Thomas M. Jensen of 559 Sheldon Road, Palmyra, New York 14522
has sent us the following information on Maytag paint numbers and
serial numbers, which we hope you will find of interest:
PAINT COLORS
1911 through 1916 upright battery type engines, has red crank
case, gas tank and flywheel with blue trim on the 1 5/16′ wide
face of flywheel rim, blue flywheel center hub or so-called flat
pulley and blue cylinder.
1917 through 1920 are all blue engines with red gas tanks.
1921 through 1923 upright magneto type engines are all blue
engines with aluminum back plate and flywheel with blue flat belt
pulley.
The above colors are Carmine red on 1979 to 1982 Chevrolet
truck, Mfg. color code No. 70. The blue color is very close to a
new unwashed dark blue denim jeans.
1923 through 1927 model 82 single main bearing engines were
painted a little darker green than the paint used on later two main
bearing engines.
1927 through 1937 two main bearing single cylinder engines were
medium dark green. Some of the 1931 short deep fuel tank engines
were painted medium olive drab color.
1937 all the first twin cylinder engines were painted with the
single cylinder engine green color.
The very last 1937 through 1938 twin cylinder engines were
painted all green except with black crystal wrinkle finish on the
starter pedal assy, starter cover and the starter gear assy.
1939 through 1942 the twin cylinder engines were painted with
black crystal wrinkle finish.
1945 through 1952 the twin cylinder engines were painted with
smooth black enamel
All of the single horizontal cylinder engines and all of the
twin cylinder engines used the same color on their flat pulleys or
V pulleys whatever the engines were painted.
NOTE: The 1932 and older Maytag engines
used two color-Black on Gold decals. The rest of the Maytag engines
1933 through 1952 used the regular three color Red, Black on Gold
decals.
October 1945-Serial No. 981250 was the first engine using the
new type magneto 72 DA.
TWIN CYLINDER ENGINE FUEL TANKS USED
August 1937 No. S-306 cast iron with mounting holes in bottom of
tank.
No. S-321 cast iron tank with mounting lugs on four corners.
No. S-322 cast iron long frame tank.
No. S-331 cast iron long fuel tank used on Maytag light
plant.
No. S-334 aluminum tank, this engine was mounted up under the
washer.
September 3, 1941 serial No. 961755 was the first engine using
No. S-339 grey cast iron fuel tank, this engine was mounted up
under the washer.
MAYTAG GAS ENGINES
First 1 HP – 1911-1918 – Assy. No. 2217-Battery Type – Serial
No. 1000 to 99859
Assy. No. 2766 – HP Horizontal – Glass Jar Fuel tank -1918-1919
and Assy. No. 1798 – HP Vertical – Magneto type 1918 – Aug. 1923 –
Ser. No. 99860 to 111301
First HP Model 82, Aug. 1923 to Aug. 30, 1927 – With Single Main
Bearing
The first 15680 had 11 cooling fins on the cylinder, after these
they used 9 cooling fins.
Assy. No. 2990 – short fuel tank base. Assy. No. 3023 – long
frame fuel tank. Ser. No. 219612 to 219611.
Assy. No. 3209 (Information unknown). Ser. No. 219612 to
219716
HP 2 main bearing engine – Assy. No. 3624-Model 92-B – Part No.
321 long frame fuel tank.
Assy. No. 3627 – Model G-16-11-26-111 -Part No. 279 short frame
deep fuel tank.
Assy. No. 3654 – Model 31-33 – Part No. 284 Short frame shallow
fuel tank.
Assy. No. 3888 – Model 19.
