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Recent info told me that direct-drive machines are now discontinued on the consumer/domestic market, except for the topload stack sets.  The latest "low-end" models have gone to the VMW belt-drive design. And this is exactly the kind of thing I don't understand.  Apparently (I have learned...

Thanks Kevin for your perspective. (By the way, my family is originally from River John, Pictou County, NS). I have heard a lot of good things about the WP DD machines. How does one identify which machines these are? I thought (I may be mistaken) I heard that the WP DD machines had...

The only way we will know how many of today's washers-dryers etc will last 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 years will be to stick around and see.   Maybe some of these machines will last that long.  We just don't know.  What I do know is that I am seeing many modern machines with "uneconomical to repair"...

These look like a really well built old school electric griddle but the price of them on ebay is way up there.  Anybody know anything about these. 

the reliability of these otherwise great machines can't begin to compete with what they are building today. <a name="endCOMX_40479.23"></a><a name="end_40479.23"> </a>I am a little bit confused by this...  My experience (as well as that of many others) has been that new machines do not last...

I know the Dependable Care Machines but I would like to understand these newer machines. Which ones are which? There are AmanaTags, WhirlTags (or Maypools), NorgeTags etc... Which ones are which? From reading here it seems that some of these are very good machines whereas some are garbage...

Yes, The LAV3600 was the same Dependable Care design that Maytag had been building for 60 years. It just had a more modern look to it. The only thing that I can figure that wasn't as robust on the LAV and LAT series machines as all the other Dependable Care machines of the past is the tub...

Wish I had replaced the motor in the MT DPC. It was the best washer ever.    That's kind of where I am at now.  I just bought a 1995 vintage LAT8506AEE on CL.  I'm planning on making that the daily driver forever.  There isn't anything that can go wrong with it that I cannot fix.  Just...

Oh Man,  If I were about a mile and a quarter closer,  I would grab it...  But with the price of diesel now, it's just a bit too far.  Somebody here grab it!

Awesome John! You nailed it! But please allow me a little different perspective. You said " The MT DC washer was a little like a 1955-7 Chevy, a 1960s Dodge Dart or a Volvo 240, all very reliable cars in there day but it would make absolutely no scene to be building any of these cars today...

Wow lots to learn here. Thanks Mark for the latest.   My experience is mostly empirical.  I grew up in a family of 9 (back in the 60's-80's)  that was brutally hard on washing machines.  It seemed WP or Frigidaire's would last about 5 years where as the Maytags under that same harsh conditions...

So Maytag eliminated the line because they were bought by Whirlpool.....who eliminated it so that they could use their same design on Maytag .......buy a Maytag brand and get a Whirlpool........buy a Kitchen Aid brand and get a Whirlpool because consumers are idiots.   If I was in charge of...

The seller must have gotten a lot of grief because the ad has been pulled. (I am pretty sure that at $800 for the set, it wasn't because he sold them)...

I'm kind of new to this so please excuse my ignorance. What was the difference between the Helical Drive models and the (Norge/Amana) designs? Was this when MT went to the orbital transmission? You mentioned that the Norge/Amana design performed much better than the HD but apparently was not...

I believe these were amongst the best laundry appliances ever designed.  Their elegance was in their simplicity.  They were ultra durable, inexpensive and easy to work on.  They were the machines that made the Maytag repairman "Old Lonely".  They were almost universally respected as the "bullet...

The washer is an MAH3000AWW. I think those were only built until around 1999 when the MAH4000AWW's came out. That would make that 2 year old washing machine a minimum of 13 years old! I've seen exaggerations on CL before but this seems more like a bald faced lie.

That's an astute observance Bud.  They are remarkably similar in these respects.  To take it a step further, If the bread machine had a solenoid controlled water inlet valve and moisture sensor (certainly doable), you would only need to put dry <span style="line-height: 115%;">ingredients into...

Caveat emptor! http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/app/3033555763.html

Hey Jon,  Did you check Fletcher's up on Amhearst Street?  They used to be pretty good.  Another option might be to check CL for an old Maytag Neptune that has had all of the updates done to it (especially the PHA motor upgrade).  These machines when all updated can be bought for cheap money and...

Great pictures Brian, Thanks. I am going to try this this weekend.