g.e. mobile maid top loader- restoring pics.

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picked this one up over 2 years ago in buffalo and am just now getting to it! it's a top loader with power shower, pretty dirty all over! but it cleaned up well and does not leak!

model is sm 290d2 it looks like.

 

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tub really dirty

but overall in great shape for it's age!

 

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bottom looks

good! no sign of water leakage.

 

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pump and motor

removed easily.

 

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hoses were

not brittle at all. seemed like new.

 

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now, will the impeller come off

without a struggle? my first one was a bear to get apart! i restored it 2 years ago and to make a special puller to get impeller off.

my 3rd one i picked up 2 weeks ago came off easily and the 4th one i worked on this week (frontloader in coppertone) also slid easily off tonite when i tore into it. will post those pics later seperately. both the impellers that slid easily off were black plastic, this one as well as my first mobile maid have the white impellers. and both would not budge without force!

 

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so i got out my puller

that i made 2 years ago. took motor apart and slapped it all together just like i did successfully on the first one.

 

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better pic of how

it works.

 

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it did not want to budge!

rather than risk breaking the impeller (which there are none available that i am aware of) i backed off and simply soaked it all good in wd-40 to hopefully put some new life in the seal!

 

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i cleaned the tub well

and put it all back together. tub looks almost like new now!

 

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there are only 2 small

spots of rust that i knew i had to address. one is to the left of the impeller at about the 10 oclock position and one is about an inch to the left of the calrod left side port. both are very small, less that 1/4 inch in diam. that black speck on the right side of the impeller is just dirt.

 

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always did love

those g.e. spray arms in stainless steel with those huge water jets! used to look at em when i was a kid when i would go to the dept. stores. i always thought it was amazing that the little pump could pump all that water thru all those holes and the power shower too! the motor does spin at 3450 rpm which helps. my 2 hotpoints from the same era use 1750 rpm motors.

 

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painted those 2 rust spots

with about 10 coats of appliance touch up paint in white. can't see it from this pic but i think it will hold fine. don't intend to use this machine more than several times a year for fun. gonna get some blue model paint and tint the appliance paint lite blue and give it another coat. also used the white paint on the bottom raxck where rust was evident. will tint it too.

 

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here's a pic of the

front with the access panel removed.

 

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fill solonoid.

screen was pretty dirty, i always remove them and put in a new washer on any machine i work on.

 

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close up of

push button switches and door lock switch.

 

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outside cleaned up pretty good

also. top is in very good shape unlike the mobile maid #3 i picked up several weeks ago. it's top had to be replaced.

gotta get that sticker off the front with some goo gone or whatever. other than that i don't mid if the cabinet has a few dings and scratches and have talked with several other members who agree! it is almost 50 years old, it should have a few imperfections!

 

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good pic of the

top and control area. cleaned up rather nicely!

 

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this one has

2 cycles, daily and pots pans. my first one has 3 cycles, daily, pots/pans, and china/crystal plus the rinse glow button to set the rinse agent dispensor. my third mobile maid top loader that i just got recently also has daily, pots/pans and china cycles. the front loader only has a control dial. i am in the process of restoring both the front loader and the third top loader at the present time.
will probably post pics of them sometime here when i get em done.