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DE308 I recently experienced this with my DE408, which is your dryer with heat buttons to the right of the dial. The buzz you speak of is not the actual buzzer but another hum. It SOUNDS like the start switch in the motor is stuck or bad. DO NOT operate this machine like that. The motor is...

Agitator in Auction This is not really the correct agitator but it will fit and work. I think this agitator is meant for the slightly newer Maytag "orbital" machines I think, thus the protruding vanes and extra humps on the base. For reference sake I have included a photo of the eBay ad...

Highlander I quite like the Highlander styling. But there seem to be 2 different types of people, those who like lights and buttons and chrome and those who can appreciate austere beauty. I've never found the overall look of the Highlanders offensive in any way really. I think it's an...

Me Picky? Oh listen to you with your Yeller and PANK Maytags over there! Plus you have actually HAVE the DG808 dryer with the buttons and the Supa fancy all computerizamdated fickled electronical one. I'm surprised they haven't attacked the poor KA dryer. I think there's a reason that auto-dry...

Timed and Automatic It wasn't until I think the A407 came out in the 70's that this reappeared. The 407 was a thermostatic auto-dry machine, but the flexibility was nice, it had timed heat and air and automatic perm. press and regular cycles. The 408 bigload that came after added 2 heat setting...

Yuck The funny thing is, even if it WAS an ice cream apparatus, which it's NOT, who would eat out of that thing. It had been used much like I use it, to clean nasty, oily things that stained the white plastic.   Perfect find for me.   -Tim

Not Just a Minibasket The Spot Scrubber basket is unique to the machine as it is a solid tub basket. They are identified by their color, but the SS mode of the washer cuts the FF circulation off and the solid basket mini-basket holds the water. Not so great in sediment removal, but for the...

DE701 I have also come to want one of these. John and I were just talking about this last night and poor Kevin spent most of the wash-in trip listeneing to me ozze of his. I think these are the neatest dryers. BOTH timed AND electronic. This is something that Maytag should have stuck with, when...

Super Deeeluxe This is nice, at least the model is. This is the TOL absolute cream of the crop GE SpotScrubber. I have the 8500, just 1 model under this. In ways I think the lower version is more flexible, but this is no slouch in shiny buttons. I think the extra rinse cycle is funny though...

Kevvvvvvin All those Maytags and dirty towels! Eherm! Get with it mister!   Why you must have a Maytag for like every towel. I'm sure someone (ahem) could interject about how maybe 1 towel is properly loaded for a Maytag .   In search of a quality brick for sure!   -Tim    

WP Is that a 24" machine?     -Tim

Travelling Honestly, I do too, it's all part of the "thrill" if you will. Every now and then it's nice to just hit the road and go. The prize that comes back then has more meaning, I like that.   -Tim

Trek for a Washer That is a long drive for an 806. These machines are not super rare like say a 50's 142 or AMP or something super vintage. I would not drive to New York for an 806. If you peruse your comfort radius on C/L you will find something, but you must be patient. Also, spread out and...

DD Transmissions The transmissions can be had for $75 refurbed at most appliance shops. You don't have to remove the tub or spanner nut for this, just remove the cabinet and put the machine on it's side. Remove necessary bolts, hoses and pump and it should drop out fairly easily. You will have...

Quiz My Quiz Results   1 - They have wavy vanes and three upswept bottom fins to provide effective washing action. 1 - Cleans itself during the drain segment of the cycle. 2 - False 3 - Mineral-filled polypropylene 1 - Virtually eliminates the passage of foreign objects into the pump 3 -...

Poof It wasn't me, I thought they were on the expensive side, I can't imagine a "normal" person coughing it up for them. Watch this space, maybe they'll pop up again cheaper. -Tim

To the Max I was just looking for an excuse to stick this in here...      

What? So the machine, we'll call it "brick" was changed in 1964 to a bidirectional brick? How would you rate the overall quality of the post-64 brick? (ducks and runs) -Tim :D

For anyone who ever wanted to know how a Fabric-Matic works, this explains everything. Wasn't it around 74 when the Fabric-Matic made it's debut? Either way anyone into 70's Maytags, it's a good read. The second section goes into the dryers as well including the Auto-Dry models (307/407) it's a...

Soooooo Tempting I REALLY want the Avocado dryer to match the washer I have. I have a matching set of these in Harvest, but I like the Avocado much better. Chris, you wanna go in on this and take the washer? :)   Price is steep a little, this is about 4 hours away   Just some thoughts   -Tim