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Thread Number: 31163
The Franken-Scrubber |
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| Post# 470487 10/20/2010 at 09:10 (4,934 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
It's finally time to finish a project that thanks to John Lefever, I have the parts to complete. I will be converting my 1985 Hotpoint set to a full GE Spot Scrubber set.
A little back history, last year, I bought (and paid too much for) a matched GE Spotscrubber washer and dryer in almond. As excited as I was, one I got home, it was a different story. The lip that the boot attaches to on the washer had rusted allowing water to leak. Upon closer inspection, I realized that the machine's inner and outer tubs were badly rusted and the ballast ring had been contaminated. I put the set in storage until I could figure out something to do with them. Meanwhile back at the house, the clutch in the Hotpoint is getting louder and louder in the wash cycle and taking longer and longer to get up to speed in spin. Gentle is no longer possible. So then comes the idea. With the help of John Lefever, I was able to obtain the proper SS minibasket and accessories to make this work. I have decided to transfer the "guts" of the SS set into the Hotpoint cabinets and I have finally started this and decided to photograph it along the way. I'm going to start with the washer and do the dryer next. -Tim 
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| Post# 470488 , Reply# 1 10/20/2010 at 09:12 (4,934 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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The Ugly Guts | ||
| Post# 470490 , Reply# 2 10/20/2010 at 09:17 (4,934 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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Not Too Hard | ||
| Post# 470491 , Reply# 3 10/20/2010 at 09:19 (4,934 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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The Motor/Clutch/Pump | ||
| Post# 470492 , Reply# 4 10/20/2010 at 09:21 (4,934 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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More Later | ||
| Post# 470843 , Reply# 6 10/22/2010 at 09:58 (4,932 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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The Recipient Is Ready For Operation | ||
| Post# 470847 , Reply# 7 10/22/2010 at 10:12 (4,932 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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The Pump
This is the 1st time I've done anything "major" to a Filter-Flo like this. There may be discrepencies on the order I did this in, but it worked. I started with the pump, unhooking the recirculating filter hose from the original. I kept the original pump in the machine, the SS washer has a soft, collapsible hose that goes to the filter flume that has to be changed. I also noticed that the pumps were slightly different. The Hotpoint has a serviceable pump that comes apart and the SS machine has a sealed 1-piece that did not appear to be serviceable.
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| Post# 470851 , Reply# 8 10/22/2010 at 10:18 (4,932 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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The Motors
I removed the pump coupling and tilted the machine forward to undo the motor. The motor sits closer to the ground than I thought it did and was stuffed with dust and cat hair (!!!). The new motor looked a little rougher, but the clutch is much smoother. A new one would still be nice, but this one is much nicer. This was much easier to do than I thought it would be.
The one on the left is the replacement and the one of the right is the original. 
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| Post# 470853 , Reply# 9 10/22/2010 at 10:32 (4,932 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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What Makes a Spotscrubber...
...a Spotscrubber?
This solenoid. The super-soft recirculation hose gets pinched by an electric solenoid (a massive one at that). The main cycle timer sends power to the solenoid during the entire wash portion of the Spotscrubber cycle. Since this feature uses the mini-basket, the only way to fill that is with the recirculation system. Problem is, with this solenoid activated, no water passes through. That's where a secondary timer comes into play. The Spotscrubber knob on the control panel is actually a 1 minute separate time that kills power to the SS solenoid in order to fill it. It doesn't fill up all the way, only about half. If you want to add more water, you can simply reset the SS timer. It's a simple and very neat system. It's sort of similar in principle to the Kelvinator's "Magic-Minute" where it uses a very concentrated suds solution in a low amount of water to scrub the clothes. 
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| Post# 470854 , Reply# 10 10/22/2010 at 10:42 (4,932 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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The Contol Panels
This was the part I was worried about, but after taking the SS machine apart, it wasn't that bad. I left the top on the Hotpoint machine and it was my intent to leave it on, but I ended up changing out the splash guard from the GE as well and I found it easier to remove the top. The wires feed down the holes and there are only 4 philips screws that hold the panel on. Once off it was actually a breeze to get everything sorted. One thing I can say here, remove the water level sender hose from the switch not the tub fitting. It seemed to be glued on to both tub fittings, but it comes off of the switch easily. I assume it's to keep from coming off with all of the vibrations.
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| Post# 471010 , Reply# 11 10/23/2010 at 17:26 (4,931 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY) | ||
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Alnost There | ||
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