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@combo52, This was my first bearing job on this particular washer, so the bearings that I removed are presumed to be the original. I have replaced tub bearings once before on a Frigidaire-built front loader, so I knew what I was getting into. I do use bleach occasionally, and I'll also use the...

@yogitunes, Where did you source the doors with the glass inserts?

Back in 2016, I purchased a Maytag Neptune (MAH5500BWW) for $50 on Craigslist. Other than it needing a new tub seal, it worked okay, and it has since run hundreds of loads. I mentioned the washer briefly here: https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?64365 It has never...

Hey all... I haven't been back to AW in about 5 years because I forgot my password and the password retrieval feature didn't seem to work.. until now, that is. In a span of ~5 months back in 2016, I had picked up a free A512 and a free A712. Despite being two years older, the 512 had much a...

Inner cabinet of A512

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current washer and dryer combo

Maytag A512

Maytag Neptune MDE5500

Upgraded agitator

Earlier this year, I acquired a ~1989 vintage Maytage A712 + DE713 set, Thread Number: 65009 with the title of "The noob scores a A712 + DE713 set!" The DE713 was advertised as non-working and I have never plugged it in to verify. I have since moved on to Maytag Neptune front loaders. Would...

Matching Maytag 7500 washer and dryer for $260 in RI Cosmetically in great shape and the seller says they work well http://providence.craigslist.org/app/5663870917.html

I ended up taking the control panel from this A712 and installed it on my A512. I wanted to salvage the white tub + orbital transmission from what was left over from this A712, so I lifted the cabinet+control panel from an A610 seen here...

That's a pretty good washer for $20, although I see 3 settings for the sliding water level which usually indicates the smaller capacity Maytag.

+1 for these fuctions Hot wash/Warm Rinse (Not often, but sure helps in the dead of winter) Automatic Soak These are the reason I converted my A512 into an A712 and also why i chose an A610 panel instead of re-using the A512 panel on a 2nd machine.

I've had three Extra large capacity 80s vintage Maytags come my way this year: 1) A free 1987 A512 that needed only a siphon break that came with a gouged front panel 2) A 1980 A610 that with a transmission on its last legs but w/ a good cabinet and front panel - $20 3) A free 1989 A712 (with...

From 2004-2015, I had two Electrolux-built FLs (the first one was a Frigidaire, the 2nd one was a Kenmore). Parts from the first unit kept the 2nd unit going until this past January when the spider bracket failed and I opted to wash my hands clean of Frigemores altogether. I've seen Martin's...

An interesting set of circumstances led me to a Craigslist seller that was offering a matching Neptune MAH5500BWW for $50 this past weekend. When I asked him over email if there was anything wrong with it, he replied that there wasn't and it that it was an extra washer that he wasn't using...

Listed as working, "bring a helper and get it outta here" arrangement http://boston.craigslist.org/bmw/app/5567287286.html

The catch was that I had to drive nearly 70 miles each way to pick them up and I had to lift both the washer and dryer about 4 feet in the air to clear a poorly placed gas line in the seller's basement, and then up 4-5 steps up the bulkhead (the seller's boyfriend helped me with the removal...