While it's still Maytag month, we take a look at the endless possibilities of where to install your new Maytag Combination washer/dryer.
Maytag Presents: Combination Convenience - 16mm Film
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Of course I would notice, that while she was walking up to the house, she was wearing white flats. When she walks inside the house, she has somehow changed into dark colored high heels. LOL.
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Hey Cory, another great one, remember seeing this when I took the tour in Newton, keep em comin, I really have enjoyed these.
Hey Cory, another great one, remember seeing this when I took the tour in Newton, keep em comin, I really have enjoyed these.
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My first thought was that she walked right in from all of that mud and did not change shoes. Glad you noticed that she was wearing different shoes. We had outside shoes and house shoes. People used to kid that near our back door looked like a Japanese house.
I wonder why the machine did not start after she set all of the controls and the OFF button was not mashed (that's Southern for pushed).
Thanks, Cory.
My first thought was that she walked right in from all of that mud and did not change shoes. Glad you noticed that she was wearing different shoes. We had outside shoes and house shoes. People used to kid that near our back door looked like a Japanese house.
I wonder why the machine did not start after she set all of the controls and the OFF button was not mashed (that's Southern for pushed).
Thanks, Cory.
And here I was looking at that new brickwork that already required re-pointing from settling. Nice kitchen, though.
Someone commented
"The infamous Maytag combination Washer/Dryer. Recalled by Maytag due to service issues. Maytag went out and exchanged every combo with a top of the line washer and dryer set and then destroyed the combo."
What is up with that?
"The infamous Maytag combination Washer/Dryer. Recalled by Maytag due to service issues. Maytag went out and exchanged every combo with a top of the line washer and dryer set and then destroyed the combo."
What is up with that?
I liked this video too, Cory...
Thanks for sharing...
-- Dave
Thanks for sharing...
-- Dave
Don't believe Maytag went out and fetched back every single combo unit then promptly destroyed the things. Though that does seem to be a commonly accepted narrative.
Several Maytag combo units have popped up over years.
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?76881
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?59317
https://www.ebay.com/itm/203614209978
Several Maytag combo units have popped up over years.
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?76881
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?59317
https://www.ebay.com/itm/203614209978
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The Maytag combination washer dryer
Thank you, Corey for presenting this very fun to watch. I had never really seen any advertising for this interesting machine.
It’s interesting. They really didn’t talk about the virtues of this machine, such as being able to be installed anywhere because it didn’t need to be vented outdoors, the bad thing about them suggesting putting it in line, closets, etc. was almost impossible to work on this machine without Pulling it out and getting to the back of it for most repairs.
Maytag did have a program to exchange these machines for a regular often top-of-the-line washer and dryer. They did not recall them as such. They only did this when people complained about excessive service problems. Many Maytag’s remained out in the field some were used for a long time.
There were many problems with the Maytag combination washer dryer but if you look at the history of Maytag home appliances, every appliance they introduced had a large number of problems that they had to work out in the next several years, the combination washer dryer was no exception, and it was the most complex appliance Maytag ever introduced so there certainly were problems.
Still it’s a very neat Appliance. I’m very glad to have two Maytag combos thanks to Cory and Ben and Greg and Omaha. It’s definitely something I’m proud to have in the museum and it did a decent job. I had a 1965 Maytag combo probably one of the last produced when I worked for the Maytag dealer in the mid 70s. It came in the shop, not in bad shape, but the customer got tired of repairing it and gave it up ironically she got one of the last GE combos to replace it. I used the Maytag combo for a couple years, but I hadn’t really decided to start collecting major appliances yet and sadly got rid of it. I did save some of the parts of it which I still have.
John L
Thank you, Corey for presenting this very fun to watch. I had never really seen any advertising for this interesting machine.
It’s interesting. They really didn’t talk about the virtues of this machine, such as being able to be installed anywhere because it didn’t need to be vented outdoors, the bad thing about them suggesting putting it in line, closets, etc. was almost impossible to work on this machine without Pulling it out and getting to the back of it for most repairs.
Maytag did have a program to exchange these machines for a regular often top-of-the-line washer and dryer. They did not recall them as such. They only did this when people complained about excessive service problems. Many Maytag’s remained out in the field some were used for a long time.
There were many problems with the Maytag combination washer dryer but if you look at the history of Maytag home appliances, every appliance they introduced had a large number of problems that they had to work out in the next several years, the combination washer dryer was no exception, and it was the most complex appliance Maytag ever introduced so there certainly were problems.
Still it’s a very neat Appliance. I’m very glad to have two Maytag combos thanks to Cory and Ben and Greg and Omaha. It’s definitely something I’m proud to have in the museum and it did a decent job. I had a 1965 Maytag combo probably one of the last produced when I worked for the Maytag dealer in the mid 70s. It came in the shop, not in bad shape, but the customer got tired of repairing it and gave it up ironically she got one of the last GE combos to replace it. I used the Maytag combo for a couple years, but I hadn’t really decided to start collecting major appliances yet and sadly got rid of it. I did save some of the parts of it which I still have.
John L
Soooo many places to put it in that big house…
I hope a good, practical and unobstructed location for it was found…
I agree, not enough virtues or evens good demonstration was presented…
— Dave
I hope a good, practical and unobstructed location for it was found…
I agree, not enough virtues or evens good demonstration was presented…
— Dave
I recall Ben tracking down the trade-in info....
Ah, here we go:
"Maytag offered a trade in program for the combo - and would pay out different tiers of credit towards a 502 set, depending on how long the owner had the combo, i.e. more time meant less credit towards the 502 set. I posted my findings on this years ago and can now be found in the archives.
The credit could also be applied towards a 702 set, with the owner paying the difference. After a certain amount of time the credit ended and Maytag left the owners to replace the combo on their own accord."
Ah, here we go:
"Maytag offered a trade in program for the combo - and would pay out different tiers of credit towards a 502 set, depending on how long the owner had the combo, i.e. more time meant less credit towards the 502 set. I posted my findings on this years ago and can now be found in the archives.
The credit could also be applied towards a 702 set, with the owner paying the difference. After a certain amount of time the credit ended and Maytag left the owners to replace the combo on their own accord."
Maytag and everyone else who produced combo units had same problem, in a word Bendix.
Bendix tied up so many patents on H-axis washing machines and combo W/D units that it left everyone else basically two options; pay royalties to Bendix, or find ways around.
Maytag and others chose latter option which often resulted in very complicated units. This and those that needed quite a bit of kinks worked out over production years.
While never a huge seller in USA many who owned combo W/D units would have nothing else. They lamented dearly when their previous unit gave up the ghost and they couldn't find a replacement.
Bendix tied up so many patents on H-axis washing machines and combo W/D units that it left everyone else basically two options; pay royalties to Bendix, or find ways around.
Maytag and others chose latter option which often resulted in very complicated units. This and those that needed quite a bit of kinks worked out over production years.
While never a huge seller in USA many who owned combo W/D units would have nothing else. They lamented dearly when their previous unit gave up the ghost and they couldn't find a replacement.
Lisa Douglass had a pink one on Green Acres, although I never seen her using it. Only the Haney metal drum powered by an old outboard motor that flung clothes all over the kitchen.
