Maytag wringer Question

[bobbyderegis]

Toggles,

Remind me to run your dirty mind thru the Maytag when I see you.... And your you-know-what thru the wringer. *SMACK*
Bobby in Boston

 

[geoffdelp]

Serial Number

Bobby ... don't forget the 2 letters that go with the serial number for proper dating. I didn't bring the key codes with me today, but can remember it tomorrow. We can then get you a month and year your machine was made. Since it is an N2LPS, it would have been made after 1968 when the foot pedal was introduced.

I didn't understand the Toggles comment and apparently, that must be for the best!

 

[bobbyderegis]

Geoff,
the serial # is only numbers, there are no letters. Does this make sense? Looking at the cord and tubing, this machine is 1970's, I guess.
Bobby in Boston

 

[frontaloadotmy]

The Maytag Date Code

list that I have lists wringers from 1949 - 1965
as having a five digit ser # with 2 letter suffix.
Apparently all automatics of the same vintage have a 6
digit # double letter suffixed.

The next section of the list covering dates 1966-2013
doesn't differentiate #ing relative to Automatic or Wringer.
It simply states that all serial #'s are 6 digits double
letter suffixed, I assumed (God forbid!) that the wringers would be #ed the same way. misnaken once again!

 

[geoffdelp]

Bobby ... do you have the silver decal on the back? Look closely at the serial number and just to the right should be two letters. The first letter tells us what year it was made in and the 2nd letter tells us what month it was made in. The "number" of the serial number is more like a series ... Model N's had a certain series of numbers as did Model E's, Model J's, etc.

So ... to date the machine we will need the letters.

Darrel ... your date codes sound great! Maytag did number the automatics different than the wringers.

Geoff

 

[shabby]

Hey, guys. This discussion just told me everything I was looking to find out. Thanx for asking all of the right questions, Bobby!

I just got a 1964 (I think) E2LP Maytag. It's a beauty. Works great - real quiet. There was something clogging the drain hose but we cleaned that out and now the water shoots out!

We didn't know why the wringers wouldn't work. I was hoping it had something to do with that tube and the foot pedal. The pedal disintegrated in my hand when I squuezed it.

So tomorrow I am off to the hardware store to locate the proper bolt. I sure hope the wringer works after that.

Here is a picture.

 

[geoffdelp]

Well ... Shabby ... isn't that a beauty!!! I bet your wringer will work when you remove the actuator and start using a bolt. You don't have to tighten the bolt all the way in; in fact, don't go too far. If you look at the end of the actuator, there was a little plastic piece that would come out and disengage the safety clutch within the wringer post. It doesn't come out very far so the bolt doesn't need to go in very far. I just keep tightening it (with the motor off, of course ... safety first!) until it starts the rollers.

Good work on the drain hose!!

Your machine has to be made after 1966 ... because ... the turquoise accents were first used January 1996 and the safety pedal wasn't added until sometime in 1968 or 1969.

Good luck; that's a great looking machine!

 

[geoffdelp]

Ooops ... I meant January 1966!

 

[oldwasherguy]

your right geoff,I think this is one of the last made in the early 80s.

 

[shabby]

Really? I didn't check the serial numbers like you guys said to do. I was going by a notation in the Owner's Manual. Someone wrote March 13, 1964 $129.

I will have to check the numbers. I just got it home today and spent the whole morning cleaning it up. My husband thinks I'm nuts - but I love it!

I am so glad I found this board. Great info here.

 

[bobbyderegis]

Shabby, what a gorgeous machine. I love the square tub w/ ss interior. Geoff, the plate on the back is just a gray and black sticker. I'll look again tonight, at that white piece of art in my living room!
Bobby in Boston

 

[fixerman]

I believe that would be square tub aluminum, not stainless steel.

 

[geoffdelp]

Super Thread 6317

Hi gang ... this is getting fun!! It would be great to figure out the manufacturing dates of both Bobby and Shabby's machines.

I'll go resurrect Thread 6317 in the Super Forum. Super Forum is where wringers should go. I don't want anyone to get upset.

I'll bring my book to work tomorrow if you guys post your serial numbers, I'll help with the dating.

Geoff

 

[shabby]

Thanx, Geoff! I'll post the numbers in the morning.

I was going to sell this baby on Ebay but now I am thinking I'll keep it. Hubby is already finding places we can put it.

Nite.

 

[bobbyderegis]

I stand corrected, Fixerman. Aluminum is correct. It shines so nicely I assumed SS.
Bobby in Boston

 

[abcomatic]

ill check mine too

HI guys, Great Geoff, I will check my serial numbers too to see when my Master was built. Same turquoise colors. I think it would be a riot to have a wringer wash in? Can't wait for school to be out so I can wash in the Maytag or ABC and hang the clothes out on the line. Thank, Gary

 

[shabby]

OK. The serial number is #287443.

The year is............?????????????

 

[geoffdelp]

Hi Shabby ... move over to the Super thread #6317.

 

[mickeyd]

Mama Mia, Mama Mia, Mama Mia, Let me go---Beelzebub !!

Shabby, that thing is gorgeous. Makes me want resurrect Freddie Mercury to sing Bohemian Rhapsody. No wonder why Consumer Reports christened it the Cadillac of washers. Five years ago, when the "Kolopinski Brothers Appliances" sold me my commander, Mr. K . told me that Maytag will make you a brand new Wringer Washer for 650 Dollars. Wonder if that's still possible.

A WRINGER WASH-IN would be fabulous.

 

[bobbyderegis]

Hi all, no, there are no letters following the serial #. Numbers only. It does say 745G in small script above the UL listing logo.
Bobby in Boston