Some of you may remember that awhile ago Elginkid and I picked up a 1975 Series 1 Maytag A806. This is what we found inside the matching dryer we just picked up.
And She Wonders Why it Took so Long to Dry - or - How to Blow a Hole in Your Halo
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A recently-erupted Mt. Lintmore.
A recently-erupted Mt. Lintmore.
It's so thick!
So thick it wouldn't fit and broke through the protective screen.
So thick it wouldn't fit and broke through the protective screen.
Oh good grief!! Makes me shudder all the way through intensely. The lady is lucky she never caused a fire.
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!
Let me guess, the set was sold because the dryer was taking FOREVER to dry the clothes. UGH!! Sometimes I wish Darwinism would remove more people off of this planet in a quicker manner, lol. Talk about appliance abuse!
Let me guess, the set was sold because the dryer was taking FOREVER to dry the clothes. UGH!! Sometimes I wish Darwinism would remove more people off of this planet in a quicker manner, lol. Talk about appliance abuse!
From the back.
Looks like a tunnel to me...
Looks like a tunnel to me...
How to blow a hole in your Halo.
The hole itself.
The hole itself.
Garcon!
Let them eat cake.
Let them eat cake.
elginkid
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She was originally just going to sell the washer because the timer motor crapped out. But we told her to call us when she wanted to sell the dryer. She's moving this week, and it was easier to sell it to us and have us move it down from the third floor. 
As soon as I get enough money to replace the timer motor, lint filter this set will supersede the A206/DE306 as the daily driver set. I still like the black Powerfin, but the lighted control panel always wins. Bright Lights and Chrome...it's the little things.
As soon as I get enough money to replace the timer motor, lint filter this set will supersede the A206/DE306 as the daily driver set. I still like the black Powerfin, but the lighted control panel always wins. Bright Lights and Chrome...it's the little things.
elginkid
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Batteries...
I will post some dryer pics later, maybe tomorrow. My camera battery died and I am charging it.
Until then, Natasha, get Moose and Sqvirrel,
Dave
I will post some dryer pics later, maybe tomorrow. My camera battery died and I am charging it.
Until then, Natasha, get Moose and Sqvirrel,
Dave
electron1100
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Operator error!
Hello
From across the pond, well we have the same numptys here as well, last week i picked a Hoover dryer with exactly the same fluff pancake.....sometimes I think some members of the public should not be allowed near these machines, they have probably gone out and bought a brand new machine that will suffer the same fate
Gary
Ps yes lights and chrome))
Hello
From across the pond, well we have the same numptys here as well, last week i picked a Hoover dryer with exactly the same fluff pancake.....sometimes I think some members of the public should not be allowed near these machines, they have probably gone out and bought a brand new machine that will suffer the same fate
Gary
Ps yes lights and chrome
))
Dryer Fluff
Hi guys , wow that Maytag dryer lint looks like a block of carbon just a ready to explode!!!! Glad to here you will have a lighted set to use anyway!!
Picked up an old 1960`s Servis dryer recently and its lint bag was also filled like a brick!!! probably why the top was scorched from overheating...Lol
Hi guys , wow that Maytag dryer lint looks like a block of carbon just a ready to explode!!!! Glad to here you will have a lighted set to use anyway!!
Picked up an old 1960`s Servis dryer recently and its lint bag was also filled like a brick!!! probably why the top was scorched from overheating...Lol
polkanut
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Darwin was right!!!
toggleswitch2
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Makes one wonder why the "CLEAN LINT FILTER AFTER EACH LOAD"
warnings disappeared over the years.
warnings disappeared over the years.
gyrafoam
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Not the first time I have seen that!
I recall as a youngster I discovered a similar situation with a relatives fairly new HOH. When I showed her the disk of lint she exclaimed "no wonder it has been taking so long to dry"-----------well DUH!
I can recall sarcastically suggesting she read the operating manual! A completely un-American act. We just don't do instructions very well.
I recall as a youngster I discovered a similar situation with a relatives fairly new HOH. When I showed her the disk of lint she exclaimed "no wonder it has been taking so long to dry"-----------well DUH!
