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Post# 554906   11/7/2011 at 20:40 (4,525 days old) by doug (West Virgina)   |   | |
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I am looking for a ge filter flo that my mom had when i was a kid. It is almost the same model that i have now but there is a few differences. The regular and mini cycle writing are suppose to be white and the knits cycle writing is in red and the perm. press cycle writing is orange.Everything else is the same as my ge filter flo i have now. It is prob. early 80's model. I have been searching at used appliance stores and thrift stores for as long as i can remember. I hope someone can help me end this long search. I have pics here they r.
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Post# 554907 , Reply# 1   11/7/2011 at 20:45 (4,525 days old) by doug (West Virgina)   |   | |
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Post# 554921 , Reply# 2   11/7/2011 at 22:09 (4,525 days old) by D-Jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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Post# 554931 , Reply# 4   11/7/2011 at 22:53 (4,525 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 554941 , Reply# 5   11/8/2011 at 00:28 (4,525 days old) by doug (West Virgina)   |   | |
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Post# 554949 , Reply# 6   11/8/2011 at 01:01 (4,525 days old) by D-Jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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No problem Doug. I'll be over at my folks house tomorrow anyways. I can tell you now that the washer has some issues. It's seen heavy use over the years, what with my five sisters and two brothers, and it's been in regular service since around 1980 when it replaced the old frigidaire. The outer tub has a patched hole in it where the spinning inner tub rubbed the porcelain away and rust ate at the metal. And on occasion when it's running it starts making a noise that causes people to stop and stare. That being said, in the hands of a competent mechanic with the right parts anything can be fixed. Then again, if the two machines are almost the same and yours is in better shape, would it be possible to swap control panels and be done with it? The control panel by itself is small enough to ship UPS. Just a thought. If it can't be done someone on this blog will you know. Check back tomorrow for the pics.
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Post# 554955 , Reply# 7   11/8/2011 at 01:30 (4,525 days old) by doug (West Virgina)   |   | |
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Thats awesome thanks alot, and u know thats a possibility taking off the control pannels and swapping them, the only thing that would needed swapped is the thin peace of metal that the cycle writing is on, never thought of that. Its still the thought u know that its not the actual machine but it might take my mind off trying to find this machine and thinking and thinking if i will ever find one lol.
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Post# 554969 , Reply# 8   11/8/2011 at 03:06 (4,525 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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The best washer I've seen in my childhood was my grandmother's GE w/ a left-opening lid...
It was a reg. cap. machine w/ two speeds, (Normal/Gentle, for both wash & rinse) three water levels (Large, Med. & Small) & the following water temp. options: Hot Wash/Warm Rinse, Warm Wash/Cold Rinse, and Cold Wash/Cold Rinse... All w/ yellow rotary knobs... Speckled Tub, Blue Agitator, with a Blue Filter-Flo pan... I remember me, my sister & grandmother in the kitchen above the basement laundry room & hearing a banging noise which was coming from the washer & grandma running down to it because it had an unbalanced load; she lifted the lid shifting everything around & restarted the machine... The washer lasted about 14-years & got replaced because of a bad pump which had gone bad before... Wish GE had made every washer like that one & that the new ones could be made like that today! -- Dave |
Post# 554977 , Reply# 9   11/8/2011 at 03:38 (4,525 days old) by doug (West Virgina)   |   | |
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Post# 555138 , Reply# 10   11/8/2011 at 16:50 (4,524 days old) by D-Jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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When I went to my parents place to take the pictures I immediately noticed a couple of differences between their machine and the one you're looking for. It has the wood grain mentioned by appnut and does not have the automatic extra rinse selector that yours has. I hadn't seen it in so long that I guess I'd forgotten some of its details. For what it's worth, here are some photo's of it.
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Post# 555141 , Reply# 11   11/8/2011 at 16:53 (4,524 days old) by D-Jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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Post# 555142 , Reply# 12   11/8/2011 at 16:55 (4,524 days old) by D-Jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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Post# 555151 , Reply# 13   11/8/2011 at 17:21 (4,524 days old) by doug (West Virgina)   |   | |
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