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Where To Get Parts For Maytag And Many Other Small Engines
Growing up in a small Iowa town, Zach Northway loved to tinker with gas-burning engines that powered days-gone-by equipment, including Maytag washing machines. “One thing led to another and eventually I became sort of an expert on Maytag engines,” Northway says. “I learned how to diagnose problems, get them running, an
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Where To Get Parts For Maytag And Many Other Small Engines AG WORLD Growing up in a small Iowa town Zach Northway loved to tinker with gas-burning engines that powered days-gone-by equipment including Maytag washing machines “One thing led to another and eventually I became sort of an expert on Maytag engines ” Northway says “I learned how to diagnose problems get them running and even make parts for them that I couldn’t find at swap meets Twelve years later my hobby has turned into a good business that’s now shipping nearly 1 500 parts a week ” Northway’s Flywheel Supply Company is known far and wide as the go-to place for Maytag engine parts and other brands including Briggs Deere Stover Fairbanks International and Hercules The company’s 116-page parts catalog has thousands of listings Northway maintains a large inventory of common parts that he sources from swap meets buys at auctions and removes from old engines too worn or rusted to repair More important his state-of-the art CNC machine shop produces many hundreds of outdated parts for Maytag and other engines Owners from around the world are customers Northway says his company grew because people realized he knew what he was talking about when they asked about the engines and the parts he carried That early success gained more momentum when he opened a parts store on E-bay and began posting simple how-to repair videos on You Tube and his website Now his shop has 20 different machines and tools ranging from a 100-ton stamping press to a 20 000-lb milling machine with full 4th-axis capability for both indexing and simultaneous milling He has two fulltime employees plus two part time CNC programmers and extra parts loaders and finishers as needed Northway is only 32 years old “I’m a youngster compared to many guys who collect and work on Maytag engines There were more than 3 million built from 1914 to 1952 so there are a lot of them still out there ” Northway buys many Maytag and other brand engines a year often 50 or more at a time from a single auction “I have some that are valuable but none in that high-priced range ” he adds Tom Lee a small-engine collector and acquaintance of Northway says “You can’t help but trust a guy whose company motto reads ‘Our kids like our parts are all made in the USA ’ He has a fantastic shop and a personal engine museum in a converted house because his wife Ashley who also works for the company wanted the living room back where they live ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Zach Northway Flywheel Supply 235 Oak St Le Mars Iowa 51031 ph 712 490-5596; www flywheel-supply com
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