Thanks Shane and Italian for your comments.

Another thing I was wondering about was when I got my Maytag Neptune washer,
it came with a small cup like filter. I still have it and don't have a clue
in the world what to do with it. When I washed those blankets the other
day, they had a lot of lint and I thought maybe I could replace this filter,
if I had some clue where to replace it...

Does anyone have any ideas?

LP