Maytag Model N2LPS

[geoffdelp]

Hi Shabby ...

Well ... Foley is a tad "northeast" of St. Cloud. Foley is off of Highways 23 and 25. If you continue West on Highway 25, you'll make it to Little Falls in about 45 minutes!! So ... I guess Little Falls is in my backyard. I'm about half an hour from Pierz ... ask your hubby if he knows where Pierz is. Tell him that Minnesota misses him and we are having BEAUTIFUL weather today!! Not a cloud in the sky and in the mid 60's. I'll be putting my garden in this weekend; just in time for Memorial Day.

So ... did you get to the hardware store yet?

Love it that your Model E was by the curb ready to be "thrown". You truly rescued it!! Now ... I hope you get brave enough to use it!

Geoff

 

[shabby]

I know Pierz. I've been a few times - we hit all the hot spots - Sobieski, Royalton, Branierd - lol!

I haven't been there in quite a while. Maybe next year. I sure do miss fresh Walleye!

Our garden is growing like crazy already. Your summers are too short and your mosquitoes are too big. And those fish fly thingies - ugh.

Don'y worry, I plan to use my Maytag. Just have to figure out where to put it.

 

[launderess]

Geoff

Though not a wringer, my Hoover TT is pretty much the same in terms of washing the floor as one launders. Do like I do and get a case or two of those large "wee-wee" pads, (mine came cheap off eBay, or one can find them at surgical supply stores).

When ever am twin tub washing, just cover the floor area around the washer with the wee-wee pads and that is the end of using all those towels. The pads really absorb lots of water and best of all unlike towels they hold the water to themselves, so the floor underneath stays dry. When wash day is done, just chuck the lot into the rubbish, no muss, no fuss.

Happy Laundering
L.

 

[geoffdelp]

Serial Number

Launderess ... oh my; a diaper for the laundry room! How unique! I never thought about that. Actually, I don't mind all of the water. I've always said that I have the cleanest hands AND cleanest laundry room floor when I'm done washing. My floor dries fairly rapidly; I have good air movement through the room.

Now ... for the location of the serial number. I took a photo of my N2LPS serial number/information tag on the back of my machine last night. See letters to the right of the number? They are sort of "embossed" in the tag (sorry about photo quality). LT ... L is the year (1983)and T is the month (October). Maytag stopped making these machines in November 1983.

I hope this helps!!

Geoff

 

[geoffdelp]

Shabby ...

When you visit here, you do find it beautiful, don't you? Minnesota is wonderful in the spring, summer and fall. The winters ... well ... it's doggoned cold and bleak at times!

My goodness ... you hit all the hot spots, don't you? I love little Royalton and you can always have ring bologna sandwiches at the little bar in Pierz on Thursdays with all the other locals (I think it's Thursdays ...). It's sort of a "German thing"!!

Fresh Walleye is to die for. There's a little bar/restaurant in Duelm (near Foley) that has Walleye year round and they either broil or pan-fry. It's so good. My brother sometimes brings over Walleye and we have a wonderful "fish fry". He goes up north near the Canadian border and fishes.

Gotta love Minnesota!!

Geoff

 

[bobbyderegis]

Geoff,
Thanx for the pic of the plate. I swear mine does not have any letters stamped into it, but I'll double check. I bought my 1/2 -13 bolt yesterday! Getting ready to fire it up.
Bobby in Boston

 

[geoffdelp]

Go Bobby, go!!

 

[abcomatic]

Here is my serial number guys

HI fellow wringers or is that ringers? "We are just a bunch of ding, dongs." (Ducking and running) lol
Here is all the info. to see how old my Maytag is.
Model E2LS Serial 34092 uy
Where is the information on a Gray Ghost?
If anyone has model and serial numbers for Dexters and ABC's that would be fun too. Happy washing or as we say in this part of Illinois, warshing. Gary

 

[abcomatic]

my Maytag serial number

Geoff and others, I have my Maytag Master serial number posted in the post above. Thanks for helping. Gary

 

[geoffdelp]

Hi Gary ... looks like your E2LS was made in November 1974.

The older model square tub Maytags (gray ghosts) had the serial number embossed in the tub on the crown of the machine in the front center.

Happy "Warshing" to you, too!!

Geoff

 

[abcomatic]

cool

Thanks Geoff for your help. See you later. Gary

 

[tomturbomatic]

Our model J has the red Bakelite agitator. I heard that they were the rarest of the three because if people had the money to upgrade they went for the Master. I like the porcelain tub. Our Chieftan is one of the newer ones like yours with the turquoise plastic. Funny, I just remembered that our 57 Pontiac came in three models, the Chieftan, the Star Chief and the Super Chief. We had the middle one. Our Master has the black lint filter agitator. Until we found that machine, John had a hard time believing that they made one for the wringer machines.

