christfr
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guess its my turn to play the what is it game. so what is it? all i can say is that its 100% orig and still runs fantastic
have been waiting for this a long time
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christfr
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big thanks
first want to send a huge thanks to lee in south dakota for giving me the chance to finally own my fav dream machine, and thanks to jerry who found me the boot ill need. thanks so much!!!!!!!! she is still 100% orig and plugged it in and it runs. the timer even advances yeah. all she need is a little cleaning and im done
first want to send a huge thanks to lee in south dakota for giving me the chance to finally own my fav dream machine, and thanks to jerry who found me the boot ill need. thanks so much!!!!!!!! she is still 100% orig and plugged it in and it runs. the timer even advances yeah. all she need is a little cleaning and im done
Maytag A2MP?
christfr
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ok ok i give
it says A3MP so what is the diff??? so tell me all about it and every thing i want and need to know.. what year is she????
it says A3MP so what is the diff??? so tell me all about it and every thing i want and need to know.. what year is she????
christfr
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sorry i just cant contain myself
the only spot of rust is on the lid
the only spot of rust is on the lid
christfr
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just a little dirt
really not even dirty the tub is perfect and wont even need paint just some wax want to keep this one orig.. sorry not to good with guessing games but i have been sitting on this for 3 weeks with my fingers crossed and just cant control myself
really not even dirty the tub is perfect and wont even need paint just some wax want to keep this one orig.. sorry not to good with guessing games but i have been sitting on this for 3 weeks with my fingers crossed and just cant control myself
Hey Chris -
Thats a very nice A3MP! Amazing all of these early 'Tags popping up right now. The only difference that I can see is the A3MP used a specific water valve vs. the AMP and A2MP that, per the parts lists, used one of 3 different types. The front name plate is the same on the A2MP/A3MP. Hopefully someone else may have more info on the differences.
Nevertheless, you have an amazing machine there! I wondered why you were looking for boot seal earlier... =)
Ben
Thats a very nice A3MP! Amazing all of these early 'Tags popping up right now. The only difference that I can see is the A3MP used a specific water valve vs. the AMP and A2MP that, per the parts lists, used one of 3 different types. The front name plate is the same on the A2MP/A3MP. Hopefully someone else may have more info on the differences.
Nevertheless, you have an amazing machine there! I wondered why you were looking for boot seal earlier... =)
Ben
christfr
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boot seal
well i wanted to find a boot for it because 2 years ago i redid a 54 tag and after i had taken it all apart and back together again i found the boot and failed. so it was a tear down twice. the boot on that one was 50 years old and just rotten. so this time when she comes apart for cleaning i can just replace the boot and not have to tear it down twice. know she will need one. i have always wanted this machine. was the first one on my list of dream machines and the last one to be found. am very lucky and very happy
well i wanted to find a boot for it because 2 years ago i redid a 54 tag and after i had taken it all apart and back together again i found the boot and failed. so it was a tear down twice. the boot on that one was 50 years old and just rotten. so this time when she comes apart for cleaning i can just replace the boot and not have to tear it down twice. know she will need one. i have always wanted this machine. was the first one on my list of dream machines and the last one to be found. am very lucky and very happy
oldwasherguy
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thats my dream machine!
very beautiful!
very beautiful!
veg-o-matic
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Very nice. Reminds me of the washer on I Love Lucy.
Nice doggie, too!
veg
Nice doggie, too!
veg
knitwits1975
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AWESOME! Now I'm Jealous.
congratulations
When you told me about it, I had no idea the machine was this cool. That's great that it really only needs a little cleaning up. And of course I love the red agitator. I'm really happy for you. Have Fun! Patrick
When you told me about it, I had no idea the machine was this cool. That's great that it really only needs a little cleaning up. And of course I love the red agitator. I'm really happy for you. Have Fun! Patrick
Hi Chris, Congratulations on such a wonderful find. Can't wait to see her when you have it all cleaned up and detailed. Lots of good memories with that machine. My aunt in Minnesota had that one. Will always remember that red agitator and was so mad that I couldn't open the lid and see it work.LOL Keep us posted.
We had one of these when I was growing up. The thing I remember most about it was the ker-bang of the spin solenoid every time I tried to sneak the lid open and watch it spin. My mom would hear it too, and yell at me to stop playing with the washer.
sudsmaster
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Nice!
What does "AMP" stand for, if anything?
What year is it?
What does "AMP" stand for, if anything?
