'70 Maytag A806 oil leak - What do I do next? Please help

[stuftrock1]

One other question - After all of this, how long do you think it will realistically live for?

 

As long as you take good care of it and don't overload it or anything, it will probably outlive you. It's a Maytag, they weren't fooling around when they built them to last.

 

[atomict]

Back together - Something seems off

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">So I have it all back together, cleaned up, and I think something is wrong.</span>

 

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">First:</span>

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I hooked it up in the garage for testing with just the one hose hooked up to cold with the settings set to cold, and water started shooting out through the hot inlet.  Am I a fool for doing this or is it broken?  I thought it was supposed to be closed if you only wanted to do cold water?</span>

 

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Second:</span>

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't get it to spin.  It agitates and does it beautifully and smoothly.  When I have it set on the dial to do the spin, the machine just makes a semi-loud hum.  I checked the wires on the motor and all is good.  Any ideas on what's wrong?</span>

 

[good-shepherd]

I think something is wrong.

Yeah, both hoses should be hooked up.

No spin: Is it plugged in via an extension cord?

 

[DADoES]

If you’re feeding the water supply to the cold valve port via a garden hose, then put a Y-splitter on it and connect the machine’s regular two hoses to the splitter & hot/cold ports to feed water pressure to both which will eliminate the problem during testing.

 

[atomict]

Still not spinning…..

I got the y splitter for the hose and hooked it up. Water is just fine.

Plugged it directly to a grounded receptacle, still no spin. Just a heavy hum.

Ugg.

 

[atomict]

Brake broken?

So it will now engage in the spin cycle and pumping the water out, but it’s agitating - not spinning the tub! Is the brake broken?