New Vintage Find!!

[DADoES]

I always wanted a TOL GE Dispensal. Even wrote a letter to "Miss Helen Kirtland" as per a GE magazine ad (or was it Kirkland or Kurtland?) asking for brochures. GE sent a complete set of sales literature for the model line of that year, whatever year it was, 1970-something.

 

[westytoploader]

Glenn, depending on the "rush factor" of Friday/Sunday, hopefully you'll be able to take a quick peek at the Dispensall.

Of course there's always the possiblity of a "Post Convention Wash-In"!!

 

[bosch2460]

So Westy.......how about some action pics of that GE there buddy? Who do i have to make out with to see some pics of a Dispensall going at it?? LOL.

 

[westytoploader]

I posted the link earlier in the thread; here it is again if you're too lazy to scroll up...LOL

The beginning of the Dispensall pics are timer pics, but go through and you'll see some Activation and filtration. Will take more eventually...

http://automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/00ShowCollectionGETD.cgi?photoshow=29@GE%20Dispensall%[email protected]&dir=/COLLECTIONS/WESTYTOPLOADER

 

[bosch2460]

Westy.......calm down.......I saw those pics...i wanted to see a video or something. I know we are all busy people....I can wait.

 

[Extrarinse2]

OK... A Question for my fellow GE NUTS

When I was little I of course explored every nook and cranny of my grandmothers 64 Filter Flo. One thing that I still never found out the reaspon for was that there were 2 nozzles in the left corner where the fill nozzle was - one of course was the fill nozzle but the other- a samll and similar looking gray nozzle, just next to the inlet and positioned at a slight angle seemingly did nothing. I never opened the cabinet up to see what it was coneccted to but it didn't seem to DO anything. Do any of you know what i mean and what this was for. The only thing i could imagine (with the very vivid iimagination i had at thhe time) was that it was somehow connected to the pump for the spin cycle. i used to love the fiirst few minutes of the GE spin cycle because it spun out the water and didn't drain it out first. My grandmothers used to literally gyrate on all four legs as it was first starting to spin - when the lid was closed you could see water actually bubbling up in the rear corners of the lid and by the bleach dispenser. it was soo excciting. I thought that this seemingly useless nozzle was maybe to help suck out some of the water in the beginning of the spin. I also remember the loud gurggling sound it would make when the spin was almost complete and there was no more water for the pump to drain - that washer made the coolest noises! Ok - DISCUSS>>>

;-)

Matt

 

[fixerman]

I believe you are speaking of the overflow tube. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but what I think the reason for it is to allow a place for the suds to go if too much detergent was added. It also could be in the case of an overflow, the water would not come out he top because the macine is designed with the outer tub seals on the cabinet top. Thus in the case of an overflow the water would come out the lid opening instead of the overflow tube. Also, since they are spin drain machines, If it spun and didn't empty fast enough or not at all, the water would come out the lid without the overflow tube.

 

[westytoploader]

There is an aqua-colored nozzle on the 8-o'clock position on the outer tub that the bleach dispenser drains off through.

 

[Extrarinse2]

overflow tube

that sounds right to me fixerman - and thats what i suspected! I am familiar with the bleach dispenser inlet though too. thanks guys! but where did this overflow tube drain onto - the floor or did it go somewhere? with everything else these early machines did - and it seems they left nothing out when designing them - it seems strange for the overflow tube to carelessly drain onthe floor...

 

[fixerman]

The tube runs from the top of the tub to a bracket on the lower frame. The water runs onto the floor.