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Many, many model Ts did not last 17 years. You were one of the luckier ones.

 

 

I don't know if GE copied Whirlpool, my guess is that a smaller short stroke transmission was cheaper to produce.

 

 

There are people on here who will defend anything modern, proceeding or sold in large numbers. 
 
 
Stained soil level inserts several (3 or 4) short soaks into the wash period vs. the full Soak option which inserts 2 hrs.  There's a Save Time option which reduces cycle time by 1/2 so the 2hr soak becomes 1hr, or pressing a button (Start/Pause IIRC) aborts the soak to continue the cycle.  I tried Stained + Soak once but I don't recall the effect, probably the long soak overrides the short ones.

There's a separate Prewash option which adds a cold agitation and drain, then the machine beeps for the user to add more detergent and press Start to continue.  Sports/Muddy Lifecycle includes a prewash and two deep rinses and spin-sprays ... lotta water.  Some (or all?) of the Stains cycles and Sports/Shoes include a soak, I believe 30 mins.

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Unfortunately though, GE doesn't have the same agitation programming the "commercial" Whirlpool and Maytag have.Unfortunately though GE is basically using wash plates with augers connected.

They don't have traditional agitator vains like Whirlpool or Maytag does on the commercial versions.

Don't know if that makes any difference or not but seems feasible
 
Lady K "piano keyboard"

When Lady K debuted its "piano keyboard" panel in 1966, the two delicate cycles were labeled as DELICATE FABRICS/LINGERIE (slow agitation) and WASHABLE WOOLENS/FRAGILE FABRICS (extra slow agitation; both with brief soak periods). "Delicate" and "fragile" seem like exact synonyms, thus redundant.
 

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