Maytag Engine Serial Numbers
219717 Sept. 1-1927
224079 Oct. 1-1927
248523 Jan. 1-1928
266617 Apr. 1-1928
288024 July 1-1928
313381 Oct. 1-1928
326801 Jan. 1-1929
341048 Apr. 1-1929
367845 July 1-1929
393872 Oct. 1-1929
411465 Jan. 1-1930
423467 Apr. 1-1930
445247 July 1-1930
455982 Oct. 1-1930
461000 Jan. 1-1931
468571 Apr. 1-1931
475921 July 1-1931
479074 Oct. 1-1931
480625 Jan. 1-1932
483289 Apr. 1-1932
485989 July 1-1932
485058 Oct. 1-1932
489952 Nov. 23-1932
491053 Feb. 28-1933
492143 Apr. 1-1933
494689 May 31-1933
498505 June 30-1933
502435 July 31-1933
509415 Aug. 31-1933
513840 Sept. 30-1933
518330 Oct. 31-1933
520840 Nov. 30-1933
523885 Dec. 31-1933
528185 Jan. 31-1934
532800 Feb. 28-1934
539830 Mar. 31-1934
549540 Apr. 30-1934
560352 May 31-1934
565855 June 30-1934
569820 July 31-1934
574545 Aug. 31-1934
578594 Sept. 29-1934
585355 Oct. 31-1934
589675 Nov. 30-1934
593050 Dec. 31-1934
599090 Jan. 31-1935
605590 Feb. 28-1935
613470 Mar. 30-1935
622686 Apr. 30-1935
632576 May 31-1935
640740 June 29-1935
648800 July 31-1935
657525 Aug. 31-1935
665930 Sept. 30-1935
673005 Oct. 31-1935
677230 Nov. 30-1935
680050 Dec. 31-1935
685925 Jan. 31-1936
691345 Feb. 29-1936
698100 Mar. 31-1936
705778 Apr. 30-1936
712498 May 31-1936
720742 June-1936
729390 July-1936
738134 Aug.-1936
745646 Sept.-1936
751574 Oct.-1936
757022 Nov.-1936
760247 Dec.-1936
771177 Feb.-1937
776356 Mar.-1937
781997 Apr.-1937
788735 May-1937
794760 June-1937
803840 July-1937
Twin Cylinder
810000 First Twin
812740 Aug.-1937
820722 Sept.-1937
830565 Oct.-1937
836400 Nov.-1937
838900 Dec-1937
842905 Jan.-1938
846644 Feb.-1938
850655 Mar.-1938
854520 Apr.-1938
855711 May-1938
856048 July-1938
861782 Aug.-1938
868101 Sept.-1938
873485 Oct.-1938
877725 Nov.-1938
879229 Dec-1938
882519 Jan.:-1939
884946 Feb.-1939
887787 Mar.-1939
889943 Apr.-1939
891741 May-1939
893803 June-1939
896374 July-1939
900138 Aug.-1939
903557 Sept.-1939
907397 Oct.-1939
909907 Nov.-1939
911945 Dec-1939
914253 Jan.-1940
916249 Feb.-1940
918329 Mar.-1940
921069 Apr.-1940
923682 May-1940
926196 June-1940
929077 July-1940
931729 Aug.-1940
933983 Sept-1940
937590 Oct.-1940
940144 Nov.-1940
941754 Dec-1940
944297 Jan.-1941
947109 Feb.-1941
949744 Mar.-1941
952339 Apr.-1941
954842 May-1941
956829 June-1941
959656 July-1941
961706 Aug.-1941
964726 Sept.-1941
966399 Oct.-1941
968670 Nov.-1941
970789 Dec-1941
973087 Jan.-1942
975416 Feb.-1942
978596 Mar.-1942
979846 Apr.-1942
No Production
980487 Aug.-1945
980979 Sept.-1945
981980 Oct.-1945
982800 Nov.-1945
983497 Dec-1945
985471 Jan.-1946
988080 Feb.-1946
991675 Mar.-1946
994830 Apr. 1946
997624 May-1946
999550 June-1946
1002167 July-1946
1005251 Aug.-1946
1009710 Sept.-1946 1013371 Oct.-1946
1016672 Nov.-1946
1017096 Dec-1946
1021181 Jan.-1947
1026270 Feb.-1947
100038-X Mar.-1947
107799-X Apr.-1947
115949-X May-1947
122549-X June-1947
126199-X July-1947
130899-X Aug.-1947
134599-X Sept.-1947
139699-X Oct-1947
144800-X Nov.-1947
149199-X Dec.-1947
154099-X Jan.-1948
158399-X Feb.-1948
161399-X Mar. -1948
164399-X Apr. -1948
168099-X May-1948
170699-X June-1948
173079-X July-1948
173949-X Aug.-1948
175905-X Sept.-1948
179489-X Oct.-1948
181499-X Nov.-1948
182645-X Jan.-1949
184088-X Feb.-1949
185516-X Mar.-1949
187077-X Apr.-1949
187675-X May-1949
188602-X June-1949
189381-X July-1949
190767-X Aug.-1949
191571-X Sept.-1949
192158-X Oct.-1949
192675-X Nov.-1949
193437-X Dec-1949
193991-X Jan.-1950
194513-X Feb.-1950
195368-X Mar.-1950
195813-X Apr.-1950
196306-X May-1950
196606-X June-1950
196786-X July-1950
197299-X Aug.-1950
198083-X Sept.1950
198541-X Oct.-1950
198861-X Nov.1950
199242-X Dec-1950
199924-X Jan.-1951
200262-X Feb.-1951
200852-X Apr.-1951
201173-X May-1951
201201-X June-1951
No. Prod. July-1951
201671-X Aug.-1951
202081-X Sept.1951
202461-X Oct.-1951
203li5-X Nov.-1951
203424-X Dec-1951
No. Prod. Jan.-1952
203484-X Feb.-1952
203984-X Mar.-1952
204499-X Apr.-1952
204845-X May-1952
No. Prod. June-1952
No. Prod. July-1952
204845-X Aug.-1952
205427-X Last
Multi-Motor,
Sept.1952
