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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
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Posted: Tue Aug  7 12:05:20 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 9-Aug-84 03:18:05 EDT
Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR
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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
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