I can recall sarcastically suggesting she read the operating manual! A completely un-American act. We just don't do instructions very well.
elginkid
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I forgot the other part...Dave suggested to her (before we saw the lint filter) that maybe the dryer vent didn't get cleaned regularly in her apartment complex, and she told us that it was never really connected to the dryer vent because the duct tape wouldn't hold the vent hose in place, and it kept falling off.
supersurgilator
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Looks like my grandma's machine. She hardly ever cleaned the lint filter on her Whirlpool. I pulled it out once and it was so full that the lint started to fall off the filter and down inside the dryer, must have been at least half an inch think (and we all know how large Whirlpool lint screens are). Anyway I made a point to check it regularly after that.
matchboxpaul
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Indeed we do have 'numptys' over here too...
picked up a Hoover 3022 'matchbox' dryer about a year ago.
fine condition, but came with a present of fluff and lint!
picked up a Hoover 3022 'matchbox' dryer about a year ago.
fine condition, but came with a present of fluff and lint!
matchboxpaul
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and to the free gift...
matchboxpaul
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matchboxpaul
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quite a mattress had developed.
and people begin to wonder why their machines take an age to dry!
Paul
and people begin to wonder why their machines take an age to dry!
Paul
electron1100
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Filters
probably the same people that never clean the filters out on their vacuum cleaners and then complain they dont work...............GIVE ME STRENGTH!
sorry to go off the topic of your lovely Maytag dryer
probably the same people that never clean the filters out on their vacuum cleaners and then complain they dont work...............GIVE ME STRENGTH!
sorry to go off the topic of your lovely Maytag dryer
revvinkevin
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When I picked up my 1962 Maytag A700 washer and DE701 dryer a few months back, it too had a number of loads of lint on the lint screen, thought not as much as the photos above. It also had a 40+ year layer of lint INSIDE the bottom of the machine when I opened it up! I didn't even think to take a photo of it though, I just cleaned it and tossed it in the trash.
An appliance repair man wrote in an appliance magazine some years ago that he got a call from a woman who's dryer didn't work properly. When he arrived she showed him the dryer and asked if perhaps the blanket needed to be replaced.... LOL
laundromat
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Yu know,a lot of people give that up for "lint"!---duck and hide!LOL
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I clean the lint filters on my Maytag washer and Frigidaire dryer after every use. I have five cats and two dogs so about every three months I clean the dryer with the shop vac, and check the dryer vent for buildup.
I can't believe people are that lazy or stupid not to clean the lint filters. It's just as bad as people who don't ever empty their vacuum cleaner bags. A friend of mine just go a free Kirby Heritage II of of FreeCycle, owner claims it didn't work. He brought to me to look at the bag was overfilled and the tube was packed with dirt. Took all apart, cleaned it with the shop vac, washed the cloth bag, and now it works perfectly. Some people are just plain idiots I guess.
I can't believe people are that lazy or stupid not to clean the lint filters. It's just as bad as people who don't ever empty their vacuum cleaner bags. A friend of mine just go a free Kirby Heritage II of of FreeCycle, owner claims it didn't work. He brought to me to look at the bag was overfilled and the tube was packed with dirt. Took all apart, cleaned it with the shop vac, washed the cloth bag, and now it works perfectly. Some people are just plain idiots I guess.
Question.
We have started cleaning the dryer and the inside is a royal mess. This is a thousand times worse than the DE306 I cleaned a few months ago. My problem is the pulley that spins the drum. The darn thing is stuck in place. I have removed the bolt that holds it in position and put some zoom spout oil in the bolt hole but the pulley is still stuck fast. The inside is nasty and I know the blower needs to be cleaned and lubed. How do I remove the pulley?
Also, we got a new lint filter,
Dave
We have started cleaning the dryer and the inside is a royal mess. This is a thousand times worse than the DE306 I cleaned a few months ago. My problem is the pulley that spins the drum. The darn thing is stuck in place. I have removed the bolt that holds it in position and put some zoom spout oil in the bolt hole but the pulley is still stuck fast. The inside is nasty and I know the blower needs to be cleaned and lubed. How do I remove the pulley?
Also, we got a new lint filter,
Dave
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