Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site azure.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!teklds!azure!billp From: billp@azure.UUCP (Bill Pfeifer) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Washers and Dryers Message-ID: <39@azure.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 12:05:20 EDT Article-I.D.: azure.39 Posted: Tue Aug 7 12:05:20 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 03:18:05 EDT Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 19 ------------ My favorite brand is Maytag. I've worked occasionally on friends' and neighbors' washers. Most of them have to be pulled away from the wall, then you have to crawl behind them and remove 5,634,789 screws to get off the back cover. To work on any electrical problems, you usually have to literally crawl into the washer. If it's a Maytag, however, you remove two screws from the front cover, allowing you to remove the cover without pulling the whole washer away from the wall. The whole top then can be flipped up, allowing easy access to the wiring. The water pump is also right up front, with a transparent top, so you can see if anything got sucked in without having to take it apart. The hose clamps are the kind that can be tightened and loosened with a screwdriver, instead special pliers, etc., etc. As a result of all this attention to details, Maytags need far fewer repairs than other brands. They may cost a little more, but you save more than the difference in the long run. Bill Pfeifer {ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4,allegra,uw-beaver,hplabs} !tektronix!tekmdp!billp