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Chris and Coldspot, Thanks for commenting. But I really need more specifics here. How would I get to the faulty seal? From the bottom? From the top? You guys walked me through the December repair and that fix is fine. You've convinced me I can do this, but I'm afraid I need a little more guidance.

In December (thread #9522) you folks convinced me this leaky 1974 machine was worth fixing and then talked me through making the repairs. All went well. But now it is leaking again. But thanks to you, I knew how to open the front and top to see if I needed to tighten any of the clamps from...

Hey, just a final follow up - I hope it's final - the machine is now washing leak free. Again thanks to you all. I've attached a link to the second post on my blog where I mentioned this site and all the help you gave me. Steve...

Almost done. It turns out that the kit they gave me ("Water Injector Kit" Part No: 204660) had been opened when she got it off the shelf yesterday. It should have had the piece I was looking for. She got a new kit and I got the missing piece, and it had two clamps. She gave me a third clamp for...

If you look at the picture of the clamps (post 177186) you can see the black part (I show in post #177402) inside the clear plastic thing. That is where it was in the old set of parts. But there is really nothing like that in the new set. Also, I can't toss the old clamps since there were no new...

Thanks, Neptune. I'm getting closer. I've gotten the clamps loosened - it's really easy and obvious once you know what to do - and now I have one more issue. When I loosened the clamp, I discovered another part inside the clear plastic thing (see the picture for this new part) which isn't in the...

OK, You've gotten me this far. Now I need your help again. I don't know how to undo these clamps. There are these two that I need to undo and put on the new hose, and there is the one in the previous picture that I need to undo to get the old hose out of the machne and then redo on the new hose...

Here are the new parts.

Hey, just want you to know that you all inspired me to perservere. I called another repair man yesterday to check if he had parts and mentioned automaticwasher.org. He was honest, said he'd never worked on a Maytag this old and suggested I go to Harold's Appliance Repair. So I did that this...

OK, guys. It's clear that all of you are really into this stuff and it seems like a piece of cake to you. I almost feel like I'm letting you down if I call the local repair man to come finish this. Here's my reasoning. 1. Just finding the parts in town - and I'm skeptical anyone actually stocks...

Thank you, thank you, thank you. First, you quickly convinced me to go the repair route. Of course, that was my preference. We retired our 71 VW camper in 1995 after our mechanic said we'd gotten our money's worth and we could see the ground thru the holes in the floor and no body shop would...

This machine has been a trooper. I don't think we have ever called the repair man before. But now we are getting small puddles of water under the machine after the wash cycle. Talking to folks, it seems like the new machines are nothiing but trouble. How easy is to repair an old machine like...