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Many years ago when I had appliance stores we sold a man a new gas range. He complained that the broiler didn't work. Three times I went out to check it and it always worked correctly. He was always at work during the day so only his wife was home at the time. Finally after three failed...

WOW ! What a highly uninformed statement regarding the "criminal rates" charged by laundromats. To say laundromats charge $3-4 for something that cost only 30c is ridiculous. As a general rule a successful laundromat will profit 25 c on the dollar. Every dollar of revenue will be split 4...

I believe that Norge was already owned by Magic Chef at the time Maytag took ownership in 1986. So at that point , yes Maytag owned Norge. The Perforna line was introduced about 10 years later in 1996 and used the same basic design. Although very different on a cosmetic level. No porcelain...

Even the older belt driven furnace motors where mostly sleeve bearings. The Maytag helical drive upper sleeve bearings held up very well. Unless the seal leaked but that ruins a ball bearing also.

Actually the previous generation of Alliance front loaders did not hold up all that well in the vended laundry business. Go into any laundromat that has them and spin the baskets, I would bet you will find a noisy one or two. Alliance gives the front load machines the same life expectancy as...

My Great Aunt used nothing but a wringer washer. When her 60's era Lady K Visimatic was replaced in the early 80's with a brand new Maytag she had my Uncle put the two speed motor in the Maytag.

Its a helical drive with the orbital (short stroke) gear case. Should be a very good machine. Black panel models are 1990 through 1993.

After switching to a FL almost 10 years ago it would be hard to go back. I have at times considered a SQ top load but it would have to be in addition to a FL. But I have to say after 3 years I still don't like my LG. I was much happier with the Kenmore badged Frigidaire that it replaced. I just...

I agree that that is not the correct agitator in the Amana machine. As Combo said the Dual action agitatorwas used in all the Amana design machines after Maytag cheapened them and changed the transmission. But as I remember it this was also when they changed to the Maytag style control panel...

New fridges only draw the rated amperage during defrost. That's maybe 20 minutes twice a day. The compressor and fans will run well under 2 amps combined maybe even close to 1 amp on a modern unit.

The condenser coil shown above has always been used on Trane (maybe not some low end models). And goes back to GE way before Trane bought them out. I think they call it the "spinefin" condenser coil.

I don't think that making 14 SEER the starting point is necessarily a bad thing. I was in the business back in the very early 90's when 10 SEER was made the standard and 12 was ultra high efficiency. But where does it stop ? I would argue that there is little return on the additional cost once...

Gusherb has it correct I get more complaints about systems higher than 13 SEER than anything else. If dehumidification is an issue the 16 SEER and up systems are often "tweeked" by lowering fan speed or used with a thermostat that can do so automatically by adjusting fan speed and/or...

Corkscrew / Dual-Action agitator .... Maytag made many Speed Queen design washers with this agitator. Check out the parts list for yourself. I believe the model # NAV2330AWW is correct for the washer in question.

The first set is not the Norge design. If you took the front off it would look very much like today's Speed Queens.

What a great fridge The semi-auto ice system is very cool but did you loose the entire top tray or was there a third row? My grandparents have a very similar one in coppertone that was purchased in 1965. Still running today. No ice system, no swing out shelves , and no trim on the sides of the...

What a great fridge The semi-auto ice system is very cool but did you loose the entire top tray or was there a third row? My grandparents have a very similar one in coppertone that was purchased in 1965. Still running today. No ice system, no swing out shelves , and no trim on the sides of the...

See thread #59119 from last week for a closer picture.

Old Whirlpool belt drive machines.

Life expectancy ? Not just because of the mechanical complexity but the fact that it runs 2-3 times longer each load.