Early Maytag 806

[goatfarmer]

Looks good!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/862822457867214/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined

 

[rp2813]

That's an excellent price for what appears to be a low mileage machine with legible buttons, even if it doesn't offer the slow/fast combination.

 

[qsd-dan]

Original 8 fin agitator and a "Permanent Press" button (rather than "Wash and Wear) dates this to 1967. Very nice condition considering its age.

 

[rp2813]

Interesting that its companion dryer failed first, but then again, it would have been a Maytag.  Of course I'm only guessing that there was one.

 

How does the 8-fin agitator's effectiveness compare to the later types?

 

[goatfarmer]

early DE806

in Avocado

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/822344308498662/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined

 

[pulltostart]

Kenny,

Wrong link.  However, the other listing is more interesting to moi.

 

lawrence

 

[goatfarmer]

try this one

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/718833599059927/?ref=search&referral_code=undefined

 

[goatfarmer]

a little lower down the line

another one

 

[qsd-dan]

Early-ish KDE806

It has bar baffle sensor strips so that places it somewhere between 1968-1971.

 

[rp2813]

What were the arrival & departure dates for console pilot lights on CD Maytags?

 

[qsd-dan]

Piolt Lights

I'll have to dig through my material but for the post 1965 machines, they were around in 1966 for sure. I think they were discontinued in 1975 with the last HOH dryer.

 

[qsd-dan]

How does the 8-fin agitator's effectiveness compare....

Hard to tell. I think the extra 4 tiny fins probably help stir things up a smidge but it's nothing drastic.

 

[rp2813]

Thanks for the info Dan.  So if the machine referenced in the OP is from 1967, why wouldn't it have a pilot light?  Could it be that Maytag still had a stockpile of older 806 consoles to get rid of?  I'm sure that as a rule, they sold far more of the lesser models than they did high-priced 806s.

 

[goatfarmer]

806 never would have had a pilot light.

 

[rp2813]

Thanks Kenny.  I never noticed that before, but it makes sense considering the translucent panels.

 

[qsd-dan]

No pilot lights on 806's but the very early models had timer dial lights.