Rescued from the Cold - Orphaned Filterflo

[streakers]

Wow! What a score!

So, I frequent hardware stores all over Columbus fairly often and have never seen them offering second hand machines! How have I managed to miss this??? Where did you find this?

Either way, man that's a great find and I'm super pleased it's going to be looked after and not end up in a scrapping yard!

Cheers
Steve

 

[midcentnurse]

That's a great find. I've only seen one FF I think. What's the "filter flow smell" btw?

 

[delaneymeegan]

The ubiquitous FF smell is a combination of the smells of rubber, tide, and downy.
No matter what you do, it doesn't seem to be removable.
Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's not overwhelming, nor really a bad smell.

I wish they made Glade room fragrances in "GE Filter-Flo" scent.

 

[brucelucenta]

OMG, someone who has only seen ONE GE FF washer?!!! I must really be OLD!!!

 

[turquoisedude]

Wow!  Great save!   You were really lucky to not have had any pump damage from that freeze-up - glad you got the machine safely defrosted and running so quickly!!

 

[bajaespuma]

Aferim!

Nice find! My parents had that exact model installed in 1978 and it did its job for 16 years and was still working when they moved. Fortunately, they improved the Straight-8 Activator by turning it into a Straight-4 with larger bottom vanes, but I would still suggest that you find a spiral ramped Activator to fit that machine; you'll have much more effective rollover. Did it come with the mini-basket?

 

[gefilterflo]

It did not come with the mini basket. I have the mini basket from my old FilterFlo but it had an Activator so I'm a large capacity Activator shy of using the Mini Basket. Maybe one day I'll find one but until then the straight vane should be acceptable. Probably easier than trying to find a mini basket from a large capacity machine with the four vane agitator.

 

[gefilterflo]

I found the machine at Menards on Ety Road in Lancaster off of 33. I live in Newark and it's the most convienient store to me.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

ramp activator

Have you considered getting the ramped activator?

 

[scrubflex]

Love your washer...can't wait for more videos...finally can you please
post more pics of your type of Heavy Duty 18 Activator agitator (4 straight-vanes)...inside the tub but, outside the especially.