Maytag Model 31

I found the serial # on my Maytag Engine it is 308617. If anybody knows the year of this engine that would be great. Thanks

Chad----Your Maytag was made in Sept. 1928--Wass

Yep, the Maytag book shows it was made some time between July 1, and September 29, of 28'. The model 31 didn't come out until September of 1933. Your serial number of 308617 indicates that your engine was originally a long base model 92 engine with a caution plate that read "model92", a segment gear with no yielding tooth, a screen in the carb intake rather than an air cleaner, and a cap screw holding the starter shield rather than the ball oiler.

i have a maytag model 92 tell me what the ball oiler is for ? if my 92 has one , i have never oiled it yet , dont want to mess up engin thanks ron brown

Ron, The ball oiler is the small 7/16" hex bolt that holds on the little gaud over the starter ratchet. The bolt has a passage through it with a ball on top spring loaded to keep it in place. The passage goes down to the middle of the starter side main bearing. Aparently, they weren't critical as the first quarter million were produced using only a cap screw to hold the starter gaurd on, and din't even have the passage drilled through the main bearing.

thanks tom for the info. ron brown

I think that you'll find that the(model 31) refers to the washing machine that the engine came on. Some of the later model 92 engines had two places for numbers on the I.D. tag one for engine mod. and one for washer mod., although I have only seen one number on these plates. It's in the right hand box and that's where the washer model goes. There were probably 8-10 different washer models that used the model 92 engine. CHUCK

The model 92 engines came on model 92 washers. If the engine came on a 31,33,11,111,16,19,G,26,B and maybe other models, they were named after the washer models. Today we commonly refer to all the single cylinder kick start Maytags as 92s for the ease of keeping them straight because they were all about the same basic engine. Some of the single cylinder Maytags with the short deep fuel tank were tagged with 11,111, and 16 on their caution tags. They could have been used on all three washer models.

Not according to the people that run the Maytag museum near the factory in Newton, Iowa. A lot of different Maytag books have a lot of different information. Why? Who knows, a lot of different experts I guess. CHUCK

Yes, Chuck, I guess there are a lot of different experts. I am not sure about what you are disagreeing with. Being a former board member of the Maytag collector's Club, I know the good folks who run the Maytag museum as well, and have done a lot of research reading old Maytag material, newer books, and have had my hands on a lot of Maytag engines. I have also visited with some of the former Maytag employees and the former company historian. I am not saying that I know it all. After over 20 years of collecting I am still learning, thus trying to help/share some of the info I have learned and collected over the years. Thanks! Tom

GOOD DEAL CHUCK