cphifer5115
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I have the Maytag A106 washer that is in today's picture and have a DE106 dryer that looks a lot like the DE306 that's in the picture.
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mrb627
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Beauties
They are nice machines. I have an A207 in my garage. Wish I had plumbing connections out there so it could be plumbed and ready for action anytime I wanted it. I am overdue for connecting a garden hose and giving it a run through.
Malcolm
They are nice machines. I have an A207 in my garage. Wish I had plumbing connections out there so it could be plumbed and ready for action anytime I wanted it. I am overdue for connecting a garden hose and giving it a run through.
Malcolm
cphifer5115
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thanks guys, I know what you mean, my maytag set is my garage as well and wishing the same thing. i am currently using a belt drive kenmore set in the laundry room. And have done that too hooked up the garden hose to the maytag in the garage just to do a load.
Do you have the original machine with the black bakelite agitator and 54 stroke transmission just like the POD? I've never seen one of those, they were only made for a very short time before they changed to the 63 S.P.M. transmission and blue Power-Fins in the whole line.
One of the families I babysat for when I was 13 had her grandmother's large capacity set with matte panel trim and the original Power-Fin that had the clear-white plastic mesh filter material. That was always a mess. Their HOH dryer got to be extremely slow and she couldn't figure out why. Of course, the many-layered lint-pie that came out of the filter at the back of the drum was pretty cool to see. "Well, that explains the slow drying then!"
One of the families I babysat for when I was 13 had her grandmother's large capacity set with matte panel trim and the original Power-Fin that had the clear-white plastic mesh filter material. That was always a mess. Their HOH dryer got to be extremely slow and she couldn't figure out why. Of course, the many-layered lint-pie that came out of the filter at the back of the drum was pretty cool to see. "Well, that explains the slow drying then!"
Then there are the people who think that blanket of lint is part of the filter and try to buy a new one after someone cleans the dryer filter.
cphifer5115
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no mine has the torquise power fin agitator.
HOH DRYER LINT
I actually had a customer in the mid 1970s walk into our MT home appliance store and she opened a plastic bag and pulled out a nice round piece of lint from her HOH dryer. She handed it to me and said she needed a new one because it was all frayed around the edges, I took it from her and dropped it in the trash can next to the desk and explained that was the lint from her clothes and it was to be thrown away each time she used the dryer. Stupidly is not a recent invention.
I actually had a customer in the mid 1970s walk into our MT home appliance store and she opened a plastic bag and pulled out a nice round piece of lint from her HOH dryer. She handed it to me and said she needed a new one because it was all frayed around the edges, I took it from her and dropped it in the trash can next to the desk and explained that was the lint from her clothes and it was to be thrown away each time she used the dryer. Stupidly is not a recent invention.
macboy91si
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Dryer Cakes...mmmmmm
Yea both of the portable dryers (LK and DE50) that I originally obtained were sold as defective with the washer for this reason. The DE50 was so bad that little to no air would come out of the blower hole in the back. The dryer would singe things near the front of the drum. Had I dove into the dryer like I should have when I got it, it would have been caught, but I was admittedly lazy and didn't want to open it up. I did however think that it was a filter cloth of some sort, it was that dense. My Haier dryer had a felt-like filter for smaller particulate matter in the case of indoor venting, the Maytag... not so much. After removing the back panel I realized how bad it was. The ironic thing is, it's one of the best drying portables I've seen. Small capacity but even, quick heating.
The LK was the same way but wet lint stayed glued to the metal screen so long it rotted it out. The duct going out of the dryer was also pretty impacted with hard lint. Another instance where it turned out to be a good dryer. It's slower than the Maytag, but holds considerably more and is so quiet.
LOL at John and the customer...
-Tim
Yea both of the portable dryers (LK and DE50) that I originally obtained were sold as defective with the washer for this reason. The DE50 was so bad that little to no air would come out of the blower hole in the back. The dryer would singe things near the front of the drum. Had I dove into the dryer like I should have when I got it, it would have been caught, but I was admittedly lazy and didn't want to open it up. I did however think that it was a filter cloth of some sort, it was that dense. My Haier dryer had a felt-like filter for smaller particulate matter in the case of indoor venting, the Maytag... not so much. After removing the back panel I realized how bad it was. The ironic thing is, it's one of the best drying portables I've seen. Small capacity but even, quick heating.
The LK was the same way but wet lint stayed glued to the metal screen so long it rotted it out. The duct going out of the dryer was also pretty impacted with hard lint. Another instance where it turned out to be a good dryer. It's slower than the Maytag, but holds considerably more and is so quiet.
LOL at John and the customer...
-Tim
