GE Spot Scrubber W/Mini basket

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Note the absence of holes in the bottom of the mini basket; only one like that AFAIK.

I would get it, but if you heat water electrically, it is going to be expensive to operate. As much water as it uses, you might get a Department of Energy grant to install solar water heating or a waste heat recovery system on your central air.
 
Well it was supposed to be driven up from Saint Petersburg to Ocala last night, but got delayed due to bad weather. So the seller and I reluctantly decided to delay delivery until this morning. He's on the road right now. (fingers, eyes and legs crossed!) I will try and post some pictures as soon as she's arrived and unloaded.
 
Well she's arrived and I have some bad news. Started her up and she leaked like a sieve. Turned her over and looks like this boot/bellows thingy on the bottom of the tub is loose. Is that hard to repair/re-attach?
 
No - its actually not hard at all

The best thing to do, if you are new to this, is to get one of those service manuals that they sell on ebay for the older ge washers. They tell you how to do everything and with pictures, step by step. GE's are easy to repair which is another reason I like them so much. Is the Boot just loose or is it damaged? They are also available for pretty cheap and easy to change out.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-GE-wash...aultDomain_0&hash=item4ab945e5bd#ht_500wt_984

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GE-HOTPOINT...aultDomain_0&hash=item3cbb58943a#ht_500wt_984
 
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An unbalanced load allowed to spin will sometimes pull the boot loose from the retaining ring which is like a big wormgear hose clamp. Sometimes these also rust and break. People who start these and walk away can get some good flooding because the water sprays in and just falls out the bottom when the boot is not in place.
 
I saw a later Spotscrubber pair at a local Salvation Army a few months back.  The control panels were gray with red and white accents, both machines were in good shape and the washer had all of its accessories.  As with most things at SA, they were way over-priced.
 
...it was more beat up than the pictures in the auction showed. I just told him I would help him reload it on his truck and just to issue me a refund. But I kept thinking what would a club member do? I figured at least he owed me some kind of partial refund. So we kicked it around and finally came to settlement.

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I think I would have kept it

and tried to make it work - they are always easy to fix - I can see your point though if you felt it wasn't worth it but this overall seems to be a good machine. However, if the drive shaft was chewed up - god only knows what the state of the transmission was...
 

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