Portable, vintage GE washer - volume? quality?

[philr]

I used to have a newer Hitachi portable washer which had a regular agitator (which as I recall, did go back and forth). I think it was from the early/mid nineties.

 

 

It was similar to this one but with a blue console (probably newer): http://www.usedmontreal.com/classified-ad/LAVEUSE-HITACHI--WASHER-HITACHI_17494284 

 

[combo52]

Portable GE Washer Washer size

The first one pictured and the last are both 21" wide machines, the one with the white plastic tub may look a little bigger but I dough that there is a 1/10 of a cubic foot difference, GE sold both of these style machines here. The White plastic tub machine is the later style.

 

[ronhic]

Ok, well I stand corrected then.

We had two very distinct models that I believed GE sold in the US too...

We had the small machine and another called the 'Mobile 12' which looked very similar to the updated small model.

My apologies for mixing them up.

 

[tomturbomatic]

John had one of the later models, I think, running at the Museum some years back. It had a rectangular blue fill nozzle like one of those "rainmaker" or soft as rain sprinkler heads that go on a hose for watering tender plants, the kind with lots of small holes that gives a really gentle shower. When the machine started to spin at the end of the cycle, the fill valve was energized when the drain pump was not; they alternated to help flush suds out of the machine. Every time the pump came on, there was enough water in the tub to ensure that the pump did not airlock and it seemed to work pretty well.

 

[horger1]

Part needed for GE Mobile 12 washing machine

Hi. I have a GE Mobile 12 (like the picture at the top of the thread) and need a clutch lever part to get it working again. I am in Australia, but am willing to search overseas, if needed. The part no. seems to be either Pf-236M601 or Pf-236M1. I think the last one is the latest name for the part. I really like this machine and don't want to get rid of it, so if anyone can help, please email me on this email address [email protected]
Thankyou,

Geraldine