Looking for Maytag Washer/Dryer Pair in New England or near NE

[hippiedoll]

to match all your must haves & really wants...

It's sounds to me like you are wanting either:

An A608 (2-speed, extra-large capacity, warm rinse with hot wash only. No light-up control panel).

Or

An A806 (2-speed, extra-large capacity, warm or cold rinse with any wash temp, light-up control panel).

Both the A608 & A806 models are vintage "center-dial" maytags washers.

 

[goatfarmer]

The gold Maytag set is a pretty good deal.

 

[ken-n-nancy]

Yogitunes and goatfarmer, yes the harvest gold Maytag set seems like a good deal. However, the seller has been 100% non-responsive so far.

Hippiedoll writes:
> It sounds to me like you are wanting either:
> An A608 (2-speed, extra-large capacity, warm rinse with hot wash only.
> No light-up control panel).
>
> Or
>
> An A806 (2-speed, extra-large capacity, warm or cold rinse with any
> wash temp, light-up control panel).
>
> Both the A608 & A806 models are vintage "center-dial" maytags washers.

Thanks so much, Hippiedoll! That's *exactly* the kind of information we were looking for. Now, we just need to find the washer and a matching dryer...

-- Ken and Nancy

 

[appnut]

Wards in Reply #7

wish Todd (*washerlover) could get those for rebuilding his collection.  Just what he wants!!!

 

[yogitunes]

yeah, if there was a choice, I would go with the 806 with lights....most models should have an interior light as well....

look for the center partition above the timer that divides the glass....THATS the first clue to an 806......

photo courtesy of Mike/Electronicontrol

 

[yogitunes]

rare, but not impossible to find would be the 906 set, with all pushbuttons.....form and function....they light up too!

again, thanks to Mike for the pics....

video courtesy of Ben/Swestoyz.....

 

[hippiedoll]

you're welcomed...

Ken and Nancy.

Good luck in your search!
Keeping my fingers crossed you...
)

 

[ken-n-nancy]

Thanks for the additional tips. It's hard to tell what the specific models are in most ads - the pictures are just a little too small to make out the buttons, and sellers don't seem too interested in replying with model numbers in most cases.

Something we've been trying to find on this site, but haven't been able to locate, is a list of features and/or a quick-view of control panels for the center dial machines. Somebody here must have already compiled this somewhere. Basically, we're hoping for something similar to what Maytag produced in the brochures for the 10-series and 12-series washers (as shown below), but for the older center dial machines, like the 6-, 7-, and 8- series. Can anybody point us to that?

Thanks!
Ken and Nancy

 

[appnut]

Here is a start.

 

 

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?51532

 

[appnut]

The Ephemera section has several Maytag washer & dryer sales brochures with good pics of control panels from 1974 or 1975 and similar. 

 

[super32]

Hopefully this link works. I'm not very good at this. Looks like an A612 and DE412

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/app/5243878658.html

 

[super32]

I think that price may be negotiable. It's a bit steep unless that are near showroom condition.

 

[hippiedoll]

I think...

what Ken & Nancy are really wanting is "center-dial" maytags.

I do have some threads showing the control panels from sales brochures, bookmarked on my computer, but it crashed a few months back. I will see if I can find the threads & link then on this thread for you guys...

Keep your fingers crossed for good luck!
;o)

 

[hippiedoll]

here's one...

from a sales brochures from 1970?

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?28784

 

[ken-n-nancy]

Thanks for the continuing advice and help! The links to brochures and threads which describe the options on different models has helped us decide what we'd like to be able to find. Thanks appnut and hippiedoll!

This weekend, we got a strong lead on a 1992-era pair of machines like our current ones that will solve our immediate need for a matched set. However, we've now been bitten by the "automaticwasher.org bug" and really want a center-dial matched pair. So, even if we get the 1992-era pair now, we're going to continue our search to hopefully be able to replace those with a center-dial set before too long!

* Our "dream set" would be an A806 and matching dryer. Our favorite colors are turquoise or almond. The chances of us ever actually finding one of those would appear to be about zero, however. The only ones we've ever seen pictured anywhere are on this forum! (see attached photo below)

* We really want a washer that has the extra-large tub, 2-speeds, a warm rinse, and the center-dial look. Hippiedoll knew that the A608 and A806 provide those options. (It's not clear to us if an A606 also meets those requirements?) The light-up control panel is a nice bonus, but would limit us to an A806.

* We're still trying to learn how to identify a washer model from poor CraigsList photos. The tip on how to identify an A806 by the strip above the center dial dividing the two light-up panels is an excellent one. Wish we knew how to distinguish the other models in lousy photos, too! (Why are good CraigsList photos so rare?!?!)

 

[yogitunes]

best you can do if you find a set, it to post pics and link to us here, and most of us can decipher that model for you......

if you get the model and serial number, we can most likely date it for you too!

with exception to an 806....the buttons to the far left at temp, a fourth one will be the warm rinse option....if theres only 3, chances are, all cold rinses....

to the far right would be the load size, just like the agitator, 4 buttons would indicate the largest capacity.....

and I think only the 806 allows separate speeds for wash and spin.....all other two speed models select one speed for the entire cycle...

 

[ken-n-nancy]

The "Harvest Gold" color isn't going to work for us, but otherwise this seems almost exactly what we'd want, particularly if they were in just a little better condition!

http://maine.craigslist.org/app/5279248793.html

 

[hippiedoll]

too bad harvest gold wouldn't work for you...

That is an A608 (2-speed), extra large capacity washer.

Not sure about the dryer but it does have the 2 temperature buttons:
Regular temperature & low temperature.

And I believe these might be a rare mid-70's set, for the fact that they are sunglow control panels, big door dryer (stream of heat), but they have the "shaded" harvest gold color.
Unless there was a cabinet switch??

 

[hippiedoll]

Me again...

It's too bad the numbers on the timer knob of the dryer have worn off.

And just to let you know, these are not the A806 washer & 808 dryer, like the seller says. These DO NOT have the control panels that light up.

Just thought you should know that. And I hope my message above doesn't make you feel like you have to get that set. I'm sure something better will come along in the white or almond color.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you guys...
;o)

 

[ken-n-nancy]

Hippiedoll,

Thanks for the confirmation that the washer isn't actually an A806. I had also noticed the control panels weren't the light-up ones (now that I know what to look for on that!) and figured that either the seller was dyslexic (most likely) or that there had been a top swap at some point in their history that changed the model plate (not particularly likely).

The harvest gold cabinets really look to be in pretty good shape; I just don't know that we can make that color work for us. If only they were turquoise or copper!