My New E2L!

[bluebonnet73]

Hi, everyone.

I believe this is only my second post here. Two years ago I had and then sold an N2L because it needed work, regretted it, and now...

I had to share my find with people who would appreciate it, before anyone else sees this lovely machine, and questions why I would get something as inconvenient as this! Isn't she pretty? (I hope the pics uploaded.)

My five-year-old daughter thinks I bought it because it's pink, her favorite color. Guess I'll leave it to her in my will. Haha

I haven't put it through its paces yet, but will soon. I wanted to admire for a bit longer, before possibly discovering problems.

Now to the practical matters. What will clean caked grease off the wheel with the brake? I think that's grease.

And I know I could figure this out myself, but I'd be glad for suggestions on what to use as a rinse tub...or two. what size bucket.

For the moment, we're in an apartment and I don't have a utility sink. Whatever I use will need to be carried a short distance to empty. Can't use the bathtub, because the nearest outlet doesn't work.

And how much water should I be using for a wash, up to what level in the machine?

Oh, also... I have a nice Whirlpool, maybe 15 years old, allows the lid to stay open while the tub fills and agitates, which is very handy. I miss it, but I couldn't install it here, and so it's in storage.

The apartment has a new impeller HE machine, which I loathe! Takes about a year to complete a wash, and makes funny noises. I usually enjoy doing laundry, but not like this. I wonder why the machine is full size and so tall, when it doesn't fill with water all the way, and so could be half the size.

I have wanted to look around for another wringer for a year now, and dealing with this inadequate joke of a washer finally made me do it.

Thanks for any help!

 

[mrsalvo]

Congratulations! It’s beautiful!!! I didn’t know a Maytag made appliances in that color, for wringers. They are good washers and brings back many memories.
As for water, use as much as you want, or need to get the desired results.
Does this have the lint filter agitator?
Could you take an interior shot? I would like to see that.
Congratulations!! Very nice.

Barry

 

[ea56]

Thats a beautiful Maytag model EL wringer, congratulations on your score! I believe for best results you should fill the tub up to the fill line on the agitator. And speaking of the agitator, when you finish using the machine always pull the agitator off the post and store it in its side in the tub. And put a light film of vaseline on the post to keep it lubed and reapply it periodically, otherwise the agitator can get stuck on the post and be very difficult to remove.

You might try spraying some WD-40 on the stuck wheel brake and let it sit for a while to soften the hardened grease, the scrape it off with a flat head screw driver.

Since it sounds like you live in an apartment and can’t use the bathtub for rinsing because there isn’t an electric outlet near enough you could wash and wring out each load, beginning with the whites, then light colors, then darks colors, ect. Hold the wrung out loads in a laundry basket. Now drain the wash water into the kitchen sink (if thats where you’re doing the laundry). Refill the tub with clean rinse water and begin rinsing each load in the same order as they were washed, wring out the load and then rinse the next load. You only need to let the loads agitate for a minute for rinsing and you can reuse the rinse water just like you reused the wash water.

I believe that this is how apartment dwellers used to use a wringer washer when they didn’t have a laundry tub.

Of course you could purchase a galvanized laundry tub without legs, fill it and place it on the counter and wring the washed loads into this, but it would be WAY more difficult than rinsing in the washer itself and a real PITA to empty the laundry tub, it will be heavy as hell when filled with water and you’d be likely to spill it all over the floor.

Last thing, when you have finished washing and pumped out all the water, take your fill hose and quickly rinse the tub with the agitator off the post with the pump on, then with the pump OFF place the end of the drain hose into a bucket on the floor and let ALL the remaining water in the tub and pump gravity drain into the bucket so the machine is stored as dry as possible.

Have fun with your new toy! My first washer was a used Maytag model JL that I bought for $35 used in 1972. I loved doing my laundry in that machine. I found the repetitive work oddly relaxing, kinda Zen like.

Eddie

 

[launderess]

Wring washed laundry into large enough plastic bucket or metal tub.

Put new load into wash....

Take washed laundry to bathroom and fill bath tub with water, rinse wash by hand. You may want to drain water and fill again to rinse a second time.

Put rinsed laundry back into whatever container used to get it to bathroom.

Place container on a stool or something at correct height to reach wringer. Stop washer.

Move wringer into position between container containing rinsed laundry and Maytag wash tub. With lid on Maytag wash tub wring wash onto said lid.

Or, if have a second container or laundry basket (solid container or laundry basket is best because Maytag wringer won't leave things "spun dry", and remaining water will go down to bottom), set things up and wring laundry into other container.

If not too bothered about water savings....

Wash one or two loads in same water wringing things out into a solid container such as bucket or tub.

Empty washer, then fill with fresh clean water to rinse.

Rinse items in washer same way as they were washed (don't crowd tub).

Wring rinsed laundry into second container, then take to dryer, hang on line or whatever way you intend to dry.

Going back to 1940's and certainly 1950's advice to housewives was if possible they should use their semi automatic washer (in this case wringer washer) for rinsing. Rationale was that machine rinsing was more through and of course less back braking than shifting laundry about between one or two rinse tubs.

Like yourself not every housewife back in day had space for a two or even single wash/rinse tubs. Also many didn't want the bother of storing said tub(s) and perhaps stands as well if they weren't supported.