Maytag A712 Purchase Completed!

[bajaespuma]

One of my new favorite products

We have a couple of German and Polish specialty food stores in the larger Southern Connecticut area and in one I discovered this "spirit vinegar" called SURIG that German cooks use for making pickles and stuff they call "salads". It is a very concentrated 28% vinegar and they warn the user <span style="text-decoration: underline;">emphatically</span>, to dilute the stuff without fail, before consuming it. I use it more for cleaning copper (the old-fashioned way along with table salt), descaling plumbing fixtures and porcelain enamel appliance parts, and, best of all, cleaning Maytag lint filters and the agitator shafts they live in. I use it combined with Kosher salt and a toothbrush with stiff bristles to remove the scale without scratching the plastic too much. The stiff bristles also help "poke" some of the scale out of the little holes in the filter.

 

Once in a while it goes into my Hot and Sour soup which, before Surig, was never sour enough for my taste.

 

Be warned: this stuff is STRONG and if you're like me and don't like the smell of acetic acid, it will linger for a while. But it works. BTW, I've seen it on the shelf at Wal*Mart.

 

[wayupnorth]

Be thankful you have a REAL Maytag now. My 511 has been going strong since 1984 with one service call and a $28 part last year. Always on Ex- Large load. No wimpy loads in my Maytag. My matching 410 dryer has never been touched other than a big vac out yearly. Ya, they are a creamy bisque color but you get used to it and still cant reason why they still work as perfectly as when they came out of the box. Knock on wood.

 

[rp2813]

I'm a sucker for build quality, so yeah, I'm loving having a Maytag again, 20 years after parting with a second hand A206 that over a ten year period took everything Dave's two teenage daughters could throw at it -- without the slightest hiccup.   It's this kind of engineering that gave real meaning to the term "Made in U.S.A." 

 

Martin, thanks for exercising the utmost diplomacy in making me feel like an idiot -- of course the set screw tightens against the post, not into it!  I guess I'm more delirious than I thought over this beautiful machine!

 

I'll keep an eye out for Surig.  Water is fairly hard here, so there's no shortage of descaling jobs.

 

This machine should be fun.  I'm going on a Mexican powder spree next time I'm at the 99c Only store!

[this post was last edited: 5/26/2017-00:52]

 

[launderess]

Congrats and Enjoy In Good Health!

Nothing like having adding something new to one's collection.

L.

 

[potatochips]

I'm glad you bought them! They're excellent machines, I have the same machines in same colour and you WONT be disappointed.

 

[askolover]

I'll always have a special place in my heart for a genuine Maytag!   My mother's had a high pitched whine going on at one point and I stopped by our local dealer/servicer to see what it could be.  The service guy who was very experienced and very trustworthy told me it probably had a straight pin stuck in the pump.  He said just to hang tight and it would eventually stop...he was correct, it stopped and hasn't ever given us a lick of trouble other than needing a timer a couple years ago.

 

[rp2813]

Yeah, I was wondering if the pump could be disassembled and cleaned, but snapping a new one in there would be quicker.  Until I get around to that, I'm hoping that maybe there's something stuck that will get dislodged.

 

Stand by for a picture or two after I spruce up the patio in advance of having guests tomorrow.

 

[rp2813]

Just Under the Wire for Maytag Month!

It seems the classifieds really delivered the Maytags this month -- and mainly high end models!  I don't think I've seen so many X12 threads running simultaneously -- and let's not forget the lovely and full-featured yellow set Travis got.

 

I snapped some pix of my 712, but because the patio is covered, even with a flash there are dark areas.  But even without a flash, the reflection of the tub's finish shines through.

 

The only thing I need to do now is get a tray for the machine to sit in.  I think it will be better for the machine and will make it easy to notice and contain leaks of oil or water, plus the rubber feet will like making contact with something other than concrete.

 

[wayupnorth]

Tub, agitator and bleach dispenser is the same as my LA511. Mine is still going strong since 1984 and am sure you can keep this one to keep up with mine.

 

[kroscavage]

I'm currently working on upgrading my single-speed Maytag A512 Washer using an LA-712 control panel, but unfortunately, the wiring harness I bought was disconnected from the control panel. Would it be possible for someone to share a picture of the rear side of their control panel or provide a wiring diagram?