Maytag Neptune dryer restoration

[tecnopolis]

I purchased a Maytag Neptune dryer off of Craig's here in Ocala a few weeks ago. Like anything used I wanted to go over it before I started using it. Well it's good thing I did because this thing was pretty disgusting on the inside. Where can I post multiple pics of my progress?

 

[DADoES]

 
Post your pics in this thread that you've already started.  Limited to one pic per post, but keep posting replies until you're done.

I refurbed this model dryer several years ago, found on FreeCycle.  The front drum slides had worn down and the doofuses kept running it until the edge of the drum shredded and tore through the front bulkhead panel.

 

[tecnopolis]

Let the games begin!

 

[tecnopolis]

blue sweat?

 

[tecnopolis]

Grimy lint. What isn't obvious is the overpowering smell of cheap liquid fabric softener. I almost hurled after being exposed to it for a while.

 

[tecnopolis]

OMG! It'a a poster child for a lint fire!

 

[tecnopolis]

Fivel came home and decided to nest in her nether regions.

 

[tecnopolis]

Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair because it was all in the dryer!

 

[tecnopolis]

There wasn't a spot that wasn't covered in hair and sand.

 

[tecnopolis]

This is after I had already pulled out by hand the larger clumps of lint and hair.

 

[tecnopolis]

It was at this point I decided to tear down the whole machine. There was a sticky residue jammed into every nook and cranny and it had to go!

 

[tecnopolis]

The squirrel cage was partially blocked by lint and sand build up.

 

[tecnopolis]

It just keeps getting better!

 

[tecnopolis]

I'm no rocket scientist, but I know things work better without a coating of lint on them.

 

[tecnopolis]

Seriously, I don't know how this dryer motor didn't burst into flames!

 

[tecnopolis]

...it just goes on and on.

 

[tecnopolis]

I was beginning to feel overwhelmed by the amount of dirt there was.

 

[tecnopolis]

No matter what I cleaned, more dirt would appear.

 

[tecnopolis]

No need for a new drum seal, It was making it's own replacement.

 

[tecnopolis]

Congealed hair/sand and fabric softener.

 

[tecnopolis]

One of the drum baffles was loose so I took it off to see what was under there. Wow!..lint balls anyone? I've never seen a lint ball before. I have'em in small, medium and large.

 

[tecnopolis]

So what do we find under the next baffle? A lint blanket.

 

[tecnopolis]

If I hadn't already seen the dryer working, I would have guessed it to have been toast looking at the inner workings of it.

 

[tecnopolis]

...now the clean up can begin. Stay tuned!

 

[jetcone]

OMG!

That is one disgusting dryer! You will need to soak it in Spray Nine to kill all traces of everything!

 

[maytagmark]

I had the same model as your's and it needed the same cleaning when I got it,but mine had a locked up motor when I got it so it had to be torn down anyway,so if you still have it apart I would check the grease in the motor bearings, the end caps pop right off,the grease in mine had dried up,I just repacked it with wheel bearing grease and it was good as new.

 

[whirlykenmore78]

One hell of a mess in that dryer

This wouyld be the result of running it for extended periods of time with a plugged vent duct in a dirty environment.

 

[qualin]

Holy crap that dryer is absolutely disgusting. Thank God that dryer didn't catch on fire. Sheer luck!

 

[DADoES]

 
My project was Nov-Dec 2006.  Wasn't as filthy as yours.  I disassembled to an empty cabinet (didn't pull the rear bulkhead).  Washed everything in detergent/water, including the heating element (but not the motor, switches & thermostats, of course).  Replaced the destroyed parts.  She's paired at the house next door with an MAH6500 (bought new a year later before they disappeared).

I did find lint balls in the drum baffles. 

 

[autowasherfreak]

I'm shocked that it didn't go up in flames. That is an expensive dryer, I just don't understand how can spend that much money on something, and let it end up this way.