Recent content by seanm

Still not right :( I put on new belts and new springs and it worked with no clothes, but it doesn't work with clothes. How easy should it be to spin the tub? With the belt off and grabbing it by the counterweight I can just get it to move a bit. Should it be freer than that? Empty of course.

It is back together and seems to be working. While it was apart, I decided to paint a couple of the rustier parts... so I spent the weekend waiting for rust mort to set and paint to dry ;) It needs a new main drive belt, so I will probably replace both.

Yup, I moved the switch up and down quite a few times. And the spring does bring it back. So I just wired the motor back up. It is not installed, but the motor did spin when power was supplied! Probably won't get it back together tonight, but here's hoping the switch was the problem.

So I put some lube on the switch. Is there an easy way to test out of the washer?

We where getting a burning smell from our good old Maytag. I removed the belts and can spin the washer and the pump and the motor... so nothing seems to be seized. The motor hums when I turn it on, but does not turn (I still have the belts off). Is there a relatively easy way to determine if...

Wow, great info! Thanks.

Interesting! So I may have a '65 or '66.

Thanks. Like I mentioned, we really didn't realize it could be so old. It was here when we bought the house. We are trying (so far successfully) to keep all the old appliances going since they where built to last, unlike modern appliances. We have been in the house over 20 years. All the...

I know this is an old thread, but I have a dryer that looks exactly like yours with the original door ;) It stopped producing heat, turns out it was just a broken wire. I always assumed it was from the 80s like the other appliances in the house. But I did a quick check online and the sites...