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I have my own personal Maytag Repairman.  Dan's family has been in business in the far Western suburbs of Chicago for many years.  They sold Maytags and furniture in what was then a small town appliance and furniture store.  It's still there and Dan, the son, does the repairs.  I coveted Greg's 906s from the first time I saw them and vowed to get them and put them into my laundry room, moving out a set of Neptunes, which are now in the basement. 

 

Terry was here one weekend and happily doing laundry in the 906s when the water valve gave out and flooded the laundry room and part of the basement below.  I called Leonardi's and Dan showed up on my doorstep.  I almost fainted when I saw him waving at me and smiling through the side door.  When he came in and saw the machines, all he could say was "Wow!"  He actually had an original 3-solenoid valve in stock and replaced it.  Later he replaced the motor in the dryer.  These things are in regular use.  Amazing after all these years.  Dan calls it a labor of love.  It's a good feeling to know that I can keep these things running well with someone who knows how to do it.  I had a young repairman over to fix a door switch on the Neptune washer and he walked in the back door and said "I can't work on those!"  I said "You are not laying a finger on them, down to the basement!"

 

Thanks Greg, I love these machines. And yes, my 906 washer has the rapid-advance button on the underside of the back of the control panel.  You have to go hunting for it, but it is there.

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horrible floor

The floor was what we moved in to back in 1998. Until I gave myself permission to bring home and keep some of my vintage favorites, I didn't spend much time down there. I scraped that floor up with a 4" razor blade, inch by inch until it was gone. I'm not sure the painted floor is much better, but it's not brown vinyl!
 
Fred!

You leave Greg alone, LOL!

There are worse floors out there - and I should know, because I'm living with one in my kitchen. It's sort of cream and Harvest Gold, and even when it was "In," it was fugly.

You can see a glimpse of it here in this shot of the cat, Tony, who owns the house I am a guest in:

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Here Are Some Fun Pictures

Of the 906 brochures.  BTW Greg - I love what you did to the basement.  Thank God you got rid of that floor.  Greg knows how to stage vintage washers.  This is a shot of the 906s in Greg's basement after the makeover.

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We actually had that floor in a bathroom once. I'm not sure who thought that was a good idea, but undaunted, my mother pulled out the Sears catalog. We had dark brown rugs & lid cover, trash can, kleenex box, cups, shower curtain (with decorative dangling balls) - it was so very late 70's. When we looked at the house before buying it, I was horrified to see that floor again.
 
What a pretty thread ! ~ Thank you, Gentlemen!

Can't wait till Saturday when Dan comes home and we go LIVE with a movie.

I love that the Bright Colors cycle is such a fancy upscale name for the more common Cold Water Wash ;'D

And Bob would love that it's a full 10 minutes rather than the usual lightweight 6.
 
taffy

This thread is AWESOME !

Like eating a bag or delicious taffy in all different flavors.
lite blue = blue berry
pink = strawberry
yellow = bannana

906s were just fun.
 

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