1970 Maytag Literature

[mickeyd]

Hi Jon. Thank you!

Well, that's a creative use of the rinse dispenser, eh!

But for the not so heavily soiled, they tell you to start at soak which includes a drain & refill, but no mention of additional detergent. Interesting.

OR, if you select soak does that trick the timer into moving from soak to wash without draining?

I'd rather hear from your experience when you have the time to test out these cycles; the text doesn't tell enough.

Your cool scans show the 806 to be a very talented, able-bodied washer. "Everybody wants one" ~ a lyric whose title escapes me.

 

[qsd-dan]

Geeze, all of these fine lookin women and Maytags.....

Time for a cigar (don't care for cigs).

 

[jons1077]

MickeyD,

I've had a chance to run all of the cycles after this past weekend. I had a ton of laundry to do! So PreWash is just that, a 4-minute agitation followed by a short spin. Washer then fills for the soak/wash cycle. Soak is just brief agitation, brief soak, then agitation returns once the timer hits the 10-minute mark at the start of the regular cycle. There is no spin/drain between Soak and Normal Wash.

One thing I noticed on mine that seemed odd was the Permanent Press cycle. On the LA308 I have (which is a 1-speed) does a partial spin/drain, partial fill with cold water, then immediately goes into the rinse spin with no agitation.

The 806 is different though. There is a partial drain, fill, ANOTHER partial drain and fill, brief agitation, and THEN goes into the rinse spin. I also noticed that all of the spins were in the PermPress cycle were fast, not slow even though I selected slow. They were just really short spins. Does this sound right?

Jon

 

[launderess]

Can't Speak For Maytag

But the method to their maddness for PP is to make darn sure the water/textiles are cool enough before spinning to prevent thermal creases. Since the machine spins faster than "slow", this is very important.

Polyester, despite being often washed in cold water, really needs warm to slightly hot water sometimes to shift oils, especially whites as the fiber does tend to hold onto certain soils. There is nothing wrong with this approach long as the machine isn't over loaded and again the temperature is down to cool or cold before being spun.

 

[strongenough78]

Jon,
That sounds about right, except for the spin speeds. What you described sounds exactly like the PP cycle on a belt drive Whirlpool. The only exception was the spins were slow short spins and not short fast ones. And there is agitation after the first partial drain and fill on a WP.

 

[gansky1]

Yay - keep the scans coming everyone, it's so worth the effort to see these brochures.

When I was about 11 or 12, my aunt gave me this brochure from her file of her A606 washer literature. I could only look at the instruction books and service records, but I got to take this treasure home. Lost years ago, it's really fun to see it again!

 

[peteski50]

Maytag!

Thanks again for posting
Peter

 

[polkanut]

Jon,

What color is your "new" 806?

 

[combo52]

MT WASHER SPIN SPEEDS IN PP CYCLE

MT usually did use the hi speed on the PP cycle. I think the first 806s with a button for wash and ware with the speed selections was the only one that used a slow spin for PP loads. I could never figure what they were trying to do maybe some here knows. The PP cycle on the WP BD washers always did a much better job of leaving a load wrinkle free.

 

[cycla-fabric]

Maytag PP Slow Spin

Maytag’s went to the slow spin speed on PP cycle when they changed models with the brown control panels. CR noted that the Maytag’s fast spin on PP cycle wasn't ideal and a slow spin speed would be more appropriate. And even thou you have slow speed selected it would automatically choose a fast spin speed as the timer controlled the spin speed.

 

[countryguy]

How is the water level selected on the A906?

Gary

 

[bajaespuma]

THANK YOU!!!!

Like many of you have already said, this was the first, the very first appliance brochure I ever sent away for. It is so great to see it again, complete with the "Maytag Girl" in so many housewife guises.

"I also noticed that all of the spins were in the PermPress cycle were fast, not slow even though I selected slow. They were just really short spins. Does this sound right?" I remember this from some brochure back then; this was one of Maytag's counter-conventional wisdom designs. It's also what happens on my A606; I use the PP cycle as a quick cycle with a "sort-of" extra rinse.It didn't last long though.

