POD 6/12/121959 GE TOL Washer

[tomturbomatic]

Does anyone remember 6-12 insect repellent?

A neighbor of our had this washer without the Suds Return System. If you wanted to use fabric softener, you had to push the little button beside the fill port of the dispenser in the left front corner of the lid opening recess to drain the water in it. That assembly was turquoise plastic. You could hear the water trickle into the outer tub. Water flowed into the dispenser during the rinse fill to flush out the softener. The dispenser could also be used to dispense dissolved water conditioner like Calgon.

Note the picture of the filter pan. On the deluxe machines, it had the wide rim, but on less deluxe washers it just had straight sides culimanating in a small, rolled rim. From the picture of the filter, you can see how close the Filter Flo water was to the top of the Activator drive block. This might be the reason why the majority of these machines we have seen exhibits severe corrosion of the shaft going up through the Activator. Normally, air pressure could keep water from entering the area from below, but moisture could enter from the top or cause gradual corrosion of the drive block that could compromise the air tightness within the Activator. By 1960, I think, they went to a plastic pan with a molded hub that fit over the top of the agitator and, very soon after, replaced this screw on cap style Activator with the one piece curved ramp style in the V-12 machines.

 

[toploader55]

6-12

Yes Tom... I remember that. As a matter of fact I was thinking about it the other day after having a discussion with friends about Monsanto's devastaing effects on the planet.

I wonder what was in the "inert" ingrediants of 6-12 ? I suppose I'll have to Google it.

Speaking of 6-12 and other vintage things, remember one of the first search engines "AltaVista" ???

 

[pulltostart]

Tom,
I do have one of these Filter-Flo pans (no washer, but a deluxe, copper pan). I know nothing of the pan's history, so I like to think there is a possibility, although extremely small, that this was the pan that my mother used from 1959-1963 with the 1959 GE washer that we had.

I know - that's quite a stretch, but can anyone prove otherwise?

I'm just sayin......

Lawrence

 

[tomturbomatic]

Lawrence, Nothing wrong with holding on to a talisman and, who knows, it might bring the rest of the washer to you. When we were really hoping to find a 57 Control Tower washer, John found 3 of the glass timer lenses at an auction. After a time the washer found them and the matching dryer.

 

[pulltostart]

Tom,
Plus, it's easier to make room for a filter flo pan than for an extra washer.

L

 

[tomturbomatic]

I use some of the white plastic pans we have found, both regular and giant capacity, as turntables for spices and condiments in my cupboards. They slide to turn nicely on wood or shelf liner and the raised hub not only keeps everything in its place, but prevents small things from migrating to the lost-to-humanity depths of the center. Each time I reach for something in the cupboard and see the FilterFlo pans I am thankful for all of the wonderful appliance dreams that have been brought to fruition. I also have the Rubbermaid turntables, single and double tiered, but I like the repurposed filter pans.

 

[arbilab]

Don't get me started on Monsanto. Even though they were satan in the age this forum encompasses.

What amazes me is the pushbutton. timeline, and control tower designs this far back, then those got abandoned for conventional layouts as time went on that looked a lot less futuristic. Until electronic controls and their sorry reliability record.

 

[qualin]

This is from my favorite era in GE, when they broke conventions and did something really unique.. 1957-1964... If I was going to buy a Filter-Flo machine, it would be from this era.

 

[jamiel]

Huh? 6-12 had nothing to do with Monsanto. Believe it was Union Carbide.

 

[nurdlinger]

remember one of the first search engines "AltaVista"

Alta Vista was great, it simply did searches and did them very well. Google was that way too when they started, before they had to make money by skewing every search towards sites with something to sell.

 

[DADoES]

 
Alta Vista domain name is still active, unfortunately the search now goes to Yahoo.