model a806

[d-jones]

Yes, Brian. I confess, that was me.

I had purchased a group of ten timers from a seller on eBay because three of them were for an A806, and the price was close to what some folks ask for just one of them. But due to careless packaging several of the Bakelite timer bodies didn't survive shipping, and one the broken ones was an A806 timer. So I took a good body from a lesser timer and swapped all of the A806 switches into it. Here's a link to that thread.

A806 Timer Repair.

Several months ago I bought an assortment of used but serviceable Maytag timers off eBay. Three of them were 204499 timers for the A806 and they were the reason I bought the lot. Unfortunately the guy that shipped them simply threw them in a box with a piece of bubble wrap and called it good...

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[beekeyknee]

That is so cool how you did that;  the precision and patience that must have took. It was really interesting to watch.

 

[philr]

I had no idea that the Kingston timer motors in Maytag washers had a plastic pin like that. I thought they had a metal gear like the one I repaired in my Frigidaire dishwasher. 

 

Internally, do they use a 10 teeth plastic primary drive gear like the Kingston 60 from Frigidaire dishwasher?

BRASS Kingston Model 60 Timer Motor Gear - Made in America!

 

[maytagmodela806]

I went to work for my landlord and from what I can tell he has maytag washers like mine one is coin operated the other one is either older or newer it does not have a console light but has a indicater light next to the timer they have been setting outside for at least 26 years my landlord is almost 90 so I'm going to ask him about them Monday

 

[hippiedoll]

GOOD LUCK!!!!

with the maytags that your landlord has sitting outside!!!

i'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you....

)

 

[maytagmodela806]

Thank you I'm hoping I can get them from him there greenish looking i want to get them home out of the weather and see if they can be saved I also found an extra dispenser cup there at his place as well so I got that same color as the agitator

 

[philr]

I finally found a 806 dryer. Not exactly the color I wanted but at $25, the price was fine! Now, I'll probably hunt for an equally cheap white lower series and make a white-colored HDE-806!

 

Can anyone tell me how to remove the top and front panel on the dryer? Is it like the washer and newer large door dryers?

 

[philr]

Here's the ad for it...

 

[philr]

The seller told me the electronic control worked... The motor and heater do work, so are the panel and drum lights. It was hardwired to the house so I need to install a plug and test it further... 

 

The drum is clean too. 

 

[d-jones]

"Can anyone tell me how to remove the top and front panel on the dryer?"

 

There's one pair of bolts that hold the top panel in place. Have a look behind your dryer and you'll see a long L shaped bracket mounted to the underside of the top panels back edge. Remove the two inboard bolts(left arrow), slide the top panel forward until the front clips disengage, then lift it away.

 

Once you get that far you'll be able to see how the front panel is held in place. It's been a while since I did this but I believe it's fastened to the side panels with screws.

 

By the way - from the looks of it the shield for the spider isn't installed correctly. It seems to be on top of the lint filter and flipped around backwards, so you might want to look into that right away.

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[philr]

Thanks for the info David. 

 

I replaced it in it's position. 

 

[philr]

I didn't clean inside the cabinet but there wasn't much lint anyway. I'll look for a white one.

 

[philr]

The back panel.

 

[philr]

My favorite part!

 

[hippiedoll]

very cool lit up console/control panel!!!

LIGHTS,
CAMERA,
ACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!

;o)

 

[goatfarmer]

Phil, I have the matching washer, if you feel the need. Shipping might pose a problem, though.

 

[maytagmodela806]

I no longer have power going to anything on the washer and I was wondering about the small mother if it can be swaped from a newer maytag dryer its one of the 4 dryers I have in my basement along with 2 older Kenmore's and a newer performa dryer

 

[philr]

Kenny, I just got white panels from a DE 407 so I'll switch them on the HDE 806 to make it match my white A-806!

 

[philr]

I just finished switching the cabinet parts. So now I have a white Maytag pair!

 

[d-jones]

Very Nice!

The DG906 that belongs to my parents came with a white cabinet, but I'm putting it into a harvest gold cabinet taken from a DG406 to match the washer. And now that I think about it, that leaves me with all of the components I'd need to convert my DE806 into a DG806. Since there wasn't any interest in it in the other thread where I tried to give it away that would probably be the best thing for it. Then I'd just keep it to pair up with my HA806. Of course the data plate would be inaccurate then, and being the detail obsessed sort that I am that might keep me up at night, but what the hell. I'll get over it.......at some point........maybe.