westytoploader
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Last Wednesday I called around to a few appliance parts retailers in Houston, looking for a Large Capacity transmission for my Dispensall. After talking to one place (do I REALLY need to give the ^%&$@#* model number??) I inquired the saleswoman about bringing the old one in to be rebuilt (after Peter mentioned a discount in another thread), and her response was, "We just stopped offering rebuilds about 5 months earlier due to lack of parts." After hearing an incredibly high price for the transmission (close to 10 times higher than what I paid for the machine itself), she also mentioned that once the warehouse was out of stock, this part would become NLA. That means no more GE transmissions for perforated-tub Filter-Flos from 1961 to 1995; not sure how long they'll last on RepairClinic and the like. This is happening only 10 years after the old design was dropped as well...scary unless you consider the fact that production stopped for new Frigidaire agitator rings in 1964-5 or so, and the only option was to replace with a new Deep Action (found this out from Robert).
Just wanted to inform the other Filter-Flo guys about this...hopefully GE will hold out longer on discontinuing the other crucial parts such as the transmission boot. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
--Austin
Just wanted to inform the other Filter-Flo guys about this...hopefully GE will hold out longer on discontinuing the other crucial parts such as the transmission boot. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
--Austin