Any of you collect maytag gas engines?

JOCCO · Jul 6, 2016

Those multi motors 72, 82, 92, fruit jar, stove leg etc.

PaGlenn · Jul 6, 2016

Got rid of my last five last year. Still have the wrench, mixing can,small measure cup and oil can.

Leroy · Jul 6, 2016

Don't care if any of the Maytag washers have a motor or not but I buy all I can find of the white square or round tub machines I can find for my Amish friends. They repower them with 2 horse Honda engines. All the parts are still avaible for them and the only washer that is belt drive.

Patsdeere · Jul 6, 2016

Any interest in selling those items? email open.

bcdave · Jul 6, 2016

I have a collection of them including a couple of washing machines but I would love to find a fruit jar if anyone has one for sale. The washing machine is a hit at shows.
Dave

Dean · Jul 6, 2016

Though not from a Maytag. I have a 1 1/2(?) HP Briggs & Stratton engine from a washing machine that is free for the asking if someone wants to stop by and pick it up.

The fuel tank has pin holes in it and I removed and subsequently lost the kick start mechanism decades ago.

Dean

Jaden · Jul 6, 2016

I have a Model 92. I was just thinking of seeing if it would still run. I found some good resources on-line.

JOCCO · Jul 6, 2016

WOW they don't use a hand crank old wooden type????

Geo-TH,In · Jul 6, 2016

When I was a kid, I had a go-cart powered by a kick start hit and miss Maytag engine. Had a lever to tighten belt tensioner. Had to start off slow, but it worked. No idea what happened to it. Don't collect them either.

pete 23 · Jul 6, 2016

My mother's old maytag washer was converted to electric motor. The washer sold for $1 at auction.

Old Scovy · Jul 6, 2016

I have to tell you about a fruit jar Maytag. An old man that lived near my home town knew that I fooled around with old gas engines. He bought a new car and came to my house and he had a box on the back seat . In it was an old Maytag that I thought was junk. The only reason that I took it was to be nice. This engine had parts missing and someone had shot a gun at it and put a hole threw the aluminum fly wheel. I didn't know what a fruit jar was. Any way I threw it on a load of stuff going to Beilers Auction in Leola Pa. Now I would have gave this Junker to any one that wanted it. Any way it got a tag put on it and was put in the sale. It fetched 1900 dollars. I thought the auctioneer was just playing games with me. Then I found out what I had. I don't know where it ended up but I was happy to get all that much money out of a thing that I would have given away. Jack

RusselAZ · Jul 6, 2016

I have a single cylinder and a twin cylinder that ran 50 years ago. They probably still would. The single was off my mothers washing machine after they got electricity in 1946. Over the years the exhaust pipe has been lost. It was about 12 foot long flexible pipe with the flange end to bolt to the single cylinder. Somewhere I have the little straining funnel and a mixing can. Also have a gallon can of Maytag oil with about 3 quarts in it and a new unopened can I got when the maytag dealer in Norton Kansas close up. I seem to keep lots of "stuff".

A couple years ago I was at a yard sale which had an old square short tank maytag that was in pretty good shape. They sold it just before I got there for $35.00. I would have given them $100 easy. Even the wringer was good.

Leroy · Jul 6, 2016

Last fall I paid $250 for a later model square tub with the electric motor. That is what I paid for it and got more from the dealer I buy things for, would still have gotten more if it had not got dammaged in the wreck that totalled my truck as I was bringing it home. This past winter paid $50 each for both a earlier model, loose lid white square tub and a round tub machines. Think I made 50-75$ on each one.

bcdave · Jul 6, 2016

WOW. I've never seen one and didn't realize they were that valuable. Maybe I don't need one.
Dave

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