Ending "May is Maytag month" with a bang!

[redcarpetdrew]

Jeri and I brought home an orphan yesterday...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Anyone want to hazard a guess?

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Anyone?

 

[cleanteamofny]

Maytag Dryer!
Don't know the model.....

 

[swestoyz]

DE906....? That, would be cool.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

OK, one more hint!!!

Not that it's really needed!

 

[washmeup]

Maytag

Is it a 906 push button?

 

[supremewhirlpol]

I have to guess that it has a console light, and it is coppertone.

 

[revvinkevin]

Ooh, ooh, I know, I know!!!

It is an AWESOME DE906 in brown, erm, I mean coppertone!!

What year is it Drew, what year is it???

 

[qsd-dan]

CDE906! Yeah, baby.....yeah!!!!!!

 

[dblrinz]

Awesome!!

Congratulations!

 

[bendix5]

What a great find Drew. I bet there are not many machines like this in this area. I would like to stop by one day and take a look. Enjoy!!!
Dano - Bendix5

 

[appliguy]

actually Maytag called that color Cordoba Copper

Congrats on such an awesome find...PAT

 

[maytag63]

Very nice, wish I had one.

 

[swestoyz]

Photos? Story? If not soon, we'll start to think that you Photoshop'd that picture!

Ben

 

[qsd-dan]

Photos? Story?

Trust me, I'm willing to bet my life on the fact he's working on it as we speak!!

 

[redcarpetdrew]

he's working on it as we speak!!

Funny you should say that...

Well... You are all good and Ben! Speaking of mind reading!
I've been busy for the last 3 hours or so and now I have "non photoshopped" pictures and video. I'm proud of this little one! Born in Newton March, 1960 and purchased in May of 1960. I'll say happy birthday and as you will see, her birthday is the beginning of a new life! Here is the 1960 CDE906 in all her coppertone glory!

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Of course you knew I'd have to tear it apart and do this right! First order of business was the controls and lights. This is 39 years of scrungy buildup!

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Eeeewwwww!

How did the buttons even work without sticking! This picture may even make Toggles pass out! LOL

 

[redcarpetdrew]

A cleaning was in order!

I took that console completely apart. Even the console struts! Here's things starting to get in order...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Reassembled and looking good!

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Onward to the important part!

Opened her up and Eeekkk! This had the FACTORY belts and I guess after 39 years, they're allowed to get tired...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Yuck central!!!

This is quite a mess and also found out that the blower was siezed tight, hence the broken belt. Hhhmmm, What to do now?

 

[redcarpetdrew]

What to do? Silly Maytagman!!! Why you

TEAR IT APART!!! I said this rare bird deserved a proper go. I'll spare you the teardown of the blower as it has been covered earlier BUT here's the scoop on pulling the cabinette which will enable you to get to the element, hi limit, door switch and the like. Take the wiring off of the stats, the drum lite, the sensor ring, and motor (marking which wires go where) and let hang. Remove the 6 pozi screws on the side and remove. I have a special dolly for such things to make it easier.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

A picture of the inside of a HOH. Not much to see after all. You can see how things can fall inbetween the front of the drum and the front of the cabinette and short the element!

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The mechanism exposed. The base is all nasty and this machine has a date with a good blow from the air compressor. I can't leave it like this... You can see the holes in the front of the drum where the heat enters. Heat enters all around hence the "Halo of Heat" label. You can also see the wiring for the sensor bars that are built into the baffles for the moisture sensing electronic control.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

This, kids, is where you need to install a new front felt seal to prevent ugly things like shorted elements and the such. Part number 311534. You use hi temp adhesive and draw a small bead around the drum lip. Mount the seal and let dry while attacking the rest... This seal is a MUST if you want to do this properly unless you get your jollies changing elements...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

This looks factory new!

After a good blow (let it go people... LOL) and wipe down of the base and frame, we are finally ready to start putting this dryer puzzle back together.

 

[pturo]

Cool machine! I have a gas model HOH, but I seem to doubt your s was manufactred in 1960, just based on the archives. Mine is 1973. Perhaps 1970 or so, when Maytag made that control panel switch from the flat front to the angle dashboard?

 

[redcarpetdrew]

You could eat off this!

I'm happy how well this cleaned up!