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TOL GE in FLORIDA
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Post# 197801   3/16/2007 at 12:39 (6,243 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York )        

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This is a nice machine - someone save it! $15.00!

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Post# 197835 , Reply# 1   3/16/2007 at 15:10 (6,243 days old) by ~sudsshane ()        
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..

~Shane


Post# 197840 , Reply# 2   3/16/2007 at 15:33 (6,243 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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That looks mid to late 70's, maybe a bit earlier. Nice mo-chine!

kennyGF


Post# 197842 , Reply# 3   3/16/2007 at 15:38 (6,243 days old) by westytoploader ()        

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


Post# 197861 , Reply# 4   3/16/2007 at 17:35 (6,243 days old) by exploder3211 ()        

Ewhttp://www.. Me likes.. I love mine.. Not quite as much as my Front Loader, but i still like it

Post# 197875 , Reply# 5   3/16/2007 at 18:12 (6,243 days old) by ~sudsshane ()        
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


Post# 197910 , Reply# 6   3/16/2007 at 21:29 (6,242 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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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.

Post# 197912 , Reply# 7   3/16/2007 at 21:31 (6,242 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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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.

Post# 197915 , Reply# 8   3/16/2007 at 21:33 (6,242 days old) by appnut (TX)        
Duhhh, ding ding ding

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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".

Post# 197940 , Reply# 9   3/16/2007 at 22:25 (6,242 days old) by scott55405 ()        

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. :-)


Post# 197944 , Reply# 10   3/16/2007 at 22:49 (6,242 days old) by andrewinorlando ()        

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.

Post# 198017 , Reply# 11   3/17/2007 at 12:27 (6,242 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York )        
Good Luck Shane!

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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


Post# 198078 , Reply# 12   3/17/2007 at 21:59 (6,241 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
oh Scott.......

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~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?


Post# 198406 , Reply# 13   3/19/2007 at 10:30 (6,240 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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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.

Post# 198492 , Reply# 14   3/19/2007 at 20:13 (6,239 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Thanks Ken for the explanation. That's my kinda TIOL washer. Totally flexible.

Post# 198564 , Reply# 15   3/20/2007 at 00:21 (6,239 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
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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.

Post# 198567 , Reply# 16   3/20/2007 at 00:35 (6,239 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
All this flo-ing about GE

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Now look what ya'll got me into. I emailed them just now...

I have to go to bed now.


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Post# 198578 , Reply# 17   3/20/2007 at 05:59 (6,239 days old) by appnut (TX)        
FINALLY MY WASHER

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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

Post# 198594 , Reply# 18   3/20/2007 at 07:32 (6,239 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
I pick them up tonight!

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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.


Post# 198612 , Reply# 19   3/20/2007 at 09:14 (6,239 days old) by ~sudsshane ()        
Gansky~

Good for you!..Those GE's are quite lovely. I can't believe someone would even want to part with them. Happy washin!

~Shane


Post# 198738 , Reply# 20   3/20/2007 at 22:10 (6,238 days old) by angus (Fairfield, CT.)        

I found a similar washer and dryer recently. Last July, there was a house for sale in my town - rather cool. A late 60's ranch, owned by an elderly widow who had gone into a nursing home. I asked the realtor if the owner or conservator would want to sell the pair. She promised to check, but of course I never heard from her and she never returned my calls. Realtors in my town are really rather full of themselves...

Anyway the house was on the market for a while and I kept checking the local property transfers and driving by. But still empty.

Two weeks ago I drove by and I could see on the side screened porch that washer and dryer. So I left a note taped to the mailbox for the new owner. And tonight I picked up a message that he would sell me the pair for $100. A bit steep considering the age, but I am not going to quibble. I also need to convince him to hold them until I can find a way to transport them.

Anyway, the washer I found has the white straight vane activator, and I will need to find a replacement minibasket since I snooped as much as possible when I was in the house and couldn't find one. I figure it's a no lose proposition - it's in great cosmetic shape having been on the main level instead of the damp basement. So I will test it out when I get it home and even if it needs, I suspect there is no shortage of GE parts. I am guessing it is a very late 70's model - but I don't recall when GE moved from the white straight vane to the sweeping curved vane activators.

Not sure I need the dryer, though.


Post# 198754 , Reply# 21   3/20/2007 at 23:51 (6,238 days old) by wannapinkset ()        

Uhhh, errrr, grrrrr,

sooooo frustating. Why do they never take a picture of the insides? Makes me crazy.


Post# 198824 , Reply# 22   3/21/2007 at 14:51 (6,238 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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I might have a mini basket. Straight vane?

Post# 198988 , Reply# 23   3/22/2007 at 15:42 (6,237 days old) by ~sudsshane ()        
I didn't win

I didn't win the GE Filter Flo. VERY bummed right now, but someone outbid me by one dollar. I had to take a call from my boss and lost out at the last minute. =((
At least someone was able to save it.


Post# 199037 , Reply# 24   3/22/2007 at 19:34 (6,237 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
Total Bummer GE

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Am sorry to hear that, know you had your heart set on this unit, but fear not something good is going to come your way!

Hate being distracted during the final minutes of an auction for an item am really interested in, in fact pretty much block everyone and thing out until things have finished. Woe to anyone who pesters me for a "chat" when I have my game face on! *LOL*

L.


Post# 199054 , Reply# 25   3/22/2007 at 20:17 (6,236 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Shane I am so sorry!! And I don't think who out-bid you is a collector. Darn!!

Post# 199079 , Reply# 26   3/22/2007 at 22:29 (6,236 days old) by ~sudsshane ()        
Launderess and Bob..

Thank you. Not the end of the world. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I potentially may score another Filter Flo. It all depends on how much it will cost to ship it to me.

Wish me luck!


Post# 199093 , Reply# 27   3/23/2007 at 00:21 (6,236 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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I will!!!

Post# 199224 , Reply# 28   3/23/2007 at 21:11 (6,235 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York )        
It's OK...

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Sorry to hear you lost - I missed out on my dream machine - or so i thought - on there once - I was crushed. It wasn't the exact model i wanted but close enough. Outbid buy 50cents! But you know what - my dream machine came a few months later - and it was in great condition and I didn't pay one cent for it! So don't worry - a better machine is on its way!

MAtt



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