Recent content by thatwasherguy

Congrats on your new FF! It looks like it’s still in pretty nice shape overall. Based on what I saw in the video, I would expect that it should be a pretty easy fix. I’m betting that the pump is locked up. Going off of feeling the pump coupler on my FF, the amount of force it would take to...

These machines are supposed to neutral drain, as a spin drain on these will wear out the clutch prematurely (Whirlpool learned this the hard way when the direct drives first came out). They drain for a couple of minutes or do, and then the motor stops, which disengages the neutral drain...

Awesome! Thank you so much! I had no idea how hard FF parts were getting to find either. I swear I saw a whole plethora of those pumps on Ebay just a few months ago. Thanks, Thatwasherguy.

Hi everyone! Hope you’re all well. As you may have already seen, I picked up a 1989 G.E. Filter Flo for the collection a couple of days ago. One of the main things wrong with it is that it leaks water through a round hole (which I can only assume is an oil port) in the pump. I’ve plugged the...

I’ve tested the machine, and found that the clutch is, in fact, what is grinding, and the source of the leak is the pump. It also has a jury rigged lid switch, so I’ll probably fix that too, and add in a bypass switch like my 1978 Maytag has. I’m wondering if the motor shaft has been damaged...

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all well. Back in December, I was contacted by a family friend who was getting rid of his 1989 G.E. Filter Flo, and wanted to know if I wanted it. Of course, I replied with the only answer that there is to that question, yes. Fast forward to today, when I got the...

Hey everyone! Hope you’re all well. As some of you may know, about a year ago, I took in a BOL 1984 G.E. Mark 27 range that was fixing to be scrapped following a kitchen remodel. Tonight, while I was baking with it, the 41 year old door gasket got damaged, and needs replacing. This model...

Yeah, the buttons do look a little bit sad. I wonder if someone had a heater set too close to them at some point. According to my DE906 parts catalog, the part numbers are 3-12246 for the left blank, 3-2569 for the control switch with buttons, and 3-12245 for the right blank. Hope this...

WOW!! That’s an absolutely INCREDIBLE find! It looks like it’s still in great shape as well. According to the date code, yours was built in February of 1972. It always makes my day when someone saves such a rare machine. Enjoy it! Thatwasherguy.

Hi everyone! Hope you’re all well. I had a couple of king size comforters to wash, and the Speed Queen 8 series isn’t big enough for that task, so I’m at the Mr. Suds laundromat off of Southland drive. The washers aren’t anything too special; mostly Wascomat, with a few Dexters, Alliance...

I’d install my 1985 KitchenAid KDS-21. It has a self cleaning filter, complete with a chopper, very similar to a Whirlpool Power Clean pump. However, the filter in it has much smaller holes, so it won’t let as many large bits through as a power clean pump would. But, as long as you scrape...

Welcome to the forum! If all else fails, you could measure the specifications of your old gasket, and get one custom made from somewhere like antiqueappliances.com. They specialize in custom making fridge door gaskets of pretty much any type. You might also check out...

You’re welcome! This forum has helped me so much with my projects over the years, that it only feels right to contribute knowledge whenever I can. Your manufacture date can be determined through the two letters at the end of your serial number. The first letter indicates the year, and the...

The Norge washers that the Atlantis was based off of tended to be pretty noisy under normal operation, and the Atlantis machines shared that same trait. As such, it can be a bit difficult to determine what sounds are normal and what aren’t. On my machine, it always had a bit of a metallic...

My personal favorite is the Maytag Halo of Heat. That’s what we had when I was a kid, so I have a lot of fond memories attached to them. My second favorite would have to be the Maytag Stream of Heat design. Third would be the 1966 to 1990’s Whirlpool built top filter models. Thatwasherguy.