Maytag Neptune dryer restoration

[runematic]

I just don't understand how can spend that much money on

You'd be surprised. This dryer looks like the average dryer I take apart. It's no worse than most. Fabric produces lint. People do not take their dryers apart like they should to clean them. Now, there are some dryers that get way worse than this. Being a sales & service provider I can't name the name because it may get me in trouble if someone from "corporate" would read this post. Thou shall not make disparaging remakes about our product. Yada yada yada. We call this certain dryer a "lint pig" because every single one I take apart to redo to resell is loaded, I mean LOADED, with lint.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

I agree, Todd. That dryer looks almost like a walk in the park compared to some I've seen in the field. I like the ones that are so packed, the level of the lint is such that you cannot see the motor and the like. So bad that the lint is actually pressing against the bottom of the drum like some kind of sick, demented support pad... How the dryer didn't combust is beyond me. By the way, how about the dryers where you find intact ammunition inside the dryer cavity, right next to the heat source? Talk about the end of cycle signal from hell!

 

RCD

 

[runematic]

Yeah, RCD, finding ammo always astounds me. I've found numerous .22 shells up to 30-odd6. I always check my pockets after going shooting. I can't imagine leaving something like this to go into a dryer.

 

[tecnopolis]

Does anyone have a copy of the use and care video that came with these series Neptune washer/dryers?

 

[tecnopolis]

...or DVD?

 

[aldspinboy]

I might have this one will have to look .
If I see it I will E-mail you.
That restoration job is a strong one !
Best to you on the work.

Darren k

 

[DADoES]

 
MDE5500 Dryer

MAH5500 and MAH6500 Washers

MDE7500 Dryer

MAH7500 Washer

 

[tecnopolis]

can you tell from this blurry picture what model the washer is? pref the one with the heater? the seller doesn't know and the machines aren't near by.

 

[DADoES]

 
That picture isn't large/clear enough.  There's one button difference between 5500 (no heater) and 6500 (with heater).

 

[tecnopolis]

They are getting delivered tomorrow.

 

[tecnopolis]

..thanks for the links Dadoes!

 

[tecnopolis]

The woman I bought them from had been putting me off by not promptly returning my calls or emails since July 4th when she posted the ad. She wanted $450 for the set, and I was offering her $300 and she would have to deliver them. So I guess she was trying to hold out for more money. I must have been the only one interested in her "Bisque" Neptunes because she finally caved and agreed to sell and deliver them.
Now after playing phone tag for weeks they're finally here.
The dryer is gas, which I was planning to switch over to propane and use it in the garage as a back-up, since we only have provisions for an electric dryer in the main laundry room.
Normally I would pass on any "bisque" machines, but just a month earlier I found a good deal on an LCD Neptune electric dryer in Bisque and my Mom liked the color.
Of course, I was told they had "no issues", but that was not the case.

 

[tecnopolis]

..another Maytag I also picked up in the past few weeks. A gas dryer. Although it looks like a Neptune and/or an Atlantis, it's not labeled as one. MDG9000?

 

[tecnopolis]

..the dryers have since been cleaned and do not look like this anymore.

 

[tecnopolis]

I paid $145 for it delivered...the owners brought it with them from California to here in Ocala, even though they didn't have gas at the new house. The wife didn't want to leave it behind. I told him I don't have gas either and was just going to convert it to use propane out in the shed. He said don't tell his wife that because she loves/loved that dryer and if she knew that could be done she wouldn't have finally let it go. She said it was spotless, which it wasn't, unless she was reffering to dents or rust. but it was dusty and sandy.
All of that just wiped away with a new paint brush I used to dust the crevices and a good old bottle of windex and a micro cloth, I can work wonders!

 

[tecnopolis]

..the new arrivals awaiting in the "processing and intake" center.

 

[tecnopolis]

....wow! see what high iron content well water will do.

 

[tecnopolis]

....and these boots might need some walking alright.

 

[tecnopolis]

....not for the squeamish.

 

[tecnopolis]

...OMG

 

[tecnopolis]

..I wish all it had was a mold problem.
Luckily, with a little elbow grease and a brush. Most of the stuff came right off.

 

[tecnopolis]

....why let it get this far people?

 

[tecnopolis]

...does anybody hear a train coming?

 

[tecnopolis]

...I guess my new name is "Neptune Whisperer"

 

[tecnopolis]

Well what a diffidence a gay makes!

 

[tecnopolis]

....light years cleaner and 100% more presentable. Now you won't be shocked every time you open the detergent dispenser and be greeted by the bio hazard that lived there before.

 

[tecnopolis]

This must be my lucky month. Not only is my life now free of sand, dulling soap scum and fuzzy lint, I can now ad embarrassing rust to the list!

 

[tecnopolis]

I used some of that "Wesley's Bleach White" (sp?) for tires on the boot and tub ring. It was a gamble not knowing what the outcome would be, but the results speak for themselves.
This house is on a well system too, but we have a water treatment and softener system to eliminate this type of problem. Having the open flume design on top will allow me to keep an eye out for deposit build up.

 

[DADoES]

 
Just to say ... the exterior of the drum and interior of the outer tub is likely coasted with the same smutz.  Or did you disassemble to clean those areas?

 

[tecnopolis]

I have to tell you, that first night, Dutch detergent wasn't the only one chasing after dirt!
I spent a good part of the night tinkering with it listening to Pandora.
Hey, it keeps me off the streets!
Also, in between rescuing an old Filter-Flo, and picking up a leaking Duet Washer. I managed to get back to the dryer referenced in the beginning of this thread.
I just have to now put it back together. It looks brand new inside. this picture doesn't do it justice. I used a cell phone camera with bad lighting. In the light of day it's brilliantly white.