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could someone on this forum send that couple a new lint filter there's is cracked other wise the washer and dryer looks fine.Probally washes better than the new junk out there.
 
Would someone le me borrow a set that's around a 1961 to 1959 set? Maybe that will get Clay Jackson to come visit ME!!! woof!!!
 
I would have declined too. I agree with Earl, if they were genuine Maytag, maybe I would have considered a new set. Why fix it if it isn't broke. I've been using my Maytag all this week and only used the Frigidaire for some comforters that were to big for for Missy Maytag.
 
What did that lady say? "We goteminupiniemna at Sugarman's," is that some Lackawannakanna local dialect? That Maytag man sure doesn't have the personality of the earlier one. And that refrigerator looks like a Frigidaire and is a lot older than 15 or 20 years. Whirpool probably gave that "repairman" an ice pick and said "poke a hole in that sucker when the old lady's not lookin."
 
And that refrigerator looks like a Frigidaire

Yup, Frigidaire, just like Grandmas. It isn't any newer than 1980, so it's at least 30 years old.

I would have accepted new machines, but I would demand that they be from the same era as the current set.

And, yeah, I have several spare lint filters I'd be willing part with free of charge, with the exception of a few NOS ones still in the plastic ;)

I sure hope they have a spare belt set and heater element for the dryer. According to RCD, these parts have officially been obsoleted :(

One of Maytags touted slogans in their advertisement back in the 70's (not sure about the 80's) was 40 year guarantee parts availability. It makes me curious if Whirlpool can still be held accountable for that? Hmmmmmmm.......
 
Great story, but no news to us :) I am happy they want to keep them and who could blame them. 42 years without a repair and those A606s look like they are in good condition too. Hopefully they will last them another 42 years.

Have a good one,
James
 
Too bad my Dad and Stepmom didn't tell Maytag about their Maytag washer that was only a week old in 1972 when the Rapid City flood of 1972 destroyed their home-however the Maytag washer they just bought was recovered and rebuilt by the local Rapid City Maytag dealer-that machine ran for another 30yrs.It looked like hell but worked OK.They bought a new Maytag made washer to replace the old one.
I also would have turned down the new Maytags "tech" offer of a new machine-you probably would have gotten a "Whirltag"bet THAT wouldn't last 47yrs!Don't think I would want a Maytag fridge either.Too many folks I know that have them have problems with the Maytag fridges and replace them with Whirlpool ones.
 
I don't blame them for turning down the new set, although they likely have no clue that they aren't even Maytag-built anymore.

I don't know as I would want the new refrigerator either...

HOH dryer belts are just standard off-the-rack belts available at any hardware store. The cloth-coated washer belt is the only one that has to be OEM.
 
Hee-hee!

Clay: "We'd like to offer you a brand new set, built with our finest direct-drive technology from Wh--er, Maytag!"

Grace: *stares coldly for several seconds, leans forward, and slaps him*
 
We goteminupiniemna at Sugarman's

I believe what the dear woman said was, "we got them up in Eynon (Pennsylvania)...
Sugarman's was a store set back from Route 6, connecting Scranton PA to Binghamton NY. Not to be believed, a thousand departments under what seemed like a four acre roof. Would dwarf the biggest Walmart today by a mile. You could spend a day in one corner of the store and not see the same item twice. From a sewing needle to a boat anchor and everything in between, plus actual helpful employees. If the cost of heating and cooling didn't kill them it was replacing shoe leather (which you could have done there too). Nice story.

http://www.loopnet.com/property/15751391/600-Scranton-Carbondale-Highway/
 
Sugarman's!

I remember stopping in there once in the 1980's and found Protein 21 shampoo on the shelf! It must have been there since 1972. Great place, great prices, if you had an entire day to spend. Too bad it's gone, like so many other good things.

FWIW, I met Clay Jackson at one of our appliance roadshows, he's about 6'6", really nice guy. He's maybe 34-35, married with children (sorry). He was a former real estate agent.
 
I think we ought to to seriosusly think about manufacturing after-market parts to orginal factory specs. There's a fortune to be made.
 
"I think we ought to to seriously think about manufacturing after-market parts to original factory specs. There's a fortune to be made."

That's why I have been buying extra pieces for every part I need on the tags, especially the hard to find NLA stuff. A nice NOS piece to copy from makes for accurate future replicas :)

Replication could be profitable if we could conjure up a few members who're machinist/designers.
 
few members who're machinist/designers.

well, we need some captial, otherwise the labor-work is useless ;-) I can only imagine how much it put back Mark H to have the molds done up for the Kelvinator top boot.

Ben
 
I was reading an article in Popular Mechanics magazine about this machine that copies parts "exactly".

Apparently Jay Leno used it with great success in manufacturing antique-automobile engine parts that are NLA.

IIRC it x-rays/scans the part and notes thousands of dimensions, somehow creating a mold of the wanted part.
There are some limitations but I beleve it works with plastics and metals, and will only work with (orignial) parts made of one material.
 
This should be the video.........

(the internet connection speed here in my office sucks!)
This should be the same video I saw a couple months ago about this 3D scanner and 3D printer, which was VERY interesting!

So for about $25 per person (based on the number of members profiles) we here at AW/org can have one of these at our disposal!

 
This could be used to re-engineer the oil and water bellows for Frigidaires, as well as seals, bearings, and a host of other NLA parts. It could be a good investment!

NorfolkSouthern
 

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