WAKE THE DEAD: TOL Maytag washer and dryer - $50 (Cedar Rapids)

beekeyknee · Apr 25, 2014

All covered back up until I can decide what to do. OK Drew, you can take it from here. I'm done, except for a few pictures I took on my trip. I'll start another thread about these machines later.

I almost forgot. Trip meter reads 4143 miles. Round that down for the driving around I did between the time I picked up Drew's machines and the time I got home. I'm going to make a guess and knock off 143 and make it an even 4000 miles. I think that's pretty close.[this post was last edited: 4/25/2014-23:34]

hippiedoll · Apr 25, 2014

WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!

what a beautiful set of HA806's you got there brian!!!

i could be wrong but, to me, they look like they are in very good condition and ready to be used!!!

so glad that you made it home safely and had a good time with your parents, sister & brother-in-law.

i'll be looking for your update thread on your new HA806 set...

thanks for posting the pictures brian!!!

;o)

Ultramatic · Apr 25, 2014

Happy you're back home Brian. And that is a very nice looking set! Looking forward to seeing pic's and vids of them in action.

Question though; How to you restore the erased lettering on the buttons?

beekeyknee · Apr 25, 2014

Christina,

They do look pretty nice, but to run them on a regular basis they will need some TLC.

Louie,

I mentioned somewhere (don't remember exactly) that I'm going to try my hand at repainting some of these old buttons. I'll go to an artist supply store and match the paint and get a fine tipped artist brush. I have this contraption that has a suction cup base, alligator clip arms and a magnifying glass. I'll put the button in the device and give it a go. But I don't have to do this right away to fix this machine. I have extra switches with good buttons already. I just want to see if I can do it.

B.

fisherpaykel · Apr 26, 2014

Harvest Gold Maytags

Brian, even if white is your first choice I am sure those flourescent lit dash boards will cast a nice glow on your machine tops and wow a high mount dryer exhaust vent-how convenient and ergonomic. Re the control buttons-aren't they embossed with the lettering, maybe just rubbing paint into the recesses will restore them?

combo52 · Apr 26, 2014

HA806s

Congratulations on a very successful trip Brain and the harvest gold 806s look great, I always love to have a particular appliance in the most popular color of the time period they were made, and if you are talking 1972 appliances HG was the new cool color [ white does not count ].

The motor in your new 806 is actually a GE motor, it was the first thing I noticed when you posted the picture with the front off, the WH motors were a gold lacquered color and were crappy motors [ Using WH motors was one of the biggest mistakes Maytag made during the 1970s in building washers and dryers ] Otherwise the 1970s were the best period for Maytag Automatic Washers in terms of reliability.

Brain now that you are a seasoned appliance transporter you should make a trip to Washington DC, we are only 1100 miles away, hope to talk to you soon, John.

beekeyknee · Apr 26, 2014

Hi John,

Didn't realize it was a GE motor. It looks like the same motor that's in the Westinghouse Laundry Equipment Electric Motor Service Manual that I downloaded off of Ephemera. The motors in Drew's machines look the same. Anyway, it looked different than the square Emerson motors that I'm used to seeing. Thanks.

Walter,

The letters on Maytag buttons are painted on the surface. I guess that's why they wore off easily.

B.