Wringer won’t turn on

[angelina]

Hmm, I do know of a little antique/shop place that opens up in the summer that I’ve always seen a lot of antique appliances, sinks, furniture etc. at. And I think I might get to know the owner very well this summer, along with buying a vehicle big enough to act a fit something into the back of it.

I’m definitely starting to think that it’s not hardened grease, and probably that someone dropped the wringer head at some point and knocked something out of place but I don’t think I will be taking the wringer head apart anytime soon to find out. I do want to thank everyone that has commented on this thread for all of your help, I know at least a little more about a wringer washer than I ever thought I would

 

[tinkr]

Wish we could have helped

figure it out. If you have the space and find another washer that works wash in one rinse in the other.
That's the efficient way.

 

[stan]

Just a hunch are you sure that

your getting the wringer back into the post correctly? Like Geoff said!
That can be trick to get back in once it's been lifted off and out.
It will kind of drop down with a clunk when it's in the right place.

 

[stan]

Something

Is not fitting together right.
With the wringer in right, there should be hardly any gap where it's joined to the post.
If you can show a pic with it in place, we may be able to tell if it's on correctly

 

[stan]

Also

With the pump...when machine is on, and you engage the pump, do you hear any noise...cuz you should.

 

[stan]

Try BarKeepers Freind

For the Rust!

 

[ea56]

Re: Reply #23

Stan, this is what I was thinking too, but I wasn't quite sure how to explain it. I’m glad you chimed in to help Angelina. I can’t imagine how a wringer that looks like it has hardly been used wouldn’t work, unless it was somehow not properly in place. I hope that this will do the trick for her.
These Maytag wringers are just about indestructible.

Eddie

 

[ea56]

Angelina,

I’ve given this some thought, in fact I woke up thinking about it. Though I’ve never removed a wringer from the body of a washer, I’ve certainly used aand owned a Maytag wringer washer in the past, and I’m familar with how they work in principle.

Since you now have a owners manual, if it gives you the instructions on how to remove the wringer assembly from the body of the washer try removing it. Now plug the machine in and look down the hole where the wringer fits into the machine. I would imagine that there must be a shaft with gear teeth that the wringer head fits into. Look and see if this shaft is turning when the power is on. If it is, then like Stan said, the wringer head was probably not seated properly into this hole so that the gears from the turning shaft can properly engage with the drive gear for the wringer head.

Read the instructions carefully to see if there is an explanation on how to properly reseat the wringer head assembly so that the gears mesh between the drive shaft and the wringer head drive gear. I hope this all makes sense. I can visualize it in my minds eye. This may be the solution for your wringer not turning. I hope that this helps you. If this was my machine, this is what I would try doing in my own tenacious, Rube Goldberg, DYI sort of way,

These are really wonderful machines, and really pretty simple. I can’t imagine that if it has been barely used that anything major could be wrong with the wringer. It may have just been somehow disengaged with the drive shaft gear.

Good luck, and I hope you can get it up and running. You will love using it.

Eddie

 

[mickeyd]

Work the hose!

With the lever in the "ON" position, lift the hose upward off of the holder, and it should engage. If not, lower and raise the hose, tugging lightly, and hopefully the wheel will engage the drive and "Whirrrrrumble-rumble-rrrrrrr" you'll be pumping. Hope that's all she needs.

 

[angelina]

Well it fixed itself

So I turned the machine on today thinking that maybe I had to to set the tension on the rollers to get them to move and I wasn’t sure if I tried that or not yet and apparently there is a magic spot that the handle needs to be at between two different spots where it “clicks” for lack of a better term. Now I’m annoyed that it has taken me this long to find that spot

 

[angelina]

On a side note, I’m not entirely sure if it is supposed to have the pump on it or not, the handle is there but when I turn it to on the sound of the motor doesn’t change at all and the model # doesn’t have “p” on the end of it and I thought it was supposed to have a p on it for models with the pump

 

[ea56]

Glad you were able to get the wringer working! If there is a lever for the pump swtich, then it either has a pump, or had one at one time. I’ve seen these machines on ebay that have pumps without a “p” in the model number. Try what MickeyD suggested in his post, tugging and raising and lowering the hose, with water in the tub. This will get the pump primed and it may very well start to work. It's possible that since its not been in use for a long time that the pump may take some time to unseize. If the pump doesn’t work, you can still drain by gravity, either into a bucket, will take an lot of trips to empty, or if you have a back porch, just place the hose down so it will drain onto the ground outside.
Eddie

 

[dermacie]

I am so glad it worked the pics you have really show a clean machine. I have the square J2L non pump model in my laundry room. I always wanted a pump model, but my laundry room has a floor drain so it really doesn't matter.

 

[tinkr]

Yippie. So glad for you

So happy it's working.
You will be surprised how quickly laundry can be done.
For rinsing I have a large rubbermaid tub with a drain tap on the bottom. And a plunger,( home made from a NEW plunger) See utube. Laundry plunger.
Wring into the tub and plunge thru the water then wring onto the lid of the washer. Easy peezy.
Warm water and 1/2 cup white vinager. Vinager cuts all soap in the material and is a softner also.
Also for lint or dog hair, on amazon or ebay you can get a floating lint catcher.
Works great.

Let us know what you think of the process.

 

[stan]

You

might want to take a look under, and see if there is a pump!
With the machine un plugged, look underneath and operate the pump lever. See if it's moving the rod that moves the pump wheel.
If there is a pump.. I think there is a adjustment nut that will bring it in closer to the wheel so that it will catch when engaged.