Midwest Timer Service (MTS)

[maytag85]

If anyone need to have a timer rebuilt for a vintage automatic washer, dryer, or dishwasher, contact Midwest Timer Service at (269) 849-2800, address is 4815 M-63, Benton Harbor, MI 49022.

Hope this helps with anyone who needs a timer rebuilt or wants to completely restore and rebuild a machine from the ground up.

 

[turquoisedude]

Sean, they don't touch old timers anymore and haven't for years.  

 

[maytag85]

Just need the cam assembly rebuilt, not the whole timer since all the contacts appear to have little to no wear on them at all.

 

[launderess]

"Sean, they don't touch old timers anymore and haven't for years. "

True!

Contacted them while back about timer for my Miele washer.

Midwest Timer Service was hit hard when Whirlpool (their largest customer IIRC) joined nearly everyone else going with electronics. To survive they needed to adapt which likely meant getting shot of things to do with mechanical timers.

https://mibiz.com/sections/manufact...-timer-repositions-for-growth-via-acquisition

Speaking of Miele, Crouzet (who made electro-mechanical timers for their washers and dryer) among nearly everyone else in that sector had to make changes. Appliances switching over to electronics affected everyone.

 

[launderess]

Have you tried Turner Timer Repair located up north?

https://www.turnerstimerrepair.com

Appliance Timers: https://www.appliancetimers.com

From archives: https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?60467

 

[turquoisedude]

Launderess, Turner's Timer Repairs has also thrown in the towel on electromechanical timers.... Just recently, too, alas, as I found when they returned a GE dishwasher timer to me after saying that they could rebuild it.  

 

[alexoro]

https://www.turnerstimerrepair.com/ https://aviator-jeux.com/ good recource anyway.It helped me a lot.

 

[launderess]

@turquoisedude

Well I call that pretty feeble.

Wonder however if Turner Timer repair and others simply are seeing employees who once did this work retire (or die) and they just cannot find anyone else. That and or amount of calls they get for electro mechanical or purely mechanical timer repair work just doesn't justify keeping that department open.

 

[combo52]

Rebuilding mechanical timers

There are several reasons the shops are closing.

First reason is they can’t get parts anymore because the manufacturers are not making timers anymore.

Next reason is the demand is falling, tremendously, and I’m sure there’s problems, keeping employees with the skills to keep repairing these intricate mechanical timers. Mid west timer service stopped rebuilding timers. A decade ago, they do still have brand new timers many cases for a quarter the cost of the OEM manufacturers, and sometimes timers that have been discontinued by major manufacturers so it’s worth checking with them if you need a timer for something made in the last 30 years or so.

Good news is electronic circuit boards can be repaired. There are many companies that are rebuilding electronic circuit boards, enabling people to keep their appliances running much longer.

John

 

[Chetlaham]

R.I.P.

Since there is no obituary, wake or physical place to pay respect; I'm leaving this here:

 

 

 

 

Truly a sad tragedy, along with all those people whom were employed. 

 

If everyone was like me the overwhelming majority of appliances residential and commercial would have EM timers- dryers, washers, dishwashers, microwaves, air fryers, defrost controls, ect, ect.

 

 

 

 

[qsd-dan]

Did we all not see this coming many years ago? There's a reason I have 12 NOS 806 washer timers in my stash along with AT LEAST 1 spare timer for every washer, dryer, and dishwasher I own. I've been harping about stashing parts on this site for 15 years because it was obvious that this would eventually be the outcome. Hopefully some of the longtime members heeded my advice over the years.

 

[maytag85]

I’ve already stocked up on a bunch of Maytag HOH dryer timers while I was at the appliance junkyard earlier this year. Since I use different machine from time to time, definitely helps spread the mileage if you will. I need to put the Maytag A606 back into service but can’t figure out why the DG407 doesn’t do anything when plugged in.