update...
hi everybody!!!
well, i did make the 1 1/2 hour drive up to pick up the old maytag wringer washer. i picked up my cousin to have a guy with me to help me load the wringer on the truck.
so, here's "the good, the bad, and the ugly":
the good:
agitation - works (smooth & sturdy {it made me smile}).
agitator - came off pretty easy (the metal screen was still in place).
wringer - works in both directions, locks & unlocks into different positions.
drian hose - there's an extra drain hose in the wash tub (it has the metal hook on the end (you'll know why i mention this next)
the bad:
rear left leg - there was some oil drips down the leg (not pouring down but there).
also there was like one drop of oil under the washer, where they had it when we got there.
rear left leg - wheel falls off (the bracket the post goes into is broke off the leg but still around the post {i'm pretty sure}).
drain hose - drips where it connects to the pump. and the little metal hook on the other end of the drain hose is broken off. just barely a curve of a stump that will sit into the hook hole.
the drain pump - the lever moves but when i try to turn it on, the pump doesn't work and if i move the lever over all the way, it shuts the motor off. i think the wheel, that slides over to the moving pulley, is stuck or something, cuz i couldn't even turn the wheel with my hand.
the ugly:
i had it on the back of the truck & was driving away. i had wrapped a rope around the tub and pulled both ends into the cab & closed the back doors on the ropes, thinking this would hold the ropes tight & from coming loose. well.....
when i made a turn onto a well traveled street, the damned rope came loose!!! and the wringer washer tumbled over onto it's side and all i heard was a big bang and crash!!!
BUT...
luckily it just fell over inside the bed of the truck!!! i was so afraid and could already see images of the wringer washer falling out of the bed of the truck and tumbling over into the street!!! but luckily, i was making a slow turn and the washer stayed inside the bed of the truck!!!
adventure, right??
hm hm hm....
so, i ended up pulling into the first driveway of a business, right after the turn i made. and me and my cousin picked up the washer before alot of oil could leak out and that's when i see it!!! the wringer fell out of the post!!
i thought "oh no!! i remember stan saying there's a little trick to get it back on, and for it to drop into position". oh well, the wringer's already out of the post. so, i just laid it next to the washer, tied up the washer again but this time, we wrapped the washer with the rope and through the truck cab and through the sliding back window. and we started off again. but i still didn't feel confident with the rope job that we did, so i pulled off the highway again, and used a strap i had there to strap it over the top and hooked it onto the wheel well and also a hole with a metal stick that was in the truck bed. (i'm sure that is the purpose of that hole with the metal stick in it, in the bed of the truck).
and for good measure, just in case the washer were to fall over again, i took out the agitator, the metal screen, the extra drain hose and put them in the backseat of the cab.
well, we finally made it home safely with no more problems. thank you Jesus!!!
and i did see how to get the wringer back on and got it back onto the post without any problems. i slid it down onto the post and it didn't quite sit down all the way and i wiggled it and it fell into place. so that wasn't too bad or tricky!!
thank you God!!
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so, now my next plan is to see if i can figure out why the drain pump wheel seems to be "frozen/stuck" in place and won't turn. in fact, when i moved the lever far over (but not all the way), i started smelling like something was burning. i'm guessing the spinning pulley against the pump's "rubber" drain wheel? i say "guessing" cuz i don't know what the different parts of made of and i'm just guessing from a couple of looks down underneath. the best way to describe the smell is like what i remember the vacuum cleaner smelling like, if you had vacuumed up a corner of a throw rug or something.
so sorry for the long update message here. but i do have a question now that i've got the wringer washer here....
my question is, since it was possible to add a drain pump to other models of maytag wringer washers (from what i've read on here), is it really easy to take the pump off so that i can get a better look at what's going on & to find out why that rubber wheel isn't spinning?? i figure it would be easier to take the pump off and look at it standing up rather than have to lay on the floor and try to figure things out by looking up under the machine (like a mechanic has to do with a car).
thanks to all the reply & i'll be waiting to read your replies.
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