MAYTAG — ENGINE COLORS
Some parts of Maytag engines manufactured from 1911 to 1916 were painted red. To get some idea of the color red, you would have to obtain an auto paint color chart and find the color for Chevrolet trucks dated 1979-1982, Carmine Red and manufacture code 70. The engines of these models were painted dark blue (Navy).
— The engine, which was upright, could be started with a battery. The crankcase, gas tank, and flywheel were red. The flywheel had a blue trim on the 1-5/16″ wide face of the flywheel rim, with a blue flywheel center hub or flat pulley. Also, the cylinder was blue on this engine.
— During this production year, all engines were blue and had red gas tanks.
— These engines were upright with a magneto. The color of all of these engines was blue, with aluminum backplates and flywheels. The belt pulleys on these engines were also painted blue.
— Model 82 — These engines have a single main bearing and were painted darker green.
— These engines have two main bearing engines (single cylinder), which were medium dark green in color. Please note: some of the engines manufactured in 1931 had a short, deep fuel tank engine painted medium olive color.
— The older Maytag engines were two-color black, and the decals with gold.
— These engines, the first twin-cylinder engines, were painted the same green color as the single- cylinder engines.
— These Maytag engines were painted red, with gold-and-black decals.
— These were the last years for the single-cylinder engines, most of which were painted green. The starter pedals, starter covers, and gears were painted a rough black crystaline color.
— The years of the twin-cylinder engines, which were painted black. The Maytag single-cylinder engines were of a horizontal type. The twin-cylinder engines were the same color as the single cylinder. Please note a flat pulley or V-belt pulley could be used on these engines.
— (October) Serial number 981250 was the first Maytag engine to use the new 72 DA magneto.
