Hey! Look what I found.

[fixerman]

Rick,
It's been a long time since I worked on one but it seems to me that the top must be loosened before the front can be taken off. Try removing the screws on the bottom of the front to see if it comes off first. If not look for screws on the back top to loosen the top.

 

[geoffdelp]

Rick ... oh my ... what a find, indeed!! How lucky can a guy get, huh? I love that copper-toned lint filter. Matches the pink so well. Now why would anyone leave something like that behind? I guess they thought they were too "dated" or some such foolishness like that!!

 

[toggleswitch]

IMHO- I have seen people abandon perfectly good machines to get a washer with a "Permanent Press" cycle.

This makes no sense to me when a person uses their dryer for "modern" no-iron fabric. It's the dryer's extended cooldown that de-wrinkles.

Like all plastic articles, polyester clothing (and other "miracle" fibers) is more pliable when warm and less so when cool. The time to fluff out wrinkles is when warm and maintain that into the cooling process.

In effect, then, when machine drying Perma Press items, the Perma Press wash cycle is just a waste of water and time.

As far as PP cycles go.. Whirl-mores were the best (IMHO) with multiple partial drains (that was able to be done due to neutral drains) and fills with cool water. The Norge was nothng more than 4 cold spray rinses while spinning...with the marketing ploy of labeling the spin between wash and rinse on the timer "automatic cool-down".

All washer PP cycles with a cool-down (other than the utility of a slower spin) are USELESS when washing in cold water!

Perhaps another reason washers were abandoned is the desire to get a machine with a larger capacity. However if the dryer does not also "grow" it will not "iron" as well in that the clothing is more cramped in there.

 

[toggleswitch]

In my prior apt- a co-op- the previous owner had a full-size washer and a compact-portable 110 v dryer. (vented into the room)

30 minute washer load.
120 minute dryer load (1/2 of washer load)
120 minute dryer load (second 1/2 of washer load.)
______

270 minutes. (4.5 hours)

....AND PROBABLY WRINKLED TO H#LL.

I put in a compact washer and a full-size 220v vented dryer

30 minute wash
45 dry
_____________
75 minutes

x two loads (to equal a regular 18 to 20 lb. load)

150 minutes. (2.5 hours)
____________

Moral of the story:

Small dryer, not smart.

 

[golittlesport]

I agree, Toggle, that PP cycles were a waste of time unless one didn't have a dryer. Marketing folks in those days made everyone think that if your washer didn't have PP you would have to iron every piece of clothing. I think the best and most efficient treatment of PP items was the Westinghouse Laundromat's regular cycle set with a cold rinse - a complete drenching of the clothes after wash cycle in cold water before the first spin, and a relatively slow spin at that. Then two cold water deep rinses. Much less water and time than Ken-Whirl's drain-fill-drain-fill sequence.

 

[appnut]

The only time now-a-days (I've benn Tom Torboized) I use a "cool-down" is when I'm washing either Perm Press or 100% wrinkle free cotton white long-sleeve dress shirts in hot water. I at least wanna cool them down some before the first spin. Hetties and most other FLers (except Fridgemores) fill with more water and have a medium speed tumble for Perm Press or Normal/Casual cycles and also add more water before the first drain to cool them down more. And since I wash everything on knit/delicate (except towels & jeans), my first spin is alays slow. I switch to regular cycle at the tail end of the rinse so there'a a regular fast spin.

 

[gansky1]

Removing front panel...

I was just in the turquoise Maytag the other day. Remove the two screws at the bottom and pull the panel toward you until the clips clear the top.

 

[gansky1]

What model number do you see on that washer?

 

[laundramatt]

Sppeaking of PP cycles, I have seen women who use the PP cycle on their washer and select cold water for the wash cycle. Isn't that defeating the purpose of the PP cycle?

 

[rickr]

Model #

Greg it is a model # 142s
BTW it has a very small wash tub. Grandma had a water bath canner that was larger than tub on this one...LOL!! And the dryer drum is not much bigger,considering how HUGE the dryer cabinet is.
What was up with this anyway? Maytag really never had a large capacity for these models. The setting says: Small/Medium/Regular. I have seen the ones that are marked "large" and they are not much bigger than the regular models.

 

[rocky2]

Great finds Rick. So, that's the secret to finding vinatage appliances... Don't Look for Them. Now I know what I've been doing wrong LOL. Congrats.

 

[bethann]

Just Beautiful!

Can't wait to see them with the new skin!
Ken: Are you kidding me! He would let these go. When I was over there I tried to swipe the jukebox ( failed attempt!)He'd be watching these like a hawk if I was around! LOL