What year is it?
maytagbear
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AMP-
What a beauty!
Congratulations!
(Who's the dog?)
Like Maytag when it was "bulletproof"--
Automatic Model(?)/Machine Pump.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
What a beauty!
Congratulations!
(Who's the dog?)
Like Maytag when it was "bulletproof"--
Automatic Model(?)/Machine Pump.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
christfr
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max says hi
didnt realize the dog was looking out.. thats max hes part akita and a total baby. hes likes to come out in the garage while im workin and hang out with me.. this washer is an A3MP and i hope i get this right AM stood for automatic and the P stood for with pump.. thats as much as i know would have to ask the experts to fill in the rest.. she is solid as a rock but still not to heavy that i cant move it by myself.. cant wait to clean it up and play
didnt realize the dog was looking out.. thats max hes part akita and a total baby. hes likes to come out in the garage while im workin and hang out with me.. this washer is an A3MP and i hope i get this right AM stood for automatic and the P stood for with pump.. thats as much as i know would have to ask the experts to fill in the rest.. she is solid as a rock but still not to heavy that i cant move it by myself.. cant wait to clean it up and play
gyrafoam
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Oh Chris, that is a GREAT find! It is so clean already---I know it will be beautiful when you get through with it. You already have quite the reputation-----of doing excellent restorations!
It is a great feeling to get a 'dream machine" into your collection and I know you will have fun with it! Congratulations!
It is a great feeling to get a 'dream machine" into your collection and I know you will have fun with it! Congratulations!
mayken4now
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Yeaaaaaa chris. Wonderful original maytag.
One other feature that sets this apart from the first AMP (could M stand for Maytag?)is that instead of the free moving chromed brass float for measuring the water level, this model has a rubber diaphragm across the top of the agitator & that was attached to the chrome cap. There was a circular button on the inside of the chrome cap that snapped into a circle with a raised molding around it on top of the diaphragm. When you had to take the cap and diaphragm off of the agitator, Maytag instructions for reassembling it said to fill the inside of the agitator with ice cubes to hold the diaphragm up so that the chrome cap could be snapped back to it. I do feel bad about pulling the cap loose from the diaphragm on the Maytag at a friend's house. He was with me and saw me do it and said that he didn't think you were supposed to pull up on the cap, just as it popped off. I pushed it back down and we left. Luckily, the washer was in a untility room off the carport, so if it floded, it ran out under the door instead of in the house. I don't know if I was ever blamed for it. My parents never got a call.
Lots of houses in our 50s neighborhood did not have basements. The furnace was in the crawl space which was often wet so the furnaces rusted out early. The gas water heater was in a little brick room often, but not always attached to the house and had a door that usually opened onto the carport. Many times in mild weather when I walked to elementary school, the people would be doing laundry and have the door open. I could look in and see their washer or, in some cases where the washer was in the kitchen, the dryer would be out there. Later when I had a paper route, I had reason to go up to people's houses to collect and would go to the back door which opened onto the carport to check out the appliance situation in the kitchen as well as the utility room. Saturday mornings were good times to catch the machines in action. One ancient widower had one of the original Frigidaire washers. One thing people learned early and not inexpensively was that if very cold temperatures were predicted, you had to leave a 150 watt flood or spot light on behind the washer, near the floor to keep the pump and fill valves from freezing.
Lots of houses in our 50s neighborhood did not have basements. The furnace was in the crawl space which was often wet so the furnaces rusted out early. The gas water heater was in a little brick room often, but not always attached to the house and had a door that usually opened onto the carport. Many times in mild weather when I walked to elementary school, the people would be doing laundry and have the door open. I could look in and see their washer or, in some cases where the washer was in the kitchen, the dryer would be out there. Later when I had a paper route, I had reason to go up to people's houses to collect and would go to the back door which opened onto the carport to check out the appliance situation in the kitchen as well as the utility room. Saturday mornings were good times to catch the machines in action. One ancient widower had one of the original Frigidaire washers. One thing people learned early and not inexpensively was that if very cold temperatures were predicted, you had to leave a 150 watt flood or spot light on behind the washer, near the floor to keep the pump and fill valves from freezing.
geoffdelp
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Tomturbomatic is correct ... Automatic Maytag with Pump ... AMP. They also had AM's without a pump and a gravity drain.
CONGRATULATIONS Chris! A beautiful machine!! Those red agitators are something, aren't they?
ENJOY!!
CONGRATULATIONS Chris! A beautiful machine!! Those red agitators are something, aren't they?
