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[qsd-dan]

Something that caught my attention while looking at the placard on the early 806....

 

It's rated at 7 amps, which includes running the console light.

 

The Speed Queen TC5 which has the same capacity rating, using the same EXACT 19 gallon full fill sucks down 9.8 amps....and it isn't even running a console light. The Speed Queen also doesn't get up to speed as fast as the helical Maytags during the spin cycle, burns through belts several times faster than a helical Maytag, uses a center seal the last half the life of the Maytag (if not less), and has a transmission that can't match the Maytags longevity. Servicing is definitely more complex and involved vs the 'Tag. We haven't even began on the severe restrictions and flexibility of the TC5.

 

So much for progress, efficiency, flexibility, and durability on a product that shoddily stole Maytags design, which goes back to the 1950's.

 

Proof that it's impossible to improve on perfection.

 

[good-shepherd]

It has the 8 finned agitator…

Wow, that A806 console looks almost brandy new; Very little wear or yellowing on the push buttons and dial, paint looks good too. Tub and agitator are clean as well.

Definitely a low mileage machine, should clean up nice. Automotive polishing compound and some elbow grease followed by waxing can really make these machines gleam.

(P.S. looks like a pair of nursing scissors on the washer, the type they use to cut your clothes off in the emergency room)

 

[good-shepherd]

It's the 2nd oldest 806 known on this site

My first Maytag was (is) a 1966 A806, have to get the numbers, I think its an early model.

I didn't know much about vintage Maytags other than their reputation for reliability and I was looking for a daily driver.

So jump on Craigslist and there is this A806 in the basement of an old house that someone was moving into or out of. I go check it out and agree to buy it ($90 bucks I think).

Thankfully, they offered to have the movers take it out of the basement. Somehow they got it up two twisting flights of narrow stairs without a scratch, (probably had been in that basement since 1966). Agitator popped right off when I got home.

That was over ten years and many other Maytags ago.

Unfortunately, its all rehabbed but needs to be reassembled and I just don't have the time or motivation right now.

 

[jil1000]

Surprised!

2nd oldest..I am shocked! Neat. I will be looking for the matching dryer. I did not end up getting the HOH that was with her. And yes she seems to be in good condition! The KDS 15 I pulled with her looks like zero wear… she is pretty spotless on the inside. No scratches or gouges. Tub is rust free.

Wondering how to see if she has the inside tub light.. (not my pic, but I see a diagram that says she should have one) is there any easy way to pop off the top part to access the drum where a light would (hopefully) go? And yes her console lights up. It sounds like a turning on an old shop light.. it clicks a little, then flashes and then turns on. Sounds like an old shop fluorescent light turning on.

When referencing the SQ, are you comparing this 806 to the TC5… like a new SQ? I don’t have a TC5 but I do have a front load set from 2020. I had a 2015 set but it started failing and they couldn’t fix it, so I was unfortunately upgraded to the the even more restrictive front loader. Had I known what I know now, I would have kept the 2011 front load set I sold to my sister in law to “upgrade” the the 2015. Haha.

ALSO- the bandage scissors are mine.. I’m a registered nurse [this post was last edited: 8/19/2023-00:50]

 

[lowefficiency]

>> Can someone tell me which model this actually is? Is it the 806… and what year would one say this is?

Oh neat! You have an early 806 from before the Permanent Press cycles were added!

Would you mind taking a couple close up photos for my thread comparing the 806 Non-PP timer dials please? Not many people have those - I'd appreciate it!

"Photo of Early A806 *NON-PP* Timer Dial?"
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?79192

 

[qsd-dan]

Wondering how to see if she has the inside tub light..

 

Oh, it definitely has a tub light Plug the washer in, pull the timer knob out and open the lid. The light will shine at the 3 o'clock position if the light bulb is good and the lid switch is functioning properly.

 

If the bulb isn't working, remove the front panel, remove the 2 screws at the corners of the top panel, and lift the top up (the top is hinged on 1966-2006 Maytag washers).