It was going to be $65 an hour to repair and as it turned out it HAD been leaking for a while and there was a rust issue as well as a lot of grease from the transmission. So it is good bye to the Maytags.

I went and pd for a new Whirlpool combo 1099 + tax and then went to see a used set of Kenmore at my appliance service guys shop. They work great but the dryer has cosmetic scratches on the outside. He went over them and fixed one thing on the washer and they work great. He gave me a warranty as well as a guarantee to take them back ! All for $300 the pair. They are 5 years old.

He is bringing them tomorrow, free delivery and taking the old ones. I cancelled the Whirlpool. The deal on returning them to him is that when he gets in a really pristine set we are going to switch out and he will sell these again and I will pay less even for the next set. This guy is someone I have known a long time and he is very thorough and trustworthy so I think that this will work OK. Will keep you posted if it doesn't LOL. c