FOUND 1972 GE Filter Flo

[scrubflex]

I do...pretty cool gimmick but, too much to take care of...send me some of your luck and I'll find mine miracle mint condition (INSIDE and OUT) WWA-8500N washer...in Harvest Gold as well. Too bad GE stopped the production of the SKY BLUE washtub...would have been awesome in the WWA-8500N

 

[gansky1]

 

 

 

 This a truly nice find!  You will enjoy this washer a lot. 

 

Our 72 low-end GE FF had a wire clothes guard, this is late production?

 

Have only found one Dispensall, gold of course, but the under-lid pan that stored the additives and channeled the water had been long removed.  It had the Super-Filter, softener dispenser and a liquid detergent dispenser that dropped down into the recess in the pan to dispense detergent after the pre-wash spin.  Obviously you could not use both agitator mounted dispensers at once.  Speaking of absurd water-use, with a pre-wash and extra rinse option  on the TOL washer, you could blow well past 100 gallons for one load of wash.  

 

[cam2s]

I always like these Filter Flos. Was there particular years or reasons that they switched between the straight vane agitator and the ramped agitator?

 

[scrubflex]

Well the spiral high-ramp Activator is and always GE's better and most effective of their agitators...and I noticed in a video of a fully perforated 1965 GE V-12, the spiral ramp turnover was much more aggressive and steady while using less water in a overloaded small load of towels. I compared the wash action of the tubs that have a row or 2 at the lower level and there was quite a difference from what I observed...the rollover was not as strong...the forth stroke force the load around more...the additional holes seems to create a suction at the sides forcing the agitator to turnover the load more effectively...the forth stroke pulled the load downward more so...as well as around. I believe the straight 8-vanes Activator turnover power would have been much better if there were more holes at the lower area of their washtubs.

 

[swestoyz]

Reply #10

The metal glide hinges switched over to the all plastic version starting mid year on the 1970 L models, identified as LH or LX.

The anti-kink WH41X184 drain hoses started showing up as an alternative part with '70 L series machines and by '72 was listed as the standard drain hose for non suds machines.

Ben

 

[70series]

That's the same model that was in the Home Economics department at my high school, along with the matching dryer.

 

[jons1077]

Great washer!

My favorite color too! I’ve got a number of GEs now. Closest one of mine to this one is the ‘76 Dispensall. My 1970 GE is more of a hangover from the previous few years. This washer has a pretty large capacity and the agitator does very well in my opinion. Slow shifting of the clutch is a good thing. My ‘70 model GE had a very dirty clutch and actually wouldn’t even work in gentle speed. Tearing the clutch down, cleaning and lubricating it did the trick. It sometimes would take a while to shift but over time it has become more normal, usually shifting about the time the tub locks into place. Enjoy your beautiful GE!

 

[scrubflex]

Hey Jon, I sent you an email about your '76 Dispensall. It might have automatically been sent to your spam.

 

[jons1077]

Scrubflex

I’ll take a look. Work has been crazy busy for me lately

 

[scrubflex]

Yeah me too...okay thanks

 

[johnb300m]

Shame!

SHAME on GE for ever stopping production of these filterflos!

(Just wanted to get that outta the way

 

[bradfordwhite]

#29

As awesome as they look and as fun as they are to play with; they are water-hogs. With an average load taking upwards of 50 gallons of water that's not reasonable.

 

[scrubflex]

Hey lebron, will you post restored progress pics of your WWA8400N?