The last helical drive generation finds a new home

[MaytagA710]

I constantly look at Kijiji here in Nova Scotia, especially for Maytags. Seldom does something nice come up, mostly Amanatags/Performas... So one day this set popped up on Kijiji, and I inquired. The seller said someone was supposed to come by and pick it up. Drat, I thought I had lost it. Later that week the seller emailed me and told me they were still available. So just this last Sunday I drove up to the Annapolis Valley and retrieved my new set. Here they are all cleaned up.

 

 

 

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Here is the dryer as it came in. Very dirty and dusty. I first tackled the washer.

 

 

 

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Since I bought these from the Valley, they run off of well water. High in iron content, the tub was stained. Here is the washer without the front of it.

 

 

 

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Money shot. The filter and tub are DIRTY.

 

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Here is the shot of the control panel. Dusty and a little dirty.

 

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I took off both access ports just to see. There was some cob webs on the inside of the machine. It is nicely well kept. I really started to admire how well built these machines were, and how they were designed with the mechanic in mind. SO EASY to access everything!

 

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Top cover tilted back. You can see the damage from hardened and iron heavy water. At this point I really thought it was almost impossible to recover the tub, as I took the tub cover off and tried to wash it with CLR, it led to no luck. HOWEVER. I used SOS pads, which are similar to Brillo pads with OxyClean. It did QUITE a number on the tub, and did not wear away any of the porcelain. =

 

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Cleaning out the control panel. I am going to order a new water injector kit for it soon, I want the water to be able to flow free into the machine, and I dont want any hard water deposits on my clothes.

 

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Now it is time to clean the dryer! Again, this machine is so well put together, and everything is so easily accessible. No wonder why Maytags were expensive, those engineers had to be paid high salaries if they are going to come up with something so easy.

 

 

 

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She is a little dusty on the inside, but the Filter Queen 700 will sure make light work of that! I ended up completely filling its bucket with lint LOL.

 

[DirectDriveDave]

Beautiful!

Those look like they are TOL?

 

[MaytagA710]

Is this anything to be concerned about? Some of the insulation has peeled away/disintegrated leaving an exposed wire. Looks like some left behind ozone/plasma traces are on the wire. What is the best way to fix it?

 

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With the drum removed, I can better clean out the dryer. I also removed the exhaust pipe and opened the blower assembly found ten cents in it! Yes! Its already starting to pay for itself.

 

 

 

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And here is the final product/result. About 1 solid days worth of cleaning.

 

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Now I am just showing off LOL. This is my "Maytag Ad" photo. This set is in that book! I was so happy to find a older Maytag washer. But even more happy to find a set. They are a LA712 and LDE712. Almond colour, yes, I know. I didn't think I would like it too much, but it has started to grow on me completely. I will try and get a video later this week.

 

Does anyone else think this is turning into Maytag Month?

 

[DirectDriveDave]

Excuse my earlier post while you were still posting those pics. lol

But as for that wire, my best advice would be to have it replaced. (I'm not too experienced with electrical work)

 

[MaytagA710]

No problem for a mid post lol. These were TOL machines for the Maytag lineup at the time.

 

[DirectDriveDave]

Excellent, it's so great to see these vintage machines worked on like this.

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Very nice set. The jumper wire between the high limit and the element terminal post usually gets to looking like that due to the nut being loose. The poor connection causes the wire to heat up and burn. Just Re-end the wire OR Maytag actually sells the jumper wire (p/n Y304693).

RCD