Maytag DE808 Restoration 11/10-12/10

[beekeyknee]

Belt needed replacing. Decided to soak rollers in break fluid instead of replacing. The old rollers are made out of metal. The new ones are plastic. I soaked the rollers a couple of days in the fluid and they softened up a bit. Reassembled the rollers with the snap rings, fiber washers, and new Mylars from "Ace". Everything worked great.

 

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Reassembled and greased the switch plate activator and spring.

 

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Reinstalled dial and knob.

 

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Soaked temperature and dryness switch with silicone spray, blew out with air compressor, and reinstalled.

 

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Cycle selector switch reinstalled. Solenoid linkage upside down. Will fix later.

 

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Over-head view.

 

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Blower and housing reinstalled on motor.

 

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Blower cover reinstalled. Checked felt seal. Added a little high temp adhesive on one side.

 

[beekeyknee]

A few pictures of steps were left out. Put tumbler back back on, put new belt over tumbler, put tumbler back in (making sure felt isn't pinched), put tumbler front on making sure everything lines up and doesn't bind, fasten tumbler covers to cabinet with screws, threaded belt over drive shaft and around idler pulley, then turned tumbler by hand to position belt on tumbler in proper place and make sure everything is spinning properly. Placed wiring back in dryer per diagram. Put drum light back in it's socket. Soaked door switch with silicone lubricant, blew it out with air, replaced it in dryer front, attached wires, double checked wiring connections and replaced the front on the dryer.

 

[beekeyknee]

Finished front view.

 

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Finished angled view.

 

[beekeyknee]

Inside the control console. Cleaned and put all the wires back where they belonged, used small zip ties to replace tape that held the wiring harness together, placed thin film of light weight oil on bottom of circuit board and pushed it firmly into edgeboard connector. This helped it go back in easier and will help with better contact, too. Put the black plastic bag back over the circuit board and taped it down to the bracket. You can see where I turned the switch solenoid linkage over so it isn't angled and is level. This was the intended way. I put in a new fluorescent lamp.

 

[beekeyknee]

Then I replaced the motor access cover.

This dryer runs great. It will dry a heavy load of clothes in 30-35 min. About the time it takes to run a load of wash through the 806. No waiting around.

 

[beekeyknee]

One question: When I run a load on permanent press and the cool down cycle starts, the bell starts to ring and continues to ring about every two seconds for a total of 26 times until shut-off, for a total of 52-55 seconds, the normal cool down time for these dryers. It must be an intended function. I thought the bell may ring repeatedly because there's permanent press clothes in the dryer and wrinkles will set in permanent press if it's not hung up immediately. Any thoughts from any one, especially Maytag people.

Unfortunately this laundry room is tiny so they can't set side by side, but at least there's some good machines in there.

 

[varicyclevoice]

the bell starts to ring

First of all...thank you for the time you took to upload the pictures! You did an outstanding job on your restoration! It was a very detailed and thorough job and any Maytag repairman would be impressed. Congratulations on your accomplishment.

To answer your question regarding the bell on Permanent Press....I have the same dryer and it does the same thing you mentioned. The bell will "ding" repeatedly during the cool-down period for the reason you stated, to let the user know to take the clothes out before the dryer shuts off so they don't wrinkle. The bell only dings once I believe on the other cycles...to signal the end of the cycle.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Wow, I enjoyed all those pictures! Thanks!

I wondered where the light bulb for the drum went in the newer 'Tag dryers (the old ones had it behind the lint screen when it was in the bak cof the drum)...

-- Dave

(The Dryer Charles Klamkin recommends "regardless of price" along w/ at least One Norge model, supposedly Large Cap. & gives a Model # for the Gas & Elec. versions...)

 

[volvoguy87]

Nice work!

Thanks for photo-documenting this! I've got a DE608 at a friend's house I need to go and get that could use some attention. I wish it were a DG808, but I'll see what I can get done. Now the job looks doable.

If anyone wants a DE608, let me know, it's not a perfect match for anything in my collection so it's sort of an oddball.

Dave

 

[wireman]

Very cool! Great job resoring it!
Duane

 

[beekeyknee]

Todd,
Thanks for the response about the ringing bell. I don't recall anyone ever addressing this before.

Brian

 

[combo52]

DE808 DRYER RESTORATION

Brain fantastic and nicely detailed job restoring your dryer, it is really nice to be able to so fully restore an appliance.

 

The bell signals the start of the cool down on the normal dry cycle and then the 120 dregree cool down thermostat takes over operation of the dryers motor operation. Cool down time will wary according to load size and room temperature, we used to see some of these dryers where they were installed in hot furnace rooms that wouldn't shut off for an hour or more after the clothes were dried. This is way newer electronic controlled dryers went back to timed cool downs.