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Pat, didn’t you mention in a conversation awhile back that you wanted to get a Whirlpool 29” top filter dryer? Seem to think you did but has been awhile, though.

Could pick them up and sell them for $$$$, or keep them as a back up pair.

Unfortunately, in the later years, they went to a tub seal that was made fairly cheaply which would leak and cold water cycles on top of using too little detergent is what sped up the tub seal’s demise. I believe tub seals could go bad on the older Maytags but have a Maytag 806 from 1979 that...

The tried and true Helical design which has proved itself many times over. Easily one of the most reliable machines in existence, a set of belts and possibly a pump, that’s about it.

Looks like a Dependable Care style of washer judging by the console.

I did check everything earlier this evening, even double checked just to be sure. My guess is the door switch finally gave up the ghost after 43 (were in service from 1963 to 2005, June of 2021 to January of 2023) years of service, can’t really complain about that.

Another update: managed to get the drum light/uv light to come on whenever the machine is running, the idiosyncrasy is it only comes on whenever the timer is moved from the off position but is the only gripe about that. Next, I’ll need to use a contactor to turn the lower wattage element on...

Update: since I bypassed the pulser motor/finish guard, it no longer shuts off when either low/knit and medium/permanent press are selected. Now, onto the door switch and getting the drum light/uv bulb to come on whenever it’s running.

As a start, going to bypass the pulser/finish guard motor. Second, going to look into the door switch situation.

That’s probably what I’m going to have to do. May just end up ‘deleting’ the electronic dry control and finish guard motor, that could be where all the problems lie. Thinking about just using a fan switch to activate the timer motor once it reaches a certain temperature on the auto dry, then...

Did some investigating, turns out the motor wasn’t wired up correctly. John definitely was correct in terms of it will either work or won’t work. Now, the dryer mostly functions in terms of heating up and tumbling, timer advancing. Now here’s the bugs that will have to be worked out: 1. The...

Plugged it in and…nothing. About the only thing that works is the drum light, relay was engaging, but nothing else. Looks like I’ll have to do some digging to see why it’s not wanting to work.

Got the wires moved over (had to move L1 over to the right, L2 to the left), now just have to plug it in to see if it’ll work.

More so just to see if the motor will work, along with the auto dry features possibly.

The machine is essentially all back together, though need to figure what terminals need to be moved over for 120v operation.

No worries, it happens to us from time to time on the forum, various groups. Should have some form of evidence, but would be like trying to squeeze blood from a stone since one’s information is always changing hands about every hour of every single day. At that rate, would have a better...

Believe it was a third party. Absolute crooks, greedy crooks.

The 1970’s were not a good era for GM or Chrysler. I’ve never seen a 1971 to 1976 Chevy Impala in person, let alone one from 1974/1975. Haven’t seen many Chrysler cars on the road from that era either. I’ve seen far more Fords from that time period on the road in the 2000’s and early 2010’s, my...

As soon as you get a email about a package arriving even though you didn’t order anything, it’s a scam. Always am skeptical when I receive an email or text about something I didn’t order etc. Literally was getting quite a few spam calls awhile back, didn’t even bother answering. I think they...

This is basically why I use an alias last name on Facebook and other social media sites since I’m very careful with what information I put out there. Never know what kind of wackos are out there, definitely knew a few people who were like that in my high school years sadly and honestly don’t...