The GE Filter-Flo washer with its 12-pound load capacity swooped in to save the day! It worked wonderfully and my stars, this is possibly the quietest vintage washer in the collection!
Filter-Flo finally functioning!
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Proud Papa
I can't express how happy I am to have finally found a GE V-12 washer! The only thing that could be better would be the matched dryer.... Oh wait! I have it in the garage and it's already been restored! Can't wait for the weather to get better to get that into the Ogden Laundry... Think hubby will notice?? LOL
I can't express how happy I am to have finally found a GE V-12 washer! The only thing that could be better would be the matched dryer.... Oh wait! I have it in the garage and it's already been restored! Can't wait for the weather to get better to get that into the Ogden Laundry... Think hubby will notice?? LOL
That's cool Paul.....nice job!.....
so when do we get to see the video...............of you doing the "Happy Dance"?
so when do we get to see the video...............of you doing the "Happy Dance"?
redcarpetdrew
Well-known member
Happy Dance
Yeah, I know that one. I did that after I figured out how to free the spin/agitate shifter mech on my Amp. I'm almost ashamed to admit that Dan witnessed this horrifying spectacle but still didn't care. The idea of tearing down that Amp had me worried.
Congrats on the repair. Now I want one of those cameras!
RCD
Yeah, I know that one. I did that after I figured out how to free the spin/agitate shifter mech on my Amp. I'm almost ashamed to admit that Dan witnessed this horrifying spectacle but still didn't care. The idea of tearing down that Amp had me worried.
Congrats on the repair. Now I want one of those cameras!
RCD
mrb627
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Nicely done
Jealous here!
Nice machine.
Malcolm
Jealous here!
Nice machine.
Malcolm
Another excellent job by an AW family member. Love that Filter-Flo. Here's to many carefree wash loads in your beautiful GE.
That's a BEAUTIFUL washing machine! So glad to know that it's once again just as functional as it is beautiful. Congratulations on a great job.
lawrence
lawrence
O lovely machine
ME WANT! KUM TO BAWSTUN WITH MACHINE KWIKLY!
ME WANT! KUM TO BAWSTUN WITH MACHINE KWIKLY!
That outer tub is just minty clean! It's so fun to get them going again, especially when life is clogging the filter!
GE V-12 Washer
Yay Paul, glad you got it going, that's the power of positive thinking and knowing how to happy dance, LoL.
Yay Paul, glad you got it going, that's the power of positive thinking and knowing how to happy dance, LoL.
Beautiful Machine!
I'm developing a real appreciation for GE's 1957 product line.
You did a beautiful job, and made it look easy!
I'm developing a real appreciation for GE's 1957 product line.
You did a beautiful job, and made it look easy!
Great job Paul
Nice to see a washer leak free and that GE is a beauty. You did a great job with the photo's and descriptions. Very enjoyable thread!
Patrick
Nice to see a washer leak free and that GE is a beauty. You did a great job with the photo's and descriptions. Very enjoyable thread!
Patrick
Paul-
Nicely done, sir!
Now, you need a really sheddy dog since you have a Filter-Flo. Perhaps a Bouvier des Flanders? A Golden? Some sort of a Spaniel?
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Nicely done, sir!
Now, you need a really sheddy dog since you have a Filter-Flo. Perhaps a Bouvier des Flanders? A Golden? Some sort of a Spaniel?
Lawrence/Maytagbear
X marks the spot!
What a nice way to start may day! We're going to have to find for you the correct filter pan and color-coordinated mini-basket for that beautiful WA-950X.
That activator shaft base cover is truly a Mother F**ker and it takes a Houdini to remove it. I don't know any vintage GE repairmen, but I would bet there was a special tool for removing it. Even when you know how it works and have a variety of screwdrivers it is very difficult and frustrating to remove. You need to be able to bend two hard plastic tabs outward at the same time. You'd have to be a master at Olympic Eating-With-Chopsticks to do that. I don't know what the thinking was with that piece. Later in the Sixties some kind engineer in Louisville replaced the damn thing with a version with one lock-tab. Took pity on the repairmen in the field. I remember two repairmen coming to our house and removing the washbasket to remove a sock that was clogging the inner drain pipe and he seemed to pull the tub right out so he knew whatever the "trick" was.
So was I wrong: is there in fact no light bulb behind the dial on this machine?
What a nice way to start may day! We're going to have to find for you the correct filter pan and color-coordinated mini-basket for that beautiful WA-950X.
That activator shaft base cover is truly a Mother F**ker and it takes a Houdini to remove it. I don't know any vintage GE repairmen, but I would bet there was a special tool for removing it. Even when you know how it works and have a variety of screwdrivers it is very difficult and frustrating to remove. You need to be able to bend two hard plastic tabs outward at the same time. You'd have to be a master at Olympic Eating-With-Chopsticks to do that. I don't know what the thinking was with that piece. Later in the Sixties some kind engineer in Louisville replaced the damn thing with a version with one lock-tab. Took pity on the repairmen in the field. I remember two repairmen coming to our house and removing the washbasket to remove a sock that was clogging the inner drain pipe and he seemed to pull the tub right out so he knew whatever the "trick" was.
So was I wrong: is there in fact no light bulb behind the dial on this machine?
quincyman
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BEAUTIFUL MACHINE
Looks like such a solid machine. I'm confused about something. Recently I read that the wash tub with the holes is actually a solid tub that spins the water out into an outer tub to drain. If that's so...then how does the filter flo work.
Hope this doesn't sound stupid
Looks like such a solid machine. I'm confused about something. Recently I read that the wash tub with the holes is actually a solid tub that spins the water out into an outer tub to drain. If that's so...then how does the filter flo work.
Hope this doesn't sound stupid
I am puzzled......this IS a mini basket machine?......
and I am going with the ports in the outter tub for the pressure hose and filter-flo intake.....normally these would be one the bottom for the mini basket option....
otherwise it would have to add a lot of water for the mini level to function...
am I wrong?....or is this a design I have not seen before?......just curious
and I am going with the ports in the outter tub for the pressure hose and filter-flo intake.....normally these would be one the bottom for the mini basket option....
otherwise it would have to add a lot of water for the mini level to function...
am I wrong?....or is this a design I have not seen before?......just curious
philr
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Keith, I guess you probably read about very early GE or Frigidaire automatic washers from the 1940s.
The 1963 GE is a regular perforated basket washers. In the 1950s, GE also had solid tub Filter Flo washers that had one small drain hole at the bottom of the inner tub (or does one hole make it a perforated tub?). There was some water going through this hole while the washer was agitating, enough to make it to the recirculation pump.
The 1963 GE is a regular perforated basket washers. In the 1950s, GE also had solid tub Filter Flo washers that had one small drain hole at the bottom of the inner tub (or does one hole make it a perforated tub?). There was some water going through this hole while the washer was agitating, enough to make it to the recirculation pump.
Paul - I know I'm late to the party, but congrats on getting this beautiful GE up and running! Thanks so much for sharing.
Ben
Ben
