These films on the Maytag 92 are a "must view" for anyone fixing one of these motors. Unlike many videos, with immaculate workshops loaded with Chinese tools, battery operated drills and impact tools, and a smirky delivery, shopdogsam has the right approach, doing much by feel instead of numbers. Sam's comments about the one man having a Maytag timing gauge are especially appropriate. Thanks, Sam, for saving me much grief, 'cause I watched your series before tearing down my 92 to repair!
It's been a pleasure to watch you. As a retired mechanic, I appreciate the craftsmanship in your ability using the sense of feel when assembling, and not using the dial indicators and torque wrenches. I rarely use dial indicators and only use torque wrenches when absolutely necessary, and I have never lost a head gasket on anything fron small 2 stroke Tanaka gas drills up to big block and diesel engines. WELL DONE. I could sleep to that wonderful sound!
I drove a go kart my brother & his friend built with one of these in the 1950s. I was 7 or 8 & Ma clocked me at 25 MPH with the 1949 Ford, cruising down the main drag. No brakes, no clutch, just 2 pulleys, a V belt & a kill switch.
Really astonishing - I never know about petrol driven washing machines! And you were really clever to find&match the right parts from that pile of motor scratch... not mention to make them run:-) My standing ovation !
had the whole washing machine up in the mountain cabin, wringer washer. the late 1970s; don't know what my dad did with it, but it was a 25 mile run down almost 10,000 ft off the mountain on a dirt 1 lane road so we (& mom) appreciated the wringer washer. I beleive I may be 1 of the last people in the U.S. (I'm 59; kids don't know) who knows how to wash clothes with a wringer washer from 1st hand experience. inside a shed, pipe for exhaust out the wall; kept door open too when washing clothes.
It came out beautiful Sir! Love it and it runs as as nice as she looks! Keep up the amazing work, it's no junkyard piece anymore, much more like a solid museum piece now.
Thanks for the video , It fills a gap in my life to get to see & hear one run hear for the first time after I've sit & listened to my grandfather talk about these old washers with the motors most of my life & all the first car makers ( other than the big 3 & the foreign we have now ) & their designs while growing up & then having to lose him back in January .
Out of all the engines I have built and played with, I have to say, I have had the most fun and enjoyment from Maytag engines. I have built and played with a lot of engines while growing up, Clinton, Wisconsin, Briggs & Stratton, Reo, Tecumseh and a few others I can't think of the names at the moment.
Thanks Sam, just got my hands on my first maytag engine a 92 model and you videos are a huge help. I want to use mine to make Ice cream for the kids and give them a history lesson at the same time.
My junk yard speshal had been sabatodged, but Trany fluid,and seafoam in the oil, and a bag of potting soil removed from it's gas tank? a few bent push rods and some TLC later? it lives. Glad yours dose too.
I have just watched 1-12 and enjoyed your rebuild of the Maytag 92, Being from Scotland I wish I had access to them or the 72, what an interesting little engine.
Great work there! It's allways satisfying when an engine you have restored fires up for the first time. That has to be the best starting and running maytag I have seen, job well done! Phill.
I gotta 92 and a 72 that ill hopefully get to this summer. Your video is motivatin me to get my ass in gear and get em goin. Thanks for sharing. Good day to you Sir, from Oregon
Thank you for taking the time to show your rebuild of the Maytag engine. I really enjoyed the series. You have a very good working knowledge of these engines. Keep up the good work!
Hi Sam: You were invaluable in helping me understand my first 92 rebuild. I greatly appreciate your generous gift of knowledge. THANK YOU! Rick (California)
Great Job, I only wish there were more people like you, I try to tell some younger people of things like this Engine and they have no idea what i am talking about. Keep up the great work !
I loved the video, im trying to learn as much as i can about these old motors ive fixed up a few old briggs and wisconsin engines and have always wanted to get hold of a maytag.i watched you fix up that model 72 and learned a bunch your videos were very helpfull thanks for taking the time to share them.
My hat off to you sir. When I was young, a long time ago, we had neighbours who had a washing machine with a gas motor. I guess it was a Maytag? Thanks for the memories.
Great job, congratulations!! I never would've dreamed of doing something similar, especially from that pile of rusty parts. I watched through every one of the videos, hardly knew what you were talking about, but it was fascinating to watch how you restored and rebuilt it piece by piece. You're a great story teller, keep up the great work!
Great job I had a washing machine motorre when I was a kid to play with. It was a Iron Horse, I believe it was built by Outboard Marine Corporation. I can still remember it very well how it was built and sounded, it lead to almost a forty year career as a mechanic, damn that thing anyway lol.
