance but without transmitting...