 

[geoffdelp]

Hi Tom ... cool! I like the Model J, too. Mine is so quiet. I have to finish restoring it. It is from 1968; just before the safety pedal was introduced. The only features I find different between the J and E is the splash crown and the "connected" lid on the E. The Model E's splash crown was great (as was the lid) but the J is so "wide open"; it's very easy to load and unload large articles. I don't know why the J wasn't so well received; was the pricing really close to the E? If so, I can see why women upgraded to the E.

I don't know ... my Model E is really good, don't get me wrong. But, the aluminum tub is a little "strange". The aluminum was spun rather than cast and is really sensitive to additives in the laundry. When I use it steadily, the tub gives off a "metal" odor and if I use bleach or other additives it darkens the tub. When I use just regular Tide, it brings it back to the shiny tub. I figure that can't be a good thing; the metal is reacting. I like the porcelain finish best on the J and N, too.

I also have the black lint filter agitator that used to go in the Model E's. I think they used those for a few years when the Model E had the chrome M-A-Y-T-A-G letters on the front of the machine.

Isn't it funny how things were named in the 1950's? I love the name of your family Pontiac ... the "Star Chief". I don't know ... it sounds so powerful and safe. Maybe that's what the manufacturers were trying to achieve!

Have a good one ...

Geoff

 

[bobbyderegis]

Sorry folks,
Absolutely no letters on the serial plate! An ageless Maytag wringer?
Bobby in Boston

 

[mixfinder]

Agitator

I remember Grandma's old Maytag bang, banging away, on wash day.

(Did you hear about the new breakfast cereal called Prostituties? No Snap, Crackle or pop. They just lay there and bang away!)

One day in the late 50's, the agitator quit turning.

A repairman, took the metal drive out of the red agiator and replaced it. In the process a chunk broke out of the base of the agitator and it was patched with this glop of grey junk, which remained until the day it went to the dump with a broken wringer housing.

Some years later, the same thing happened to the black agitator in mom's Maytag wringer. She bought a new replacement agitator, in Turquoise. The drive was molded into the agitator and was plastic.

My first thought as a 17 year old was, "This will never last!"

To my amazement, it worked perfectly, without any metal noise as the agitator stroke reversed.

Kelly

 

[geoffdelp]

Bobby ... Maybe Maytag stopped putting the letters on right at the end of production? I doubt there is anyone at Maytag left who could help us; my sources left last year after serving over 35 years there. They could not longer handle the changes in management. Too sad.

Maybe there is someone on our site who might know the answer to this puzzle.

I like the idea of agelessness!!

Geoff

 

[abcomatic]

Loud Maytag

HI Geoff and everyone, My Master wringer is loud when it is washing. When I plug it in, the motor seems to have a sort of rumble to it. I was just wondering if that was the nature of the beast or what? My ABC's are very quiet. Just curious. Gary

 

[geoffdelp]

Gary ... is it "loud" when loaded with water and clothing? What sort of noise is it making? When you put your ear down on the right side, is the noise coming from the motor area or the transmission?

The Master was unique because of the aluminum tub; the noise reverberated off of it and the steel skirt. When empty, the Master was loud.

Have you checked the belt lately? Our local electric motor service has some standard sized belts available. I just take the old one in and they can match it up.

Also ... make SURE your tub is not overloaded (not that you would!!). The clothes should tumble toward the center when loaded right.

 

[scott55405]

Tom, I was fascinated by that agitator in your wringer. When I saw it at the convention, I had just assumed it was an agitator from an automatic. I saw a Pontiac Star Chief at a car show recently...very nice car!

Geoff I've often wondered why they didn't go whole hog and make the tub stainless steel in the "E", particularly since Speed Queen was offering that feature in their washers. In fact for years I guess I assumed they were stainless steel, until Robert told me. It must be all in the chemicals as you say; I've seen some that look perfect as the day they were new, and others are just bleh.

 

[geoffdelp]

Scott ... good point. Aluminum was definitely cheaper and if they had put a stainless tub in there, it probably would have made it more cost prohibitive to the people purchasing them. They went from cast aluminum in the early 1950's to "spun" aluminum; it used a lot less product.

Funny ... I think one (of many, I'm sure) of the reasons Maytag stopped making these was they were having problems with the EPA. They used aluminum, lead, rubber ... and they made the parts right there.