Scavanger Hunt - Proves Successful!

[mayken4now]

Hey Folks: this is one of my dream machines! 1975 Maytoag A806 lighted control panels, brought it home today! Now on the search for the matching dryer. Stevie Loves Matching Sets!

Let me know if any of you have any experience with these. It does need some work, but guess what for free it works and works well!!

Steve

 

[christfr]

how cool

how cool. love those tags too. and they are real easy to work on. just tore down and redid a 61. youll find its an easy machine to work on and she will give you many years of fun service

 

[mayken4now]

It washes great

But have to defeat the lid switch. That will be the first thing on the list.

Notice the lint filter, why in the world are there some many clueless or nasty folks in existance? I've done so many of these machines, and all the lint/fabric softner dispenser's are so gros

Steve

 

[westytoploader]

Cool find Steve!! With all of these cool machines popping up, I'm thinking June should be designated Maytag month! In the second picture I see suds, which is a good thing. It appears that the cats are staying clear though...LOL.

That lint filter is generally a PITA to clean when the holes are clogged, IMHO. I've found that rinsing under the faucet and rubbing it will get rid of most of the buildup; what's left will leave after a run in the dishwasher. After that, I just give it a good "thunk" against the trashcan to get rid of the "blobs" collected during washing. I know you've probably had to clean these before...just throwing in my $0.02.

--Austin

 

[toggleswitch]

bypassing the lid swtch

IIRC the lid switch may be defeated with a sliver of wood. Properly placed under the hood, it keeps the plunger in the "in" position. No need to even cut wires and splice.

 

[DADoES]

That filter looks about like my sister's Maytag. The machine came with the house they bought more than 12 years ago. She had never used a Maytag before, didn't know it had a filter that needs manual cleaning. I ran across the situation about a year ago, when I investigated a leak (on the water fill injector). Soaked it in Lime-a-way, scrubbed it, poked as many of the perfs clear as I could in the time I had available.

 

[westytoploader]

Although since this Maytag lid switch is made up of only 2 wires (not so on my '03...OY), connecting them would be simple as well.

Actually, many of my other-brand machines use a 2-wire lid switch. I guess that changed when some manufacturers suspected people getting "smart" and defeating them...now really, what's wrong with watching the wash or spin?

 

[gansky1]

Beautiful 'Tag

Love the lights! The nice thing about restoring a Maytag is that the zinc coated cabinets don't rust nearly as bad as other brands. I'm sure you'll find the matching dryer fairly easily, I still see these fairly often.

 

[geoffdelp]

Steve ... that's a beauty of a machine!! Does it have a suds saver?

Those lint filters were easy to keep clean if the person did it after every single load. In mine, I would wash the whole thing every once in a while to get rid of the fabric softener build-up.

My neighbor lady has a Maytag like this that she and her husband bought when they "moved into town" about 30+ years ago. She told me that she cleans the lint filter out "every once in a while ... when it gets really bad". I almost fainted and told her to clean it after every single load. She just sort of looked at me ... hmmm ...

Chris ... love your Maytag, too!!

 

[westytoploader]

Filter-agitator

I agree Geoff, cleaning it out every load is crucial to its efficiency. With the Orbital transmission on my machine, the filter actually works quite well and traps a considerable amount of lint.

I always clean the filter after each load, although a certain person I know cleans it out every week at the most...;-)

 

[mayken4now]

On my other Maytag's

I clean it after every wash. In fact, when the rinse water is flowing, I rinse the fabric softner into the rinse water to make sure there are not leftovers in the the spin trap of the filter.

Then when the load is completed, I take the whole thing out and clean it in the laundry sink!

Steve

PS the last one I did, the bumbbling idiot would feed the detergent through the lint filter. I should have taken pics of that, OMG

Steve

 

[toggleswitch]

say what?

Quote: scrubbed it, poked as many of the perfs clear as I could in the time I had available.

LOL..sounds like my kinda weekend!

 

[toggleswitch]

nasty lint filter

Quote: I always clean the filter after each load, although a certain person I know cleans it out every week at the most...;-)


Austin, caution there tiger.....only she knows the antidote to what goes in your food!!! LOL LOL

and totally off-topic, more for Austin:

Spanish language/culture--

Married: Casado/Casada = casa is house=> could it mean locked-away in the house?

Handcuffs: esposas (spouses) interesting huh?

 

[westytoploader]

Interesting findings...since "casado" comes from casarse ("to marry"), there must be a hidden meaning somewhere in the verb...

Handcuffs are linked together, I guess, which explains their name, or the name could have been derived from the users...LOL

Oh well, back to the 'Tag!

 

[toggleswitch]

the joys of a pure mind..

Linked together .... so obvious!

I saw it as restriction in activity/movement!

 

[SactoTeddyBear]

Re: Great/Lucky Find:

Hey! Steve, what a bunch of luck you and others have had lately, especially with the Maytags...

I agree, that June should be named Maytag Collection/Vintage Washer & Dryer finding Month and maybe make it a "National Holiday" just for us to be able to Celebrate, along with others out there that could admit about their Collecting Vintage Appliances.

That is the Model some Family Friends had, with the Matched Dryer, in the Copper-Tone Color. They were sold with the house last year, after the Parent's Passing. The Daughter {V-G} Friend of mine told me about wanting to get them out of the house, after it was way too late, for me to help her get them. Her Brother wouldn't lift a Finger to help her and she didn't think about asking me to help. I told her if I had to buy them and just give them to her, I would have had them out of the house so fast, her Brother's Head would still be spinning, wondering what happened...{LOL}

Have fun with the Washer and Good Luck at locating the Matched Dryer sometime as well. Maybe you can locate one at a 2nd Hand Shop someplace!!!

Peace, Happy Maytag Washing and Great Friends, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...

 

[retromom]

June really is Maytag Month!

Steve:

Your serendipity is kicking in! Great find! I am pleasantly surprised that there are still vintage washers in Florida! Like Texas, no basements, a lot of homes have carports and no garages, high humidity, salt air, etc.

What was the last year that Maytag made these particular style lighted consoles? Do they use a flourescent bulb or a typical incandescent appliance bulb?

Since all I ever run into is dryers without partners, I know that you will find a mate for this cutie!

Congrats!

Venus

 

[gyrafoam]

Oh yeah, you have found a GREAT machine----the best of all the modern features with all the old Maytag engineering.

"Steve 1-18" is the one to talk to about defeating that lid switch! He did the work on mine and he has a little trick he does with that switch! Since the 806's have a tub light that comes on whenever you open the lid there is more to defeating it than in machines without the light. "Steve 1-18" fixed mine so when you open the lid the action continues WITH THE LIGHT ON!

After I am through with my wash, if I want to leave the lid open, to dry out the machine, all I have to do is push in the timer knob and the tub light goes out.

Hope you enjoy that machine!

-Steve

 

[toggleswitch]

so many buttons.

Ok I'm guessing get that there are 4 temperatures and 4 water levels. What does the group of 5 buttons do? Speeds?

Thanks.