maytag DE409 info needed...

[hippiedoll]

i forgot to mention something...

i just remembered something when i went to go look at this dryer yesterday.

when i looked at the lint filter plastic housing/frame, there was no warping to it or it wasn't misshapened. but it looked like there were cracks in 2 corners of the plastic frame housing.

and also, when i pulled the lint screen out, there was a hole in the lint screen, right in about the center of the lint screen and about the size of a dime or so. would this be a problem? and is this something that can be easily fixed? or easy to order the replacement part for??

i'll be waiting to hear back from somebody who knows about this or has had to go through this already.

thank you so much.

 

[danemodsandy]

Christina:

If the cracks in the lint filter housing are not big, they aren't a huge problem.

The hole in the lint screen is a problem; you need a new one. The hole will let lint pass through, and that gets it into your blower assembly and other working parts of the dryer.

The filter is easily available; you see them all the time on eBay. Any appliance parts place should also have it.

Glad this is working out for you!

 

[hippiedoll]

danemodsandy...

GRRREAT!!!

thank you so much for letting me know that i will need to replace the lint filter and that it is easily available. i've already checked out ebay and i've also checked out google to see if i can find the part number. but the part number should be on the lint filter somewhere, right???

now i'm starting to get excited about getting this dryer.
(although "moms" is probably not going to be so happy about me getting it!).
hm hm hm....

i plan on picking it up on monday, during the day, while she's at work. i'll put it in the backyard, in our driveway (we have a fenced backyard). that way, it will be a while before she sees it (she hardly goes back there unless it's to feed my doberman). by then, i'll probably have had it for a while?!
hee hee hee....

thank you again for all your great replies, advice, and inputs. i really do appreciate you all so much!!!

 

[kenmore71]

Original part number was: 3-4388.

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[hippiedoll]

kenmore71...

thank you so much for the original part number & it's substitution.

i am wondering, the seller said it has a 3-prong plug on it. so, what kind of connection does it need? we have a plug outside that has 3 holes, but the holes are all roung looking. and i remember that the 3-prong plug on this dryer has 2 round prongs and the one on the top (or bottom) wasn't round but shaped like either an "L" or a "7".

so would this work for the 3-holed plug that we have outside??

 

[kenmore71]

This dryer would use either a 3 OR 4 prong 30 amp 120/240 volt plug.

The three prong outlet looks like this:

 

[kenmore71]

And the 4 prong looks like this.  Either can be used.  If you don't have a 30 amp receptacle you will need to have an electrician install one before you can use this dryer.

 

[hippiedoll]

called the seller & canceled this morning...

i was looking on both sides of the house and we don't have a 3-prong outlet. (

and the only 4-prong outlet we have, mom's dryer is hooked up to that one. so, i guess moms wins this time /
LOL
oh well.......

thank you for all your help guys. i really do appreciate you all replying & all the information you shared with me.
i still have this nawing feeling in my stomach to go & get it. but then i think, what would be the point? cuz i can't use it. so, i would have it, just to have it.
ahhhh, oh well.........