I thought everything was running fine but by the end of a full cycle it became clear that the dryer motor and the water flush pump in the washer had suffered from the overload and were grinding and malfunctioning - I ordered new ones today.
This sounds like they where still attached to the supply line that reads 208 volts to common. The simple thing would be to flip your supply leads over so that they are on the opposite sides of the phases and make sure your other circuits that need the 120 volt to common power are also on that line. This should not be much more that moving a few connections around inside your appliances.