From: acjpr17@cox.net (Stephen Walters)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Maytag manuals for old gas ranges
Date: 8 Jan 2004 18:57:28 -0800

"Dan O."  wrote in message news:<4ZZKb.51348$mH2.31569@read1.cgocable.net>...
> >Stephen Walters wrote in message ...
> >
> >My wife has an old Maytag Dutch Oven gas range
> >probably manufactured in the 1940s or 1950s.  It
> >works beautifully but now has a few problems.
> >Contrary to advice I've been given, I absolutely
> >am not going to junk it.  We've had it for 33
> >years and it deserves some respect.
> >
> >I am looking for a maintenance or repair manual,
> >schematic, or something else that could give me
> >some help in working on it.  I wish I could give a
> >model number, but the information plate that it
> >was on has long since disappeared.
> >
> >I have contacted Maytag, but the company just
> >wants to sell me a new range instead of helping
> >me out.
> 
> I don't think Maytag ever made their own cooking appliances until they
> purchased Magic Chef, Hardwick, etc. in the 70' or 80's  and used
> their cooking appliance plants so it may have been made by another
> company and just rebranded with the Maytag name. I don't know whom the
> original manufacturer might have been (maybe Chambers?) but some of
> the people which can be found using the following link may be able to
> assist.
> 
> http://ng.appliance411.com/links/Restoration/
> 
> BTW. You can often find manuals for Chamber's ranges and ovens at the
> following link:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/2rr2m
> 
> JFYI
> 
> Dan O.
> -
> Appliance411.com
> http://ng.Appliance411.com/?ref411=Maytag+stove
> 
> =Ð~~~~~~

Thank you so much my kind friends.  I was unaware of Maytag's
manufacturing history.  I will investigate obtaining Chambers manuals.