Maytag A608 bad timer

[bobbyderegis]

Hi All, Got a call from Mom in NY last week, the Maytag fills for the rinse but won't agitate. Timer motor won't restart. I assume it's a corroded contact. I'm too cheap to buy a new timer, and too stupid to fix the original. Can I substitute a 208 timer I have in storage? It would only be temporary. Anyone see any problems with doing this as a quick fix? Any idea what a new timer costs, and are they NLA? All suggestions appreciated!
Bobby in Boston

 

[coldspot66]

Hey Bobby,

Does the machine fill and agitate on the wash portion of the cycle? If not, it might be the water level switch?

Part # for timer is 204476 about $95.00; Model # a208 uses a different timer Part #204454 about same price. Email me if you have more info.

It was great to meet you at Chuck and Rich's a few weeks ago!!
I really enjoyed you playing the piano!!!

 

[bobbyderegis]

Thank you, John. I thought of the water level switch, but I suspect the timer. I'll check it out next wknd, and let you know for sure. Thanks for the part #'s. Hope you are well. The part # is different because the 208 doesn't have the soak cycle. Great seeing you last wknd.
Bobby in Boston

 

[gansky1]

You should be able to get a rebuilt timer from Midwest Timer Service for less than $95...

My grandmother's Highlander would stop just before the rinse agitation too. Once the machine filled for rinse, the timer would hum as if it were trying to move and if you smacked the knob, it would take right off and finish the cycle normally. It was used this way for a while until the whole machine was replaced in May 1975. The Highlander was moved to the basement to wash rugs and work clothes but the timer was never repaired.

 

[filterflo]

You might try spraying the insides of the timer with a good contact cleaner. Sometimes a little cleaning and lubricating will help a timer work better. Timers do tend to get dirty and bind up from time to time. Ive got many a timer working again with just a little lubrication and cleaning......especially the timers on washers that have sat out in a field for 20yrs.......!!

 

[bobbyderegis]

So far, great suggestions. Anyone else?
Gratefully,
Bobby in Boston

 

[hoover1060]

Bobby

My mom's 1977 A608 had the same disease, mom treated her automatics like they were wringers: she was always fiddling with them opening the lid, taking clothes out, adding this or that.
For the last year or so that she had that washer, every now and then the machine would refuse to resume after the lid was opened, it would just sit there, with a faint hum coming from the timer dial. My suggestions to have someone come and look at the machine were ignored, and if I remember right mom's "fix" was to push the knob in, give the dial a few good cranks around and the machine would start again.
The same disease killed her 1982 TOL Jet-clean DW too.

 

[goatfarmer]

608? Lemme check my back room archives,if I have one,it's yours for shipping.

kennyGF

 

[goatfarmer]

I might have found the timer you need.Part #2-05001 Has the brushed aluminum dial,with Regular,PermPress,and Delicate cycles.Sound like the one?

kennyGF

 

[bobbyderegis]

Hi Kenny,
Delicate cycle? It has regular, perm press, and soak. But it is brushed aluminum. I am interested if you have one. Delicate is written in above the 4-6 minute mark on the regular cycle. Are sure this one isn't for a fabric-matic 09 series?
Bobby in Boston

 

[goatfarmer]

I'm not sure what it came from,it was sitting on a shelf in the back room.All I know is what I mentioned.3 seperate cycles.Regular in black letters I believe,Delicate in I think blue,and PP in red.
Let me see if I can look up the part #.

kennyGF

 

[bpetersxx]

this is my 606s I think it is similar to a 608

Yes I own this it is my latest washer I got

 

[bobbyderegis]

My A608 is very similar, minus the sudz return. Any more ideas how to fix mine? If anyone has a spare I'd be glad to buy it.
Bobby in Boston

 

[washoholic]

That’s also similar to my 1977 Maytag A608.

Jeff

 

[washoholic]

Does anyone have pictures of the buttons and dial of the A806?

Jeff

 

[stevel]

Hi Folks. Need a timer for A206 1969 Maytag washer. Timer # is 2-4454 contacts on one side. Here are photos. Does MTS still sell this timer?