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Bingo! I took a break and walked away for about 30 minutes. Put the old belts back on, and ran 5 loads back to back without a hiccup. Looking at some of the 1 star reviews of the belts I bought on Amazon seem to complain of a similar issue with older Maytags. The overload protector kicks on...

Hi Guys- Happy Friday!! The motor arrived. Got everything bolted in. Triple checked the wiring and ground to make sure everything was right. I tested the motor without the belts, it came on and sounded great. No abnormal noise. I then hooked up the belts and ran a light load under the gentle...

Thanks everyone. Been calling around. So far no one in the few remaining used appliance shops around me have a 2 speed motor or one they're willing to sell. Seems like a lot have gone out of business unfortunately. I did find this one on eBay but the alkaline/corrosion on the metal body gave...

Did some messing around with the washing machine this morning before removing the motor to get it hopefully looked at by a shop locally. I removed all belts and turned the machine to the spin cycle. Was pretty noisy but the motor was spinning. I did get a couple whiffs of a burning smell...

Hi- Ragnboneman. Great suggestions. I did call a few electric motor shops and even one that specifically did laundry motors. Most flat out said they don't work on washing machine motors. However the one that did asked if it was domestic and when I said yes they told me they couldn't or rather...

Hi gsd-dan, thank you for the response and troubleshooting tips. I did verify the drain pump pulley spins freely. I also removed the lines and blew them out to make sure nothing was stuck in them. All pulleys move freely. In the instance when the washer won't go into spin cycle, the pulley on...

Hi- Long time Lurker on this forum. All started 6 years ago when my first washing machine broke. It was a problematic newer model with sensors and was not worth fixing. I then set out on the search for a direct drive whirlpool machine... However when I found a beautiful set of Maytag...