Hi - I still have a Maytag wringer washing machine that my grandmother owned. It went through the Flood of 1972, bounced around in the water in the basement of our home then and again in the flood of 1975 and 1991 and each time it started right up when plugged in. It is proof that the Maytag repair man is the loneliest man in town. I know that this Maytag is older than Moses. Maytag should have coined the phrase - it takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin' Sue