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    Sluggish Agitation

    Fill the tub with hot water, let it stand 10 mins. then check the speed.
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    What happened in this dryer????

    JeffG pegged it. poor vent and a painted surface. repaint and drum and bulkhead good as new
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    QUESTIONS FOR THE 1-18 FRIGIDAIRE EXPERTS

    there was a special tool to remove the arm from the wheel. looks like a tie rod end remover.channel locks on the hard edge will remove the arm from the shaft. to remove the entire assembly you are going to have to drop the pump. never liked this design due to mechanism adversely effected by...
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    Portable Whirlpool "World Washer"....uh oh...?

    as a retired whirlpool factory tech. world washers made you call in sick, if you had them on your route. reliability, was in the toilet, as well as whirlpools bandaid fixes. tub leaks were an everyday occurance, and even with a new tub and cp seal they still leaked. good luck my friend as you...
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    Welcoming the Westinghouse Washer

    original pn Q-4688
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    Pink Orange Colored Dishwasher?

    place a cup of tang powder in it and run it thru a wash. you will be surprised.
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    Maytag Dryer Mod. DE312 Series 2Need Repair help

    the filter in the front blower housing, and not the rear of the drum.
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    Maytag Dryer Mod. DE312 Series 2Need Repair help

    Sorry just re-read your model. the latter applies only to the halo of heat dryer, and not the newer style with filter in the door
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    Maytag Dryer Mod. DE312 Series 2Need Repair help

    Pull the cabinet, remove the drum pulley, then the drum blower wheel. Then remove the drum and look in front of the drum shaft sleeve bearing. you will find 2 o-rings one at the front and another at the rear of the bearings. they usually get brittle from the heat and will squeel. throw them...
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    Worst Washer

    rollamatic gm frigidaire, the worst piece of junk frigidaire produced. even the 59' multimatic was better and that is not saying much. None finer than the unimatic.
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    Requesting tips on Maytag repair

    If I recall right the A4298 was the wringer center post seal, that transitioned to the automatic design. Replaced many of them in the wringers. and early autos. They were included in the stem kit,also.
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    New Kitchen Appliances -

    1st thing that I would think of is the service after the sale. As a retired Whirlpool tech, service is and always will be the major factor in anything that I purchase. Sorry gotta lean with the Kitchen Aid brand in my kitchen.
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    Maytag A206 Automatic Washer Issueþ

    You message is somewhat vague, the drum is not supposed to turn in agitation, if the agitator will not agitate, more than likely the fibre gear is stripped, and time for a rebuild. Also replace the oring in the trans housing because they get old and form a flat spot snf you will have grease...
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    Picked up this handsome fella today!!!

    One thing you need to check is the length of the spin roller screw. Its the one on the back side that is hell to get to. Pull the front cover off and look. If the screw sticks out about a quarter of an inch you have the revised one. Gm had problems with the screw breaking, and it was a bear to...
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    Unimatic and multimatic tools,wringer rebuild toolset

    Here is what I am going to do. Going to moms this week and will go by the shop and take an inventory of the tools and parts that are left, and post it here next monday or tuesday. Would much rather see them in use that just sitting on my workbwench rusting away. Dad basically hated gm's move...
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    Unimatic and multimatic tools,wringer rebuild toolset

    Have 3 sets, spanners water and oil bellows pliers, plus the pliers used on the one bellows washer with the lip on the bellows. Also a complete set of tools for maytag wringers for sale. Also have the following parts for the unimatic, 4 torque springs, 2 new style oil pumps(piston&spring) also a...
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    Maytag A207 Brake squeak

    Tilt the washer back, remove the belts, the turn the main drive pulley by hand, this runs the brake cone up away from the bottom of the package. Then use an oiler filled with tranny lube and problem solved.
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