Great Video series Sam.. I just love the soothing sound of a hit & miss engine & would like to own one.. But my space is limited so I think I would like to get one on these Maytag92 because of it's small size. I'd like to learn more about the mixers & ignition systems of these engines as well. I watched all 12 videos in this series & learned alot.. hope to learn more from you.. You are a wealth of knowledge doing a great service to the hobby..
,,,, the sparkplug that is in the running engine is a Autolite 3095,,,, the sparkplug on the workbench is a Champion 34, I also use the Champion 25,, and find that all three work very well,,, thanks
Hi Sam, Thanks to you and your great videos I was able to rebuild my own Maytag Model 92 and also from a pile of junk parts. I am very pleased with my little engine. I tried a hand spin start of the flywheel like you do. Oh well -- I did have fun in the old shop. Thanks again. I posted a video reply to your series on my channel "dpsrmag" look for "First Start of Maytag Model 92 part 1"
really cool engine you did a super job !!!!!! id like to find me one and go thru it............thanks for the informative video.....i wish tv was this good..............thanks again...eric in kentucky....
Sam, What is the purpose of the cannister mounted onto the exhaust flex pipe? My Model 92 engine has remnants of the original dark green paint on the outer side of the ignition backing plate. I have been carefully studying the Junk Yard Special for painting suggestions. Not intending to do a restoration on my engine, but any suggestions for a reference to the original paint scheme is appreciated. From the West Coast of Tennessee.
There was a guy who used to live in a city to the northwest of us who owned over a hundred Maytag engines, most of them being 92s and all of which have had at least a gallon of fuel run through them. He also had a big collection of Allis-Chalmers tractors. I heard that he died a few years back.
Hi Sam: Can you tell me the name of the gasket sealer you used that is tolerant of gasoline? Also, you made no mention of the fact that the starter mechanism has a counter weight on it. I believe it acts as a crankshaft balance weight because the crankshaft does not have internal counterweights. Thanks so much for your help. Rick
I am not to familiar with the American standard plugs, but most of my Scandinavian engines, at least the oldest ones, use 525/25. Just imported a box of 4 plugs for the same price of 1 in Norway.
I really enjoyed al of your series of video's and they have helped me better understand our maytag engine. My grandfather and I just bought a maytag model 31 engine that was on a McLean garden tractor frame. It has good compression and a good spark from the original maytag spark plug. When you try starting it it floods really bad and the gas comes out of the breather. Do you have any suggetions on what may be the probem? Thanks again for the video's they helped me alot.
Hey there from New York! Beautiful job on the engine. I was wondering if this engine can be reved so it could be used on a go-cart. Also you probably deal with rust and grease allot, so I was wondering what you favorite way to deal with them would be.
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These films on the Maytag 92 are a "must view" for anyone fixing one of these motors. Unlike many videos, with immaculate workshops loaded with Chinese tools, battery operated drills and impact tools, and a smirky delivery, shopdogsam has the right approach, doing much by feel instead of numbers. Sam's comments about the one man having a Maytag timing gauge are especially appropriate. Thanks, Sam, for saving me much grief, 'cause I watched your series before tearing down my 92 to repair!
Thanks for these videos. You are a great teacher. I've learned a lot. I'm redoing my first Maytag 92.
It's been a pleasure to watch you. As a retired mechanic, I appreciate the craftsmanship in your ability using the sense of feel when assembling, and not using the dial indicators and torque wrenches. I rarely use dial indicators and only use torque wrenches when absolutely necessary, and I have never lost a head gasket on anything fron small 2 stroke Tanaka gas drills up to big block and diesel engines. WELL DONE. I could sleep to that wonderful sound!
I drove a go kart my brother & his friend built with one of these in the 1950s. I was 7 or 8 & Ma clocked me at 25 MPH with the 1949 Ford, cruising down the main drag. No brakes, no clutch, just 2 pulleys, a V belt & a kill switch.
You did a nice job, my late Father loved rebuilding the ol hit and miss.
I kept a 1933 he had and restored it in honor of him.
Really astonishing - I never know about petrol driven washing machines! And you were really clever to find&match the right parts from that pile of motor scratch... not mention to make them run:-) My standing ovation !
had the whole washing machine up in the mountain cabin, wringer washer. the late 1970s; don't know what my dad did with it, but it was a 25 mile run down almost 10,000 ft off the mountain on a dirt 1 lane road so we (& mom) appreciated the wringer washer. I beleive I may be 1 of the last people in the U.S. (I'm 59; kids don't know) who knows how to wash clothes with a wringer washer from 1st hand experience. inside a shed, pipe for exhaust out the wall; kept door open too when washing clothes.
Man what great job you did from a pile of old rustycrap I have got to get me one and put it on an old bicycle Great job Man
It came out beautiful Sir! Love it and it runs as as nice as she looks! Keep up the amazing work, it's no junkyard piece anymore, much more like a solid museum piece now.
