1958 Maytags before and after

rickr · Oct 7, 2005

I found these last Summer,and they came from an old basement in Michigan. The motor and pump were frozen up,and from the general condition they were in,I would guess they had sat unused for 30+ years. These were finished,and in my basement over a month ago,however I did not have the photos ready until now. (sorry about that)

rickr · Oct 7, 2005

Tear down

Kind of dirty,but not rusty. Needs all new hoses,pump,belts and seals. I had the appliance parts place replace the oil seals,and I did the rest of the work. (My friend painted the cabinets.)

rickr · Oct 7, 2005

Scrapped the gas dryer for parts

Saved the top and control panel to use on an electric dryer

rickr · Oct 7, 2005

in other words we're using this

...

rickr · Oct 7, 2005

on this

And have my buddy repaint this cabinet pink,along with repainting the washer cabinet.

rickr · Oct 7, 2005

cleaned and rebuilt

And ready to go

rickr · Oct 8, 2005

And the pump still leaks....

So we buy a new poly pump! (and I KNEW that was going to happen!) Glad we were still out in the garage for the flood.

I left this photo too big deliberately. Note the detail in the suspention system. Those small bolts in the spring brackets adjust the spring load. After you level the machine,you adjust these so the spin basket is in line with the opening in the top. (I found this out after tightening these bolts all down all the way,and then leveling the machine... It was WAY off)