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TOL GE in FLORIDA
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~sudsshane
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Thanks so much for the lead
I am bidding and hopefully I will be able to save it. It is a Filter Flo isn't it? Any idea of the year? Thanks Matthew..
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I am bidding and hopefully I will be able to save it. It is a Filter Flo isn't it? Any idea of the year? Thanks Matthew..
~Shane
That looks mid to late 70's, maybe a bit earlier. Nice mo-chine!
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Hi Shane,
Good luck! It's definitely a Filter-Flo, and if I were to guess I'd say late-70's. The controls look very similar to my '77 Dispensall, except without the Mini-Quick toggleswitch, and possibly the added soak/pre-wash. All in all, it's a great machine. GEs aren't hard machines to work on (the excellent step-by-step repair manual comes up on eBay frequently), and a great 'first vintage machine'. Let us know if you need any help!
Austin
Good luck! It's definitely a Filter-Flo, and if I were to guess I'd say late-70's. The controls look very similar to my '77 Dispensall, except without the Mini-Quick toggleswitch, and possibly the added soak/pre-wash. All in all, it's a great machine. GEs aren't hard machines to work on (the excellent step-by-step repair manual comes up on eBay frequently), and a great 'first vintage machine'. Let us know if you need any help!
Austin
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Ewwww.. Me likes.. I love mine.. Not quite as much as my Front Loader, but i still like it
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Thank you Austin!
I will certainly keep you updated. I hope I can win this!.. The owner emailed me and said it needs very minor cosmetic work. and was working just fine. No leaks..etc.
I will email you and let you know..
Take Care
I will certainly keep you updated. I hope I can win this!.. The owner emailed me and said it needs very minor cosmetic work. and was working just fine. No leaks..etc.
I will email you and let you know..
Take Care
Andrew, that is exactly just like the FF I bought in April, 1978. Same cycles on the dial in the same order (and the same cycle color shades). The only differencfe with mine was it had only 3-speed combos and not the separate wash & spin speed toggle switches. THAT's the model I would have preferred if it would have been available.
Matthew, techincally it's not the TOL. The TOL would have the 5 pre-programmed wash cycle buttons rather than toggle switches. It's right under the TOL.
Duhhh, ding ding ding
A friend of mine who moved to Dallas in the early 1980s, she bought this exact model about a year or 1.5 years after mine. There is one otehr difference than mine--the Perm Press cycle. Mine had the kenmore/whirlpool/Maytag kinda cool down--partial drain, fill back up and agitate. This one has a continuous spray rinse once the water level is "reset".
A friend of mine who moved to Dallas in the early 1980s, she bought this exact model about a year or 1.5 years after mine. There is one otehr difference than mine--the Perm Press cycle. Mine had the kenmore/whirlpool/Maytag kinda cool down--partial drain, fill back up and agitate. This one has a continuous spray rinse once the water level is "reset".
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So this begs one to wonder if our Toggleswitch is a wash or spin speed Toggleswitch. *grin* Looks like a nice machine and Shane I hope you can get it!
Matthew, great to hear from you today, and nice to see your Los Angeles moniker next to your name. I'm looking forward to meeting you.
Matthew, great to hear from you today, and nice to see your Los Angeles moniker next to your name. I'm looking forward to meeting you.
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So, Princess Shana Mae....does this mean that me and you are taking Joe's truck for a ride to Gainesville one weekend soon??????? Let me know, I have to prepare! Make sure you win the damned machine, if it needs any work, I can fix it for you. They're easy to work on.
geextrarinse
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Good Luck Shane!
I'm glad you are bidding on it - It'll be a great machine for many more years to come - fun to use and easy to work on - if you should need to that is. I've enjoyed my old GE's so much that I hate to see older models like this go to waste.
I'll keep an eye on it to see how you do.
Matthew
I'm glad you are bidding on it - It'll be a great machine for many more years to come - fun to use and easy to work on - if you should need to that is. I've enjoyed my old GE's so much that I hate to see older models like this go to waste.
I'll keep an eye on it to see how you do.
Matthew
oh Scott.......
~if our Toggleswitch is a wash or spin speed Toggleswitch. *grin*
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby.
Wouldn't you like to know? *WINK*
Matthew, great to see you posting!
I actually loved those types of switches on a GE, can you tell?
~if our Toggleswitch is a wash or spin speed Toggleswitch. *grin*
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby.
Wouldn't you like to know? *WINK*
Matthew, great to see you posting!
I actually loved those types of switches on a GE, can you tell?
That could very well be a TOL. It's an early 80's model and by the late 70's GE had phased out its TOL "Programmed" washers. They made a brief reappearance in a 90's late Filter-flo model but then GE transformed itself into S--TTY Kenmore wannabee's and it was all over as far as I'm concerned.
Thanks Ken for the explanation. That's my kinda TIOL washer. Totally flexible.
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There was a programmed model one above this ebay model - but this was TOL for me too, much more flexible. The books I have from 86 have the button-programmed Spotscrubber washers, which were usually the TOL through the end of the design. I think I remember Scott O. and I saw a programmed model with slanted control panel and membrane covered pushbuttons at a shop in Hastings a few years back - a 94 model. GE did get a little strange at the end, dropped the FF and quality took a nose-dive. I've seen many of these pre-95 machines with massive oil leaks.
There was a programmed model one above this ebay model - but this was TOL for me too, much more flexible. The books I have from 86 have the button-programmed Spotscrubber washers, which were usually the TOL through the end of the design. I think I remember Scott O. and I saw a programmed model with slanted control panel and membrane covered pushbuttons at a shop in Hastings a few years back - a 94 model. GE did get a little strange at the end, dropped the FF and quality took a nose-dive. I've seen many of these pre-95 machines with massive oil leaks.
All this flo-ing about GE
Now look what ya'll got me into. I emailed them just now...
I have to go to bed now.
Now look what ya'll got me into. I emailed them just now...
I have to go to bed now.
FINALLY MY WASHER
After all these years of FF-ing, that is the exact same washer I had, all the way down to the deep fill cool-down. I notice this person washes in cold water too. But I had the big door version of the dryer, not this smaller one
After all these years of FF-ing, that is the exact same washer I had, all the way down to the deep fill cool-down. I notice this person washes in cold water too. But I had the big door version of the dryer, not this smaller one
I pick them up tonight!
One of my friend's daughters who is in school in WY needs a set for an apartment she and a friend are renting in May so I'll grab these, check them out - have a little fun with them and send them on to a new home. Price is right too!
Hopefully they won't need too much work - I'll post pics of them later tonight.
One of my friend's daughters who is in school in WY needs a set for an apartment she and a friend are renting in May so I'll grab these, check them out - have a little fun with them and send them on to a new home. Price is right too!
Hopefully they won't need too much work - I'll post pics of them later tonight.
