The New Dispensall Up and Running!

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Well I took today to relax and work on my Dispensall. With the help of some advice from Coldspot66 I was able to replace the old motor with the one I removed from the old Avocado FF I just junked. That Avocado machine came in really handy afterall. I used its mini basket for my 68 Programmed GE, The Motorto get the dispensall working and the plactic silver knobs to replace the old ones on the dispensall. I got some touch up paint and pianted everything that needed fixing and a few other bits but they came out nice. Everything else was ready to go. I had it working last tuesday and was very excited but it still needed some cosmetic help. Today I got to get her shining again! I've also photographed the dispenser tank in action for you all to see... here we go...

 

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Touch up paint

painted all the raised lettering and fixed the emblem too

 

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even went a little overboard but i like it

super filter-flo

 

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The Tank - EXPOSED!

here is the elusive tank that we will finally get to see working.

I took it out of the lid and placed it over the opening where it would be with the lid closed

 

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A Little colour for your viewing pleasure

I thought this might make it easier to see that was going on

but boy what a mess it made

 

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Prewash cycle

this is the beginning of the prewash cycle and the water doesn't yet operate the dispensall. This would simply wash the detergent from the FF pan when placed in the upper right dispenser opening. The stream of water is very sloppy and makes a mess - this is why i think lint eventually got everywhere and made these machines more of a pain that a pleasure.

 

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Regular wash with dispensall

Here is the water flow for the regular wash cycle - that water moves the water towards the right to correspond with the port on the tank that feeds the detergent and bleach dispensers.

 

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reg wash with tank

here you can see the water flowing into the tank - it divides itself to go through a covered chamber to the detergent dispenser and also through the centre to trickle into the bleach dispenser. There are a few holes on the way to the bleach dispenser so as to not flood it all at once. it fills slowly to dilute and trip the syphon as the water continues to rinse it out. You can see how sloppy this actually operates. It does indeed work but is overall a rather clumsy design.

 

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Bleach Dispenser filling

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Through the lid

you can see the constant flow of the water

 

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Time to rinse

in the rinse the ff stream changes to the left to operate the fabric softner dispenser

 

[brettsomers]

omg, im not sure using that dye was the best thing for your FF?

 

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and into the tank

and no... ther is a rubber seal that would not let the water run into the bleach dispenser again so what you see here wouldn't happen with the lid on.

 

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and through the lid

swirling away

 

[rickr]

Looks great Matthew!!
Thanks for sharing the detailed photos. Never saw one of these machines, so I had no idea what the "tank" even looked like.
You have a very nice restored classic there! Have lots of fun with that!

PS: One can NEVER go overboard with a favourite! <:

 

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Then we spun it all out...

and rinsed with bleach...

the machine is fine and i've dyed many things with rit -they don't harm the washer at all unless you repeatedly use it and don't rinse properly but i ran the extra rinse cycle with bleach and all was fine.

 

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here is a shot so you can see how the lid corresponds with t

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and finally

my famous last glamour shot. 'Aint She a Beauty!

i look forward to your questions. this really is the neatest machine to me - and the water sounds it makes while running through the lid is so much fun - it just seems like such an indulgent machine for a GE fan! ;-D

 

[brastemp]

Really Really Thanks!!