Submit to the 906

[mickeyd]

Dave, I can't tell. Isn't it just the door?

 

Chris, Westy is shorthand for Westinghouse.

 

Edit: I see it now, Dave.... a huge wheel reflected in the control panel. Hey!....Maybe Cory's got a jet, too! LOL

 

[westingman123]

Chuckling

I hope I'm not the only one that chuckles each time he reads the thread title. Submit, indeed!

Chris, that's a Bendix in Greg's picture--quite the looker! Gotta love those doors that look like steering wheels.

I'm verklempt! That turquoise Maytag is breathtaking. It's even prettier against the snowy backdrop. Is that a new acquisition?

 

[mickeyd]

How hice to see you Keith, and thanks

In my excitement, I misread Chris's question.

 

Yes, the chuckle, but the 906 we now know will submit in kind! What a relationship. But there are boundaries:

 

Doing the brunch chores, have been pre-occupied with getting the 906 to submit to a partial fill Delicate. Once you get a partial fill through button 5 or 7, and you press Delicate, won't the 906 then continue to fill, or will the level switch be satisfied and let you roll, the little brain in the machine not noticing the trick you've slipped in? For you, Keith LOL.

 

Can anyone see the solution here. I can't

 

[DADoES]

 
Being that the partial-fill and full-fill pressure switches are physically separate, I'm assuming it would fill rest of the way if switched from a partial-fill cycle to Delicate.

 

[gansky1]

Yes, I meant to write 160, which both of mine are - one white and one yellow.

Had 900's on the mind...

 

[westingman123]

Mike, I DO love a puzzle

Now, sir, I shall ponder that while I'm at work tonight. For all the elegance of those controls, methinks I'd have to stick to the dial. Terribly practical, I know.

 

[mickeyd]

Hi Keith,

Everybody here has talent that I envy in a healthy way. I don't have the skill or enough years left to master the genius work we have seen achieved here by the most gifted. I stand in awe of it.

 

But what I can do is trick machines into doing things other people say can't be done. If for no other reason, I would love a King Tag for the sheer challenge, just to see what I could make it do, then let everyone know, and hear them say, "Holy Cow, Mike." It would be more fun than going on the "Ellen Show!"

 

[cadman]

For the button pushers.....

Sounds like I need to get working on my Super-Tag!

David, what you see in the reflection of my pic is the spare tire of a trailer we were pulling...the little dots on the Maytag glass make it look riveted : )

 

[d-jones]

DOH!

It was the pattern of round holes in the rim that had me fooled. Gulfstream business jet main wheels have a similar look, and at the end of the work day, the mechanics are often found working on personal projects in and around the hangars, after all that's where all their tools are. ;-)

 

[fnelson487]

Yes Indeed

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.

 

[fnelson487]

BTW Greg

What's with that God-awful floor in your basement?

 

[gansky1]

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!

 

[jetcone]

LOl

Fred I am glad you said it. But I was thinking it OY! Parchese flooring!

 

[danemodsandy]

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:

 

[fnelson487]

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.

 

[fnelson487]

And The First

Brochure picture

 

[fnelson487]

Next Up

The Washer

 

[fnelson487]

And

The dryer - mine is electric and I had to rewire the laundry room to accomodate it.

 

[fnelson487]

And A Shot

Of the washer hooked up and running.  Chrome and lights, even inside the machine.  This machine was lightly used and well taken care of.

 

[gansky1]

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.

 

[mickeyd]

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.

 

[lebron]

Reply# 48

Is an absolutely beautiful shot and one of the reasons I enjoy browsing this site.

 

[applianceguy47]

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.