matthewbrodie
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Does anybody on the site have an Maytag E2M? It'd be great to see some photos of it.
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I don't recall this model, maybe E2L?
matthewbrodie
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Hi Scott:
I was surfing the net and learned that an E2M is an E2L with a gas engine instead of electric. Figured they were pretty rare.
I was surfing the net and learned that an E2M is an E2L with a gas engine instead of electric. Figured they were pretty rare.
If someone has an E2M, I don't recall seeing one on the board. Certainly would be a cool find.
Ben
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They definitely were made after WWII and most likely well into the 1960s. The J2M was made almost until the end of the production of wringers into the 1980s using a Briggs and Stratton engine. The Amish love to pick these machines up whenever they come up for sale.
Here is a price list from a 1952 brochure that shows all three models available with a gas engine.
Timer. Here is a pic of one of Geoff Delp's
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Does the time actually shut the machine off? Never seen one of those before.
IIRC, the motor only operates when the timer was set. You had to reset the timer to wring clothes out. There wasn't a "hold" setting like the WP/KM wringers had. I think this is why this feature was never popular on the Maytag.
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Having to reset the timer to keep it going when wringing could get a little annoying. I know if I had a wringer, I would definitely need a timer of some sort. I would get distracted and forget all about the load washing, LOL.
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never seen a Maytag wringer with a timer. I have an advertisement for one tho. I did know that Geoff has one but don't remember how I found this out LOL. I have seen both an E2M and a J2M at the Amish. They are keeping them for their collection and have not been restored. They were much heavier than the ones with he electric motor of course. I agree about the timer having to be turned back on to wring. I use mine as daily drivers and that would be a pain. The only one I have that had a safety bulb is my E and I removed it. Talk about a pain. I have a minute timer I use to time my wash length. Maytag wringers do not require long to get the clothes clean. And, when you rinse in them, that time is very short. I am addicted to them LOL.
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never seen a Maytag wringer with a timer. I have an advertisement for one tho. I did know that Geoff has one but don't remember how I found this out LOL. I have seen both an E2M and a J2M at the Amish. They are keeping them for their collection and have not been restored. They were much heavier than the ones with he electric motor of course. I agree about the timer having to be turned back on to wring. I use mine as daily drivers and that would be a pain. The only one I have that had a safety bulb is my E and I removed it. Talk about a pain. I have a minute timer I use to time my wash length. Maytag wringers do not require long to get the clothes clean. And, when you rinse in them, that time is very short. I am addicted to them LOL.
Jim
I didnt know they used the gas powered motors on these later models. Learn something new everyday. I also have never seen a timer on one either.
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I would have thought,
That the "M"'s would be big with the Amish? That a gas powered motor was preferable to running a generator. Apparently they prefer the Maytag's that they have to plug in?
That was a family of squatters in upstate New York by my Grandma's that lived in an abandoned farm house when I was a kid. They had no gas,running water or electricity. But they did have a Maytag E2M on the porch they filled from the well and ran the washer using, what I thought at the time, was a big lawn mower engine. I was facinated by it as a kid.
That was the primary customer for these. Rural areas without electricity.
That the "M"'s would be big with the Amish? That a gas powered motor was preferable to running a generator. Apparently they prefer the Maytag's that they have to plug in?
That was a family of squatters in upstate New York by my Grandma's that lived in an abandoned farm house when I was a kid. They had no gas,running water or electricity. But they did have a Maytag E2M on the porch they filled from the well and ran the washer using, what I thought at the time, was a big lawn mower engine. I was facinated by it as a kid.
That was the primary customer for these. Rural areas without electricity.
The Amish
still use generators or air motors on their washers. I have been told that they no longer use gas for what reason I don't know. They either have generators to use for accepted electrical appliances or they have air compressors outside with holding tanks. There are so many different sects of the Amish that I don't know who uses what. My Amish friends do not use things that we English use to make life easier. I do know that some Amish sects do use electricty for certain things. My Amish friends wear only hand made clothing for the most part. The younger men do wear store bought shirts and sweat shirts.
still use generators or air motors on their washers. I have been told that they no longer use gas for what reason I don't know. They either have generators to use for accepted electrical appliances or they have air compressors outside with holding tanks. There are so many different sects of the Amish that I don't know who uses what. My Amish friends do not use things that we English use to make life easier. I do know that some Amish sects do use electricty for certain things. My Amish friends wear only hand made clothing for the most part. The younger men do wear store bought shirts and sweat shirts.
Here is a picture of a very late production N2MS that is housed at the Jasper County museum in Newton. This has a Briggs & Stratton 4 cycle engine on it. I am not sure of the housepower but would guess it's probably a 2 or 3 horse engine. The metal tubing that is coiled up in the box is the exhaust line. That way you could operate the machine on a porch or even in a basement sine you could run the exhaust out the door or a window.
When my father saw this picture it brought back memories of HIS grandmother's Grey Ghost with an engine. He and his adolesent cousins always refered to it as "the gopher killer" since they would take the exhaust tube and stick it down gopher holes in the yard!
When my father saw this picture it brought back memories of HIS grandmother's Grey Ghost with an engine. He and his adolesent cousins always refered to it as "the gopher killer" since they would take the exhaust tube and stick it down gopher holes in the yard!
And...here is an illustration of an E2M from a 1952 brochure.
This machine still has the Maytag-made Multi-motor.
Does anyone know what year they transitioned to using non-Maytag engines?
This machine still has the Maytag-made Multi-motor.
Does anyone know what year they transitioned to using non-Maytag engines?
