I pulled off the front of the washing machine and peered into the belly of the beast, hoping to observe some area where the problem was occurring. Without an obvious problem indication I was left to filling the machine and running a cycle. Thankfully the seal at the bottom of the drum was OK and there was no indication of a leak until the water was pumped out, when a small trickle ran down the output hose creating the small puddle we had observed previously. I proceeded to check the siphon break and found that to be the culprit and I had just watched the repair video the previous evening. Obviously that was not a repairable item so I had to resort to ordering a new one. But since this Maytag is 34 years old and this problem was the first problem we have had, I decided to order both hoses to the water pump, since they had worked well and it would be difficult to put the new siphon break on the old hose. Made the repair much easier.
The only problem was the hose clamp included for the new siphon break was too small and would not go around the hose once I installed the break in the hose.