ENJOY!!
More Reds
Well done Chris
Lots more enjoyment to be had here, those red agi`s are just something else...
Is that just a fill flume in the top right or does it re-circulate??
Cheers, Mike
Well done Chris
Lots more enjoyment to be had here, those red agi`s are just something else...
Is that just a fill flume in the top right or does it re-circulate??
Cheers, Mike
48bencix
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I wish I still had mine.
When I moved to an apartment in Berkeley around 1967, I found one of these in the back yard. I plugged it in and ran a hose to one of the water connections, to my surprise it worked. A friend helped me shove it up the stairway, those AMPs are heavy. My dad helped me put a washer connection in my bathroom and I used that washer for the time I was in the apartment. I found a newer apartment building nearby that had a free dryer, which I used if I couldn't hang stuff out.
I loved watching that washer do it's spin drain, it's actually a solid tub machine with an inner perforated tub. They spin pretty fast, maybe someone here knows the rpms.
In 1969 I moved to San Francisco and the apartment had no washer hook-up, and I didn't want to put one in, so I left the washer in Berkeley. I'm still looking for a replacement.
Since then I have had two new Maytag washers. A 1980 model and a 2001 model. Although they do a spin drain, they are not solid tub models, and I don't think that they spin as fast as those AMPs.
Martin
When I moved to an apartment in Berkeley around 1967, I found one of these in the back yard. I plugged it in and ran a hose to one of the water connections, to my surprise it worked. A friend helped me shove it up the stairway, those AMPs are heavy. My dad helped me put a washer connection in my bathroom and I used that washer for the time I was in the apartment. I found a newer apartment building nearby that had a free dryer, which I used if I couldn't hang stuff out.
I loved watching that washer do it's spin drain, it's actually a solid tub machine with an inner perforated tub. They spin pretty fast, maybe someone here knows the rpms.
In 1969 I moved to San Francisco and the apartment had no washer hook-up, and I didn't want to put one in, so I left the washer in Berkeley. I'm still looking for a replacement.
Since then I have had two new Maytag washers. A 1980 model and a 2001 model. Although they do a spin drain, they are not solid tub models, and I don't think that they spin as fast as those AMPs.
Martin
Hi Chris, that is just wonderful, congrats on saving another beauty. The A3MP was made for the 1953 and 1954 model years. Looks like its in nice shape, please keep us posted.
Maytag Spin Speed
Maytag settled on 618 rpm right early on. While the number of agitation strokes per minute was increased slightly with the introduction of the Power Fin agitators, the spin stayed the same; unless you run it with the 50 cycle motor pulley in which case the spin is increased to 757 rpm. The solid tub AMPs would would come up to speed faster than the later models which had to pump out all of the water instead of just throwing it overboard.
Maytag settled on 618 rpm right early on. While the number of agitation strokes per minute was increased slightly with the introduction of the Power Fin agitators, the spin stayed the same; unless you run it with the 50 cycle motor pulley in which case the spin is increased to 757 rpm. The solid tub AMPs would would come up to speed faster than the later models which had to pump out all of the water instead of just throwing it overboard.
Les, the Gyrator was the same height. The top of the cap is equivalent to the height of the float in the down position. This early Gyrator was much taller than the ones that followed the AMP models. The only exception was the timed fill AM4P model which had just the narrow post wringer washer Gyrator. I think I checked once long ago and the Tall Tub turquoise agitator was about the height of this red one.
peterh770
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Congrats, Chris! It looks great!
All these recent Maytag finds are stoking a desire to find one for myself...
Must........ resist........ temptation........
All these recent Maytag finds are stoking a desire to find one for myself...
Must........ resist........ temptation........
christfr
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never resist
ha ha its hard to resist the temptations of fun machines i know i cant.. well got the top off the cabnet off the wiring out the tub out and all that cleaned come sat will take the inner tub and trans unit out and the basin off so i can clean the base. not bad at all just a little of that sticky dust that gets in there but no rust any where and all the wires and hoses are still just as soft as the day they were installed. i am amazed will take a few pics when she is all apart
ha ha its hard to resist the temptations of fun machines i know i cant.. well got the top off the cabnet off the wiring out the tub out and all that cleaned come sat will take the inner tub and trans unit out and the basin off so i can clean the base. not bad at all just a little of that sticky dust that gets in there but no rust any where and all the wires and hoses are still just as soft as the day they were installed. i am amazed will take a few pics when she is all apart
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