Maytag DE713 Restoration

[combo52]

Heat Range On US Dryers

Many 50s dryers went from around 140-180, later they started lowering it somewhat, today good dryers range from around 120-150.

Maytag never had much variation in any dryers they built, in fact all HOH dryers only had one operating temperature around 150, and as MT proved you really don't need a lot of temperature range to build a dryer that gets the job done.

John L.

 

[lowefficiency]

Hey Jeff, if you need any parts or spares, another one of these just popped up a few hours ago on Craigslist, just east of Cedar Rapids:

https://cedarrapids.craigslist.org/app/d/mount-vernon-maytag-electric-dryer/7018753898.html

 

[repairguy]

Wow that’s a deal! If they used all OEM parts to replace what was listed the parts total comes close to the asking price.

 

[repairguy]

Great job on the restoration of an elusive dryer that you were after!

 

[maranoman]

Missed the CL Ad before it was sold

Thank you, Repairguy!

Looks like the Cedar Rapids machine sold as the posting was deleted overnight by the seller. That's fine, most of the wearable parts in my machine were replaced and I do have spares of most of the electronic portion. As long as my timer keeps working, I plan on this machine lasting a long time. It's weird how these rarer machines seem to pop up in clusters and then long periods of time go by before you see them again!

How much were they asking for it?

 

[repairguy]

It happens to me too. I always thought it odd how several vintage machines will pop up at one time and it may be 6 months to a year before any more surface. Any machine built before 1985 has been pretty rare in my area for years now. The asking price on the Craigslist dryer was $125.

 

[lowefficiency]

Yep, $125. I should have posted the other pictures, didn't expect it to go so fast. The ad was only 8 hours old when I made my post! The description had a long list of parts that had just been replaced, and the seller claimed to have several decades of experience doing appliance servicing, so it probably would have been a good one.

After reading your thread here, I had briefly thought about buying it and doing a reverse cabinet swap to backdate it to a center-dial appearance.

 

[ozzie908]

Can anyone post a picture of the matching washer please?

I am almost certain the washer that goes with this dryer was the one in Beverly Farms 20 years ago. I thought this was the washer when I first saw it.!

Thank you and I want to say well done that Maytag Dryer looked as good as new

Austin

 

[maranoman]

1989 Washer Line

Thank you, Austin! Below are a couple of snips from the 1989 Maytag Laundry brochure. I am also including some pictures of my 1990 A712 which was Maytag's top of the line washer in early 1990. It is pictured next to my DE712 dryer (not my DE713) in the last photo. - Jeff

 

[ozzie908]

Thank you

If memory serves me well it was the 612 we had but I don't recall the PP cycle being where it was I seem to think it was opposite as if you clicked the timer a couple of increments the machine would fill and sit there for about 15 mins I think as the timer moved to the 15 min wash portion of the cycle, Almost like a built in soak cycle but without saying so

We had an older Kenmore dryer as it had outlived 2 washers !!

Thank you for sharing it fires the brain into remembering things of old.

Austin

 

[repairguy]

I know you said you worked with Maytag dryers briefly, but I have a question about the Maytag washers at that time. I have always been curious about the change from the pitman to the orbital transmission. How was it phased in? A certain line? All at once? What year? I know it was around 1988. Any information is appreciated.

 

[qsd-dan]

The orbital transmission debut around July, 1989. Some of the very last 12 series washers had them installed. All of the short lived 13 series washers through the end of the LAT production in '06 used this newer transmission as the standard workhorse. Orbital transmissions can be used in all 2 belt washers dating from 1966-2006, just make sure to match the correct tub/trans combination.

 

[maranoman]

Let's Talk Service Announcement

Here is the announcement of the new orbital transmission from Maytag's July-August 1989 "Let's Talk Service" bulletin (courtesy of Ben). After the pages shown below they included several pages on how to repair the new transmission.

 

[repairguy]

Thanks so much for taking the time to post information on the transmission change!

 

[maranoman]

Orbital Transmission Time to Develop and Test

When I arrived at Maytag R & D in January 1990, the orbital transmission was already in production for 6 months and the guys in the washer group were working on the front-load concept that would eventually become the Neptune.

To give you an idea on how long it took to develop and test the orbital transmission, below is the orbital transmission patent from Maytag and engineer John Goodlaxson from August of 1983. It took six years from the filing of the patent to the production of the transmission. When I arrived in 1990, John Goodlaxson was already retired from Maytag and working on his own venture involving commercial popcorn machines.

And it took Maytag another 7 years before they released the Neptune, albeit still with some issues.

 

[maranoman]

Original Concept Model of the Orbital Transmission

In the Jasper County Historical Museum in Newton sits this original inventor's model of the orbital transmission made by John Goodlaxson. It all started with an idea and a primitive model!

 

[maranoman]

Original Concept Model of the Orbital Transmission

In the Jasper County Historical Museum in Newton sits this original inventor's model of the orbital transmission made by John Goodlaxson. It all started with an idea and a primitive model!