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1957 Filter-Flo Washer with Suds Saver
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Still has the original filter pan and the pink activator cap.
lawrence
Still has the original filter pan and the pink activator cap.
lawrence
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Filter flo
Heck I'm gonna bid, and hopefully ship it, just to get the filter pan itself!
Heck I'm gonna bid, and hopefully ship it, just to get the filter pan itself!
boboh1
Well-known member
Did these come with a back or were they open like that?
There was a definitely a back for these washers. However, anyone who had to move one more than one probably decided they didn't need it anymore - you had to take the whole back off to hook up the water hoses on GE washers for the longest time!
and
the back was just masonite/fiberboard, it did not give structural support like some other manufacturers with steel. Don't let a missing back stop anyone from bidding/buying.
the back was just masonite/fiberboard, it did not give structural support like some other manufacturers with steel. Don't let a missing back stop anyone from bidding/buying.
And the masonite back on GE-HP machines would warp and buckle from the damp conditions in a laundry area-so it wouldn't be missed.My HP washer doesn't have its back.
Correction
According to the model number that the seller has added to his listing, this is a 1958 model, not a 1957. Also as a FYI, according to the information that I have, this model does include an incandescent lamp behind the timer dial.
lawrence
According to the model number that the seller has added to his listing, this is a 1958 model, not a 1957. Also as a FYI, according to the information that I have, this model does include an incandescent lamp behind the timer dial.
lawrence
Well, I guess I'll have to pass on this one.
It's another oddball. 1958 tub with separate spin balance ring, pre-1959 lid hinges, pink FF flume, activator cap and hub with a 1959 control panel, late 1959 control dial and control dial knob.
Lawrence, if you're reading from a brochure or a cut sheet I'd sure appreciate it if you'd post it, unless it's part of an Ephemera package. I can't find a model WA-605R; 607, 610 and 600,, but no 605. I'm sure the seller has read it correctly but I'm also sure it's one of those models put together from scraps on the Appliance Park factory floor and badged with its own special little rating plate.
It's another oddball. 1958 tub with separate spin balance ring, pre-1959 lid hinges, pink FF flume, activator cap and hub with a 1959 control panel, late 1959 control dial and control dial knob.
Lawrence, if you're reading from a brochure or a cut sheet I'd sure appreciate it if you'd post it, unless it's part of an Ephemera package. I can't find a model WA-605R; 607, 610 and 600,, but no 605. I'm sure the seller has read it correctly but I'm also sure it's one of those models put together from scraps on the Appliance Park factory floor and badged with its own special little rating plate.
whirlcool
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Why do they call the agitator cap the "Activator Cap"? Did it activate anything?
Not sure if that's a rhetorical question......
I have wondered the same thing about the agitator being called an "activator" instead of an agitator.
Personally I think it's silly and just refer to it as it is: the agitator.
(I'm not trying to offend any hard core GE fans, it's just my own thoughts on the subject.)
Kevin
I have wondered the same thing about the agitator being called an "activator" instead of an agitator.
Personally I think it's silly and just refer to it as it is: the agitator.
(I'm not trying to offend any hard core GE fans, it's just my own thoughts on the subject.)
Kevin
Marketing term, brand identifier ... like all the other agitator names.
Ken
My resource is a copy of the Service Manual for the 1958 (R) washers. I do not have the ability to scan this document. I could send it to Robert, but it does contain 87 pages of text - a bunch!
I misread the seller's post. I saw '650R' and I do find that model in the manual, however it does not have the suds saver/return system. This document includes:
WA955R
WA950R
WA855R
WA850R
WA650R
WA450R
It's possible that the above list is what GE began the year with, and like you say and we know, they added models as they saw a market for them.
What threw me initially was the location of the timer - left side of the console. In 1957 (P), all timers were on the left. In 1958 (R), ONLY the TOL model with the piano key console had the timer on the right; all other models used the old stampings and kept the timer on the left. By 1959 (S), all of the timers were moved to the right side of the console.
I sent the seller a question, asking if he could confirm the model number. Let's see what he says.
lawrence
My resource is a copy of the Service Manual for the 1958 (R) washers. I do not have the ability to scan this document. I could send it to Robert, but it does contain 87 pages of text - a bunch!
I misread the seller's post. I saw '650R' and I do find that model in the manual, however it does not have the suds saver/return system. This document includes:
WA955R
WA950R
WA855R
WA850R
WA650R
WA450R
It's possible that the above list is what GE began the year with, and like you say and we know, they added models as they saw a market for them.
What threw me initially was the location of the timer - left side of the console. In 1957 (P), all timers were on the left. In 1958 (R), ONLY the TOL model with the piano key console had the timer on the right; all other models used the old stampings and kept the timer on the left. By 1959 (S), all of the timers were moved to the right side of the console.
I sent the seller a question, asking if he could confirm the model number. Let's see what he says.
lawrence
whirlcool
Well-known member
Oh, I thought the cap only was called the "Activator Cap". I now know the name for the agitator itself if called the activator. I didn't know that before. Thanks for the explanation.
danemodsandy
Well-known member
Ahem!
"Why do they call the agitator cap the "Activator Cap"? Did it activate anything?"
Maybe they were trying to get Betty Draper to switch from Maytags?
"Why do they call the agitator cap the "Activator Cap"? Did it activate anything?"
Maybe they were trying to get Betty Draper to switch from Maytags?
Yes,we were a GE family
"Activator" was the GE trademark label for its agitators since they were making only wringer washers.
As a kid I thought "Activator" was the generic name for those big black plastic turn screw paddle-things in washing machines until I read the word "agitator" in my first Consumer Reports article. I still think that "Activator" is a better descriptive term. Although, "agitator" does share a root with "agita" and that opens up some interesting and pertinent imagery...
The control timer dials were on the left side of the panel in 1957, then in 1958, they started putting some of them on the right; some models that year had 2 or 3 redesigns. I did a thread about this a while back. In 1959 there were still a couple of MOL's and BOL's with LH timers, but they were being phased out. By 1960 almost all of the timers went to the RH side, but I won't be a bit surprised if an exception shows up one day on this site, on eBay or on some other auction site. GE was a thrifty company; if there were LH control panels left in the factory, they got put onto a machine and sold.
"Activator" was the GE trademark label for its agitators since they were making only wringer washers.
As a kid I thought "Activator" was the generic name for those big black plastic turn screw paddle-things in washing machines until I read the word "agitator" in my first Consumer Reports article. I still think that "Activator" is a better descriptive term. Although, "agitator" does share a root with "agita" and that opens up some interesting and pertinent imagery...
The control timer dials were on the left side of the panel in 1957, then in 1958, they started putting some of them on the right; some models that year had 2 or 3 redesigns. I did a thread about this a while back. In 1959 there were still a couple of MOL's and BOL's with LH timers, but they were being phased out. By 1960 almost all of the timers went to the RH side, but I won't be a bit surprised if an exception shows up one day on this site, on eBay or on some other auction site. GE was a thrifty company; if there were LH control panels left in the factory, they got put onto a machine and sold.
And The Winner Is?
Someone paid a tidy sum for this washer...
An AW member????
"Inquiring Minds Want To Know" as they say.
lawrence
Someone paid a tidy sum for this washer...
An AW member????
"Inquiring Minds Want To Know" as they say.
lawrence
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