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When you live byond the range of boring normal, the average shmoe cannot relate to you. The average being that guy or gal that lives in Walmart and eats, drinks, drives dresses, watches and listens according to what the rest of the herd is doing at the moment. When you do something that places...

NLA bearing source The old hands probably know this already, but I'll toss this into the wash anyway. Bearings that are NLA at appliance parts joints be found at industrial bearing supply houses. A good counterman can generally match up nearly any bearing or bushing for nearly any application...

Sweet! I like. FEster

A noobs view The Grub n scrub.......Do some first class grubbin' while your clothes are scrubbin'. The Cookies and clean washateria? The coin op cookie shop? I don't know. It's late and my mind's been known to travel some bumpy roads. FEster

Lots of opinions. That's what I want. I'd like to hear the "looks awsome, but troublesome" or "spins clothes drier than brand X" or "cleans better than model B" stories. I'd like to learn a bit about the real deal, bomb proof, better ideas from American know how to better decide how to outfit...

One leg to light the the lights! Duh, too obvious. I should have thought of that. It has a multi colored multi cycle dial and electronic control to the right. I still can't find the number tag. So its electric. I lean towards gas. Kind of a bummer. I recon I can get her going and maybe swap...

I'd like to get some suggestions on which pre 1970 vintage washers and dryers are the cream of the crop. I dig the way cool atomic or space age looking stuff and the more rounded models from the late 40s early 50s most. That square, flat 70s and later look just doesn't send me. I know everyone...

Maytag center dial dryer ID Okay, no ID tag in door area or on door. It only has a standard 110V style plug. No pilot light door in front panel. No visible gas line sticking, but can't see what's below rear panel level. If I had to guess, I'd say all the working parts are aft of the drum. The...

A700 status and Dryer ID The A700 and dryer were a on display in the Maytag dealership for years. They were take outs when a customer bought the latest, greatest, newest. I have another working A712 or very similar for a DD now, so I'm in no hurry to fix the dead one right away. I might do the...

Maytag issues and plans and other stuff Ok,here we go. FYI My handle, "FEster" was hung on me by some way cool Jarheads when I was a contractor at camp TQ, Iraq. They said I looked like Uncle Fester. FE is the symbol for iron and I have a weird thing for old iron head, Harley Sportsters. So...

Hi y'all. I'm an FNG on the board and a noob when it comes to appliance restoration, so please bear with me until I catch my head a bit. I have several Maytags including a wringer and my daily driver. The units in question, three washers and one dryer, are as follows. A700 212970MC, it has...