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Many thanks pdub! The main idea behind why I love vintage appliances is that if you know how to keep them going, they can last you your whole life. If I can help pass that on, I feel like I've done my bit to help.

re: oil I'll look into it further, but everything I read (and the Repair Clinic video I watched on replacing the rollers) all indicated that they go on without oil. btw: Repair Clinic has an excellent series of videos on this particular generation of Maytag Dryer on YouTube: just find their...

No oil necessary... Tim: thanks, I appreciate your comments. I hope it DOES help someone else keep one of the pieces of Old American Ingenuity alive. Andrew S.: Pretty sure there shouldn't be any need for oil from all the info I could gather...in fact, I think oil might be detrimental, as it...

For anyone interested... Here is a photo-essay/rebuild diary for this project. Learned a lot by doing this and I'm glad I was able to rebuild this dryer and keep it in service for (hopefully) another twenty years. Maytags from Newton, Iowa rule. http://www.charcardz.com/misc/dryer/dryer.html

Hello all, been awhile! Our 20 year old Maytag dryer finally needs TLC, and after I tore it down it was obvious a rebuild was in order. So, after I'm done she'll have new drum rollers, roller axles, idler wheel, belt, blower seal, front "saddle" bearing pads and the front and rear felt drum...

Oh, please...there are really only TWO species of spider commonly encountered that need to be avoided, and neither of them are common in the everyday "household"...you kinda have to really TRY to get bit by one of the baddies. It's like the similar hysteria around snakes. I don't *like* them...

Thank you, Whirlpolf... All the "hysteria" over spiders is utterly and totally unfounded. Hopi legend maintains that "Spider Grandmother" was one of the fundamental Creators. To this day, "Spider" means "creativity" to Native peoples. I view it as good luck if a spider has decided to take up...

Rod Stewart sang it back in 1971... ...on the tune "Mandolin Wind": "...through the coldest winter in almost fourteen years..." We haven't seen this *consistently* cold of a winter in about that long. They're forecasting 20's to high 'teens "in town" for the next five nights, which means...

"Surcharges, taxes and fees, oh my...!" Ah...did not know they actually increase the surcharges due to useage. Still, fifty bucks/month just seems outrageous...I thought $40 was bad enough! Between AT&T and @#$*in' TimeWarner (just went up another five bucks for no apparent reason), our...

Locally roasted beans, stored airtight @room temp. Grind only enough for one pot of coffee...I use one Krups grinder full of beans for one kettle of water. Use a Melitta #4 cone w/brown paper filter, drip directly into a glass-lined thermal carafe. Boil water, allow to sit while you grind...

Land lines... While I totally agree with you 100% about the scourge of cell phones upon our safety, peace of mind and general well-being, we've noticed that *EVERY* single month for the last year, AT&T has raised our "land line" bill with yet more and more new nickle-n-dime "fees and...

Many thanks for all the good info! We were definitely using too much, and will scale back how much extra we put into the final rinse. Also thinking about reformulating the powdered soap mix. We've experimented with different proportions of Fels/Washing Soda/Borax/STPP, and have probably been...

@sudsman: what does "1/4 ounce" translate to in volume (ie: tablespoons/cups)? We were using some as an additive to our homemade powdered soap, and would throw an extra tablespoon or two of it into the final rinse if things seemed to be holding the soap residue...weren't sure if that was too...

"I found the original replacement gaskets for this frid Where, O-WHERE??? Please post a link, if you can! We really need a new gasket for our '49 Westinghouse, and I've tried all sorts of substitutes, and none have worked.

"As The World Turns" was my mother's favorite. She also watched "Secret Storm" "Edge of Night" and later "Another World" and "Days Of Our Lives". I still remember the characters' names and some of the storylines. Poor Nancy, what a saint...what she went through with Ellen, and the later Bob and...

Jaw be dropped in awe...more than gorgeous...Bravo!

It's a testament to her abilities that she could go from playing Bette Davis' "white-trash" maid in "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" and in the next year or so become "Endora"!

Lots of choice goodies in there...even caught a glimpse of a Descoware bean pot on one of the shelves!