Your videos have woken up the inner mechanic in me from years ago to start tinkering with old engines again. Thanks for the inspiration.
Nice job! Always love your videos. Keep em coming. Thanks Sam
aaaa, thanks
Sir loads can be done in sheads and you are the proof fantastic work a true craftsman sir hats of to you
Wow thats from a rusted pile? you need an audience there. lol Love the excitement. I get that way too after all that hard work.
Thanks for the video , It fills a gap in my life to get to see & hear one run hear for the first time after I've sit & listened to my grandfather talk about these old washers with the motors most of my life & all the first car makers ( other than the big 3 & the foreign we have now ) & their designs while growing up & then having to lose him back in January .
Out of all the engines I have built and played with, I have to say, I have had the most fun and enjoyment from Maytag engines. I have built and played with a lot of engines while growing up, Clinton, Wisconsin, Briggs & Stratton, Reo, Tecumseh and a few others I can't think of the names at the moment.
Thanks Sam, just got my hands on my first maytag engine a 92 model and you videos are a huge help. I want to use mine to make Ice cream for the kids and give them a history lesson at the same time.
My junk yard speshal had been sabatodged,
but Trany fluid,and seafoam in the oil,
and a bag of potting soil removed from it's gas tank?
a few bent push rods and some TLC later?
it lives.
Glad yours dose too.
I have just watched 1-12 and enjoyed your rebuild of the Maytag 92,
Being from Scotland I wish I had access to them or the 72,
what an interesting little engine.
,,, thanks,,, going to go back and finish up the "freedom stand engine",,, soon, thanks
Great work there!
It's allways satisfying when an engine you have restored fires up for the first time.
That has to be the best starting and running maytag I have seen, job well done!
Phill.
I gotta 92 and a 72 that ill hopefully get to this summer. Your video is motivatin me to get my ass in gear and get em goin. Thanks for sharing. Good day to you Sir, from Oregon
Really cool... I had no idea Maytag made internal combustion engines. It looks great!
That's a good looking / sounding motor Sam. You do wonderful work! I Like that color green too.
Thank you for taking the time to show your rebuild of the Maytag engine. I really enjoyed the series. You have a very good working knowledge of these engines. Keep up the good work!
Enjoy your videos.
You really know how to make these Maytags come back to life. !!
Keep up the good work.
Hi Sam: You were invaluable in helping me understand my first 92 rebuild. I greatly appreciate your generous gift of knowledge. THANK YOU!
Rick (California)
I had one of those. If I knew then what I know now, I'd still have it.
Great job! Hard to believe you made a running engine from mixed rusty Maytag parts from a scrapyard!! Awesome job Sam!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH !! Now i need to know how to set the points !!! Flywheel and timing ! Thanks again !!!
WE had one of these things when I was a kid...never did know what it was for....
Great Job, I only wish there were more people like you, I try to tell some younger people of things like this Engine and they have no idea what i am talking about. Keep up the great work !
I loved the video, im trying to learn as much as i can about these old motors ive fixed up a few old briggs and wisconsin engines and have always wanted to get hold of a maytag.i watched you fix up that model 72 and learned a bunch your videos were very helpfull thanks for taking the time to share them.
My hat off to you sir. When I was young, a long time ago, we had neighbours who had a washing machine with a gas motor. I guess it was a Maytag?
Thanks for the memories.
Thanks for the video on the fantastic job you did restoring all those parts into a working Maytag engine.
Beautiful work. Thank you for taking the time to post videos of your work.
Just the best, sure has helped me work on these great little engines.....!!!!
Great job! I have more respect for "back street mechanics" like you, than some one with a uni degree! Proud you should be!
Just watched this series, enjoyed it!
Beautiful! Thanks for taking the time to share this machine.
Thanks for the great series. Very interesting to watch. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
what a fantastic series this was.
Runs like a champ, nothing like that TUT TUT TUT
Washing machines used to be gas powered! Bet that was a real luxury back in '35.
,,, none for sale at this time,,, thanks for watching,
Great job, congratulations!! I never would've dreamed of doing something similar, especially from that pile of rusty parts. I watched through every one of the videos, hardly knew what you were talking about, but it was fascinating to watch how you restored and rebuilt it piece by piece. You're a great story teller, keep up the great work!
O I been watching some vintage Shop Dog Sam!!
Excellent series Sam.............Loved every minute.......couldn't stop watching once I started!
Great job I had a washing machine motorre when I was a kid to play with. It was a Iron Horse, I believe it was built by Outboard Marine Corporation. I can still remember it very well how it was built and sounded, it lead to almost a forty year career as a mechanic, damn that thing anyway lol.
I love this little engine. It is so beautiful.