...and now, to sound totally greedy, do you have the dryer brochure as well?

 

[turnamat]

Great scans!

The first time,I got into contact with a top-loading agitator automatic was when I stayes in the US(Minneapolis/St.Paul)for a student exchange program 1981.A completely different way washing clothes.And so quickly!Spent a lot of time looking for them in shopping centers and still have some brochures,-but not this great Maytag one-,and a Sears catalogue,I only know the pages with washers&dryers;-)!

Thomas.

 

[jons1077]

Thanks guys!

I love this feedback. Hope I don't miss anyone here as I respond...

I have the Harvest Gold 806 exactly as it's pictured in this brochure. I don't have the brochure for the dryer unfortunately because the gentleman who made this purchase only bought the washer. He continued to use his 54' Westinghouse dryer which was the one I posted about a couple of weeks ago.

I too am curious about how the water levels were on the A906 machines. Obviously full load would be the highest water level but how much did they fill for the "partial" load? Medium? Also, how did the special "wool" cycle work on the A906. I know that model of machine would drive me nuts not being able to modify cycles and stuff but wow that would have been cool to walk into one of those!

Glad you all like the scans! It is a really neat brochure and I was pleasantly surprised when I got a call from the couple saying they had the booklets for the washer.

Jon

 

[polkanut]

I think club member Fred Nelson has a 906 set, maybe he can enlighten us about the water levels.[this post was last edited: 6/3/2010-12:00]

 

[bajaespuma]

I remember from yet another brochure that the "Partial" cycles used what was the "medium" fill on the other machines. I also remember that this was one of CU's big complaints of the TOL's, that lesser machines offered more choices and settings.

Looking back with 20/20 hindsight, the 906 would have been the perfect automatic for people like my Mom who didn't give a c**p about the laundry. No different than setting our dishwasher to run, really.

Do any of you have any data on how reliable the mechanicals of the 906 washer were? Seems like a lot of stuff for one button to accomplish in the days before digital solid-state controls.

 

[swestoyz]

Nice scans John! More than likely this is the last brochure to feature the 906. Certainly is a favorite.

Ken - the beauty of the original rapid advance timer mechanism is it's simplicity. It is no wonder that Maytag used the same set-up for almost 10 years, before going to a simplified set-up on the later 906's (69/70). MUCH more simple compaired to the 59/60/61 Kenmore Lady K timer. That thing is a MESS!

It consists of a timer with about 8 cams, a rotisserie motor, and a long coupler shaft to connect the two. There are positioning switches to help determine when to engage the rapid advance motor located on the motor, besides the actual push buttons which active certain cams to determine how far to advance the timer. The original pressure valve consisted of a single diaphragm with solenoid to active the partial water level setting.

The later version included a Kingston timer with a simplified rapid advance mechanism, and a dual diaphragm pressure valve. Much, much less cluter in the control panel on the later machines.

A few years ago I scanned the supplement document for the rapid advance machines and had Robert post it. Very cool read!

Ben
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http://www.automaticwasher.org/SERVICE/Maytag_Pushbutton_Manual.pdf

 

[jons1077]

Interesting

Thanks for that post Ben. That permanent press cycle outlined on page 2 of the "revised" cycles is exactly how my A806 cycle is. I thought it was odd that it involved two spin/drains in the cooldown portion of the cycle but apparently that's what it was supposed to do. Also the fast spins are apparently defaulted in that cycle. Very interesting setup considering there are speed selectors on the machine. You'd think they'd want it to be as flexible as possible by letting you choose speeds on every cycle.

Funny how Maytag added that slight degree of hand-holding when it came to designing the cycles of some of their machines.

Jon

 

[pdub]

Jon

Beautiful scans from a cool brochure. Thanks for sharing them. I can't wait to see the machine in person.
Patrick

 

[turnamat]

I would love to see the machine in person,too!

But it´s so far away:-((((((!

Thomas.