Changing my GE's Transmission - Question...

[geextrarinse]

Call me old school...

... but I was just BORED TO TEARS watching the vids of the new GE Infusor washer - It doesn't do much compared to the old FF's and one circuit malfunction and BYE BYE! Not on a good old FF - they are like energizer bunnies!

I LOVE 'EM!

 

[Unimatic1140]

Great pictures Matt and yes boiling water or a heat gun (used carefully) goes a long way to getting stuck things removed.

Part of me wonders if this was an adjustment they made when they started to claim 16 lbs on the 14lb tub?

When I first got my 1961 V12 GE it filled only to right below the ballast rim on high water level, I thought maybe the pressure switch had come out of adjustment so I adjusted the switch to raise the water level up to about 1/3 up the rim, but now I wonder if it was really only meant to fill up to the rim???

 

[bosch2460]

My filter flo

Just to add to ya'lls comments. My Filter Flo fills high on small and medium. Small is more like a medium fill, and medium is more like 3/4 full. Large level is about an inch below the filter pan.

That reminds me...I need to track down a mini basket. I use the mini wash a lot....just without the basket. It still works for small loads.

Hi Matt...long time no chat. Jon, you too.

 

[bajaespuma]

GE didn't care much about water conservation back then.

When I first got my 1961 V12 GE it filled only to right below the ballast rim on high water level, I thought maybe the pressure switch had come out of adjustment so I adjusted the switch to raise the water level up to about 1/3 up the rim, but now I wonder if it was really only meant to fill up to the rim???

On both our old V-12's "Large 10-12 Lbs." meant the fill came up to the top of the balast rim curve, "6-10" was at the bottom of the rim curve and "Under 6" was 2 inches below the balast rim curve. Wash water would geyser out of those machines on the low setting if you took the filter pan off(which, of course, I did).

 

[jons1077]

Water Levels...

Ok, mini-wash water level is just fine. My high water level is exactly at the level of the filter pan, medium is just to the curve of the tub, and low is the top row of holes on the wash-basket. I used to remember low being closer to bottom row of holes about 2 inches lower, medium being at the top row, and high being where it is now, all the way to the filter pan.

Just curious though.

Jon

 

[jons1077]

Here it is filling...

Took this picture as to reference the 3 rows of holes.

 

[jons1077]

Low

Goes to just at or slightly above the top row on the "low" water level.

 

[jons1077]

Medium...

Just at the curve of the tub. On later models this became the highest water level. (and apparently some earlier models)

 

[jons1077]

High

Completely submerges agitator vanes and comes right up to and almost touching the filter pan. (This is why I liked these V-16 models, they use every inche of that washtub with the water level being so high)

 

[jons1077]

One more...

just to show the filter pan in regards to the water level. Would love anyone else taking water level photos like these for comparison. I'm still thinking my lower water levels are too high.

jon

 

[tristarcxl]

Here's mine...

Mine's a mid 80's model, but the "Low" setting seems awfully high. Like ridiculously high!

Here's the setting for the mini-basket, which seems about right... I had to add a little soap to the water since you couldn't see the level against the black tub!

 

[tristarcxl]

Here's Low...

This is "low"......so much for doing a "small" load! For reference, on "Low" the basket is about 2/3 full of water.

 

[tristarcxl]

Medium...

And of course Medium...

 

[tristarcxl]

And High..

High on this one fills up to touch the bead in the tub...

 

[tristarcxl]

With the pan...

My camera sucks.....pardon the lousy picture quality on this one

 

[geextrarinse]

Jon and Tristarcxl

These pics pretty much match mine as well. (Especially Jon's which is closest to my machine) I will try and photograph them tomorrow for you all but we are all in the same boat.