,,,, Autolite 3095,, also see the answer to superiormusic,, thanks for watching, shopdogsam
Great Video series Sam.. I just love the soothing sound of a hit & miss engine & would like to own one.. But my space is limited so I think I would like to get one on these Maytag92 because of it's small size. I'd like to learn more about the mixers & ignition systems of these engines as well. I watched all 12 videos in this series & learned alot.. hope to learn more from you.. You are a wealth of knowledge doing a great service to the hobby..
thank you SAM rust is know crime, love old shit!
I have realy enjoyed watching the rebuild of this engine thanks great job (UK)
Awesome little engine...It sounds so good !! Just liked and Subscribed ! ! Thanks for Sharing !!!
Excellent series of video's Sam. I can't wait to see the next ones!
Great job Sam...
that's very nice part of history there
,,, thank you,,,
^.=.^
Nice job,thanks for the series.
Bravo!!!!!! Great job!!!
Great job sam ! I really enjoyed watching the build!!
love it, great work, and love the commentary as you work!
How would you like 1928 washer to go with you engine ?
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap! Whoot, whoot, whoot!
Nice job, Sam.
congrats on a beautiful restoration!
Very interesting! Keep up the good work
SWEET NICE JOB LOOKS JUST LIKE NEW
,,,, the sparkplug that is in the running engine is a Autolite 3095,,,, the sparkplug on the workbench is a Champion 34, I also use the Champion 25,, and find that all three work very well,,, thanks
Hi Sam,
Thanks to you and your great videos I was able to rebuild my own Maytag Model 92 and also from a pile of junk parts. I am very pleased with my little engine. I tried a hand spin start of the flywheel like you do. Oh well -- I did have fun in the old shop. Thanks again. I posted a video reply to your series on my channel "dpsrmag" look for "First Start of Maytag Model 92 part 1"
you made a work of art great job
this is just great love to see it! I have one but not sure I have all parts I need
Did he say he was using All laundry detergent?? lol
Wicked cool rebuild!
Just bought one locked up going to a temp to restore it thx buddy
great job shopdogsam!
really cool engine you did a super job !!!!!! id like to find me one and go thru it............thanks for the informative video.....i wish tv was this good..............thanks again...eric in kentucky....
what kind of fuel should can you put in may tag engines
Well you had all the fun of rebuilding it! So now you can sell me that old motor ok😀
Sam,
What is the purpose of the cannister mounted onto the exhaust flex pipe?
My Model 92 engine has remnants of the original dark green paint on the outer side of the ignition backing plate. I have been carefully studying the Junk Yard Special for painting suggestions. Not intending to do a restoration on my engine, but any suggestions for a reference to the original paint scheme is appreciated.
From the West Coast of Tennessee.
I just bought one u still around after 12 years
How are you with the early uprights?
There was a guy who used to live in a city to the northwest of us who owned over a hundred Maytag engines, most of them being 92s and all of which have had at least a gallon of fuel run through them. He also had a big collection of Allis-Chalmers tractors. I heard that he died a few years back.
grate job wish i could do something like that
nice video!i enjoyed it verry much :)
What did you use for a spark plug?
how many total labor hours do you think you had in this one?
Loved the series! Keep up the great work!
GOOD WORK MAN ....
Hi Sam: Can you tell me the name of the gasket sealer you used that is tolerant of gasoline?
Also, you made no mention of the fact that the starter mechanism has a counter weight on it. I believe it acts as a crankshaft balance weight because the crankshaft does not have internal counterweights. Thanks so much for your help. Rick
Excellent 👍👍👍👍
I am not to familiar with the American standard plugs, but most of my Scandinavian engines, at least the oldest ones, use 525/25. Just imported a box of 4 plugs for the same price of 1 in Norway.
Motor sounds pretty good
I really enjoyed al of your series of video's and they have helped me better understand our maytag engine. My grandfather and I just bought a maytag model 31 engine that was on a McLean garden tractor frame. It has good compression and a good spark from the original maytag spark plug. When you try starting it it floods really bad and the gas comes out of the breather. Do you have any suggetions on what may be the probem? Thanks again for the video's they helped me alot.
Do you have a washer for it?
Thank you for posting this stuff! You just can’t get this kind of education anymore :)
very nice engine
my mom used one on a washing machine also a twin engine.
what is it for?
At 8 to 1 ratio that thing must smoke like crazy.
Outstanding !!
Hey there from New York! Beautiful job on the engine. I was wondering if this engine can be reved so it could be used on a go-cart. Also you probably deal with rust and grease allot, so I was wondering what you favorite way to deal with them would be.
How many ccs is this?
Excellent job, Sam :D
I bet if you fill the gas tank up as much as you can and let it run until it runs out it would be seven hours.
Hi Sam I am restoring a maytag 92 I got a new spark plug but it is losing compression around it, have you any remedy for this