At long last, I got my 806's!!!

[swestoyz]

Hey Jeff -

After looking at the list - it appears that the 806 dryer is actually a May of 1966 unit. Your 608 dryer is spot on at December of 1979.

Rule of thumb - of the two letter code
1st letter = Year
2nd letter = Month

Let me know if you need anything else - good looking machines bud!

Ben

 

[hoover1060]

one more Ben

my A608 washer(which you have seen in person) is: 671345 CP

 

[swestoyz]

Hey Jeff -

And that 608 is one darn fine machine to boot! August of 1979.

Ben

 

[hoover1060]

Thanks Ben!!!

Appreciate it very much!

 

[goprog]

Please decode... I'm missing it. Maybe
if I considered the puzzle for awhile I would
figure it out, but easier to just say "Huh?"

------------------------------------------------

Rule of thumb - of the two letter code
1st letter = Year
2nd letter = Month

A806 Washer serial# 229640 MU
DE806 dryer # 647847 BK(September 1970?) may/66
DG608 dryer #568240 CX (December 1979?) dec/79

...washer is a September of 1971
...806 dryer is actually a May of 1966 unit.
...608 dryer is spot on at December of 1979.

my A608 washer(which you have seen in person) is: 671345 CP
And that 608 is one darn fine machine to boot! August of 1979.

 

[hoover1060]

well

you're missing the secret decoder thingy, which I have just emailed to you!

 

[goprog]

Thanks Jeff - I've typed the secret decoder thingy into
text format here so it takes less space than a .jpg file
(if it is useful to anyone else.) Sorry I can't get
the "extra" line spaces to go away, but if you cut and
paste it into your word processor you can make it neater.

<PRE>
Maytag Datecode Lettering from 1949-1965
-------------- AUTOMATICS --------------|---------- WRINGERS --------|
YEAR LETTER | (5 Numbers - 2 letters)
MONTH LETTER | YEAR LETTER MONTH
--------------------|-----------------------------
1949 A January A or C | 1954 A January
1950 B February B or D | 1955 C February
1951 E March L or E | 1956 E March
1952 F April M or F | 1957 G April
1953 G May Q or G | 1958 J May
1954 H June T or H | 1959 L June
1955 J July U or J | 1960 N July
1956 K August V or K | 1961 P August
1957 N September W or N | 1962 R September
1958 P October X or P | 1963 T October
1959 R November Y or R | 1964 V November
1960 S December Z or S | 1965 X December
1961 C
1962 D
1963 L Two different month letter code systems
1964 M were used. Month could be either of two
1965 Q letters shown above for automatics

1966 - 2013
-----------
YEARS LETTER MONTH
1966-1990 B January
1967-1991 D February
1968-1992 F March
1969-1993 H April
1970-1994 K May
1971-1995 M June
1972-1996 Q July
1973-1997 S August The Serial Number consists of six
1974-1998 U September digits followed by two letters. The
1975-1999 W October first letter is the year of production
1976-2000 Y November and the second letter is the month of
1977-2001 Z December production. For example, WY would be
1978-2002 A January 1975 November, and would be reused to
1979-2003 C February be the year 1999 November production.
1980-2004 E March
1981-2005 G April
1982-2006 J May Warranty
1983-2007 L June MayCor Parts & Service Co.
1984-2008 N July P.O. Box 4970, Attn: Wrty. Adm.
1985-2009 P August Cleveland, TN, 37311
1986-2010 R September
1987-2011 T October
1988-2012 V November
1989-2013 X December
</PRE>

 

[hoover1060]

Thanks

I have copied and pasted it into a word file as well. Part of the problem is my printer is not functioning properly at home, and it printed this out so I could just barely read it!