My most recent washer acquisition, and one of the nicest machines I’ve come across. I found this at an estate sale in Westlake (in a VERY nice Contemporary-style house built in 1964) earlier this month, along with an Amana Radarange RR-4B from the same year. Being on a 2nd floor laundry room for the last 27 years made this machine remain like new inside and out, with virtually no rust. It also came with the original documentation including a period Maytag brochure from the era, which shows the A710 as a 2-speed large-capacity machine, one model down from TOL in the lineup. When I got this machine it ran perfectly on agitation but made a scraping sound on spin, thanks to an improperly aligned tub cover. I recently took it apart (removed the tub cover, spin basket, and mounting stem), cleaned/lubed all seals underneath, and re-aligned the tub cover. Now it runs great! The tapping sound you hear on spin might be coming from the out-of-balance control; I defeated the lidswitch but left the OOB assembly intact.