Well Buttoned Center Dial Maytag And Whirpool Imperial(?)

[stricklybojack]

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$50 gets both...not bad, but sorry o-c-d-ers, not matching either by brand or color.

Eagle-eyed know something viewers please clue me in on the likely models we are looking at, thx.

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/app/5321387399.html

 

[toploader55]

Maytag 806

 

If it has Buttons all across the "Dash"... it's an 806

 

My 806 (which is NOT a Sud's Saver) has a total of 13 Push Switches across the Back Splash.

 

[appnut]

That looks more like a 1-speed Fabric-Matic with the "Automatic" place holder instead of speed or fabric buttons. 

 

[gansky1]

If you de-select the Automatic button, a wringer pops out of the left side.

 

[delaneymeegan]

 

 

um,  I'm still learning the MT models too, "If it has Buttons all across the "Dash"... it's an 806".... but what about a 608?

 

 

 

 

Gansky, whom according to your profile is a Victorian era hold over at a polished age of 149,  my recent 107S model has the "automatic" button.  I tried looking for a cancel button so it would pop out, but no good.  I tried pushing on the Automatic button several times in a row, thinking there was like a double click thing and that would cause it to deselect.  NO.  I even tried taking the screws off the back panel, removing it and with a screw driver, PUSHING the back side of the button to deselect it.  That didn't work either !

 

I've come to two conclusions: 

Either the button is stuck down in the Automatic position, and I need a new one, 

OR

the wringer attachment is broken or someone has removed it.  I'm even considering that it could be a manufacturers defect, but.....  I don't know if Whirlpool will cover this, even with an extended warranty.   

 

In your experience, what is usually the problem here?

 

[tomturbomatic]

There is no chrome strip above the center dial. The chrome strip bridges the gap between the two glass panels. That's a white plastic panel on this model.

 

[pulltostart]

The "Automatic" button is simply an infill for the hole in the control panel.  It is not a switch, it does not move (neither in nor out), it does nothing.  Your machine is a 1-speed model and that was Maytag's way of using their standard control panel while not really needing that third opening.

 

lawrence