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Great pics so far! I wish I could come to one sometime and meet everyone. What is the hand gesture?

Having rebuilt three pitman drive Maytag transmissions, I can say parts for the whole machine are actually very available. Pitman transmissions, however,  are hard to come by so the choice is either to rebuild or find a donor machine. Rebuilding isnt that hard, its fun and easy, and worth while...

Im glad you got this running Paul, and what a machine to work on too. This is a real beaut of a machine, special and milestone machine. Congratulations, were all proud of you! 

I have a mid 80s wiring diagram I could mail you Paul if needed. 

WOW Jackie, thanks for posting those photos. Wonderful kitchen, and nice and clean too. Great house!

Funny you should mention the blue hue, its non existent in this dryer.   Thanks for your help, Martin.

I always left the door open on my GE FL and used the clean washer cycle as per the manuals instructions. when I lived in Calgary. It was a property I was renting.   But there is nothing in the MAH4000s manual about leaving the door open or clean cycles, just to like you said, clean the...

Also, whats the Maytag Neptune etiquette? Door open, or door closed when its not needed?

Looking great, Paul! I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Its almost there. 

Thanks Ben!   Yes, that RCA Whirlpool is beautiful. Do you have a close up? Money shot?

Hey John,   Unfortunately the lip seal revision wont/wouldnt fit. I thought about it but on the 4000s, and probably the 3000s too, there is a 1/4 inch grove milled in to the spiders shaft where the forward half of the lip seal sits,  thats not there on the newer machines like the 5500, 6500...

Do you just pound the bearings out, Martin?   I want to find a way to get it to do 1000rpm spin, that would be sweet.

Thanks, Jim!   I hope you get to use your MAH6500 for a long time coming. Theyre such nice machines all around. And Im sure there is lot of people here willing to help if you need it!

Not knocking you, but I thought the whole point of a traditional top loader was to use the power of water to move it through the clothes. A rapidly changing direction agitator makes water move like waves.    That last sentence was some sarcasm I stole from the video. 

I bought two brand new SKF bearings from Motion Canada. They fit nicely, 6206 2RS and 6207 2RS.   Although this machine had the worst bearing mishap as I did have to silicone a bit of the rear outer tub, the machine has little mold and smelled just fine. I chalk it up to the fact the bleach...

Eventually this will work and the outer race will tap out nicely. All in all, this most invasive method took probably 10 minutes per bearing. After theyre out, the typical sand and wire wheel the bearing holders and rod out the drains is whats needed. You can then go about replacing the bearings...

The next step is to very carefully cut three straight slices on an angle on the outer races. Why angled? Whether youre coming from the front or back, you can chip away the race easier. Hit the race on a right angle on a section between the cut marks and you can chip away the race if its that...

In the first picture you can see the rear bearing. I found parts of it, such as the inner race and balls, all over the frame. This is our first challenge. In order to get the puller on the front bearing, we would have to cut the outer race out.   In the second picture you can see the front...

The rear pulley didnt do too much damage to the rear of the outer tub so that was a win. So, knowing the rear bearing had been destroyed, how would I pull it, if all thats left is the outer race?   First things first we must remove the basket. This wont come out correctly as its no longer...

AFTER countless hours reading through Neptune related threads on this forum, I decided to go ahead and add a Neptune to the collection. I found a MAH4000 and MDE4000 for sale on Kijiji. The owner disclosed the bearings were bad in the machine hence the replacement. I watched a few YouTube videos...