To answer your ?'s...
My Maytag is the shaded harvest!The timer knob is indeed the plastic "crystal" type. The water level selector buttons read: small, medium, large, extra large. It has the normal action and gentle action speed selector buttons. It has a cold, warm, and hot button which select either cold with cold rinse, warm with a cold rinse, and hot with warm rinse. I love the hot/warm combo as I demand the whitest of whites...And yes, that is my beautiful Avocado Frigidaire 1-18 next to it. I have looked behind the front panel and everything is darn near pristine. Had to remove a bunch of spider egg sacs from in there and under under the base with my vacuum. All belts look in great shape. I Did have to lift up the top and clean years of congealed soap powder buildup from the metal splash guard. The lint filter did need a good soaking in hot water and awesome cleaner and a brushing.Someone really loved and cared for this washer I am sure of that. I love the sounds of whirring it makes when it washes. My Mother thinks it may be still washing long after we are all gone and then one of my nieces can have it. She may be right....Thank You hippiedoll for your info and you other gentlemen for your comments !!!! And by the way hippiedoll that is a blue bandanna/handkerchief in the water inside the Maytag. I had just started to load it for it's maiden wash after I got it set up in my house.
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