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Post# 240564   10/5/2007 at 20:12 (6,018 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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OK. You asked for it. Here are the pictures of the 1966 GE turquoise set which I've just cleaned top to bottom. Works like new, only problems I've encountered so far are a leaky drain hose (in multiple spots, but I don't want to throw away the cool vintage GE drain hose with it's spiral wire sheath, and the drum light on the dryer wasn't working. My all-time favorite GE filter-flo activator: |
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Post# 240565 , Reply# 1   10/5/2007 at 20:14 (6,018 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 240566 , Reply# 2   10/5/2007 at 20:15 (6,018 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 240567 , Reply# 3   10/5/2007 at 20:19 (6,018 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 240568 , Reply# 4   10/5/2007 at 20:20 (6,018 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 240569 , Reply# 5   10/5/2007 at 20:25 (6,018 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Was able to fix the dryer light and replace the bulb with a new 25 watter. It turned out to be the safety which is a 3-way switch (never mind). Even the safety switch came apart and was reassemblable neatly. It required some cleaning and I guess, some repositioning of the leads. I'm actually more curious about how this GE Automatic system is going to work after not using it for 30 years. Even when we owned one, no one in the house ever used the automatic cycle, I guess it was just too darn new-fangled for them. All lit up:
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Post# 240575 , Reply# 6   10/5/2007 at 21:12 (6,018 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)   |   | |
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kindof a turquoise GE week! That is one clean looking pair, very attractive. |
Post# 240578 , Reply# 7   10/5/2007 at 21:48 (6,018 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 240580 , Reply# 8   10/5/2007 at 21:57 (6,018 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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form the very beginning, and first load I dried, when the "new" Norge dryer showed up 2 months after the washer arrived, I used auto dry cycles. It was rare when I didn't. Mom on the other hand, went through the Norge and GE dryers without ever using auto dry cycles. It wasn't until the LDG96xx electornic control Maytag dryer did she finally start using an auto dry cycle. She was a firm believer, 45 minutes to dry any load and if it wasn't dry, it got thrown all over the furniture in the den until it did lol.
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Post# 240582 , Reply# 9   10/5/2007 at 22:02 (6,018 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 240586 , Reply# 10   10/5/2007 at 22:10 (6,018 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 240590 , Reply# 11   10/5/2007 at 22:33 (6,018 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 240599 , Reply# 12   10/5/2007 at 23:34 (6,018 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 240602 , Reply# 13   10/6/2007 at 00:10 (6,018 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 240684 , Reply# 14   10/6/2007 at 13:31 (6,017 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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Post# 240711 , Reply# 16   10/6/2007 at 16:04 (6,017 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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hello i went to walt disney in orlando florida and my mother and me rented a villa and the washer and dryer was a ge filter flo washer and i can tell you that it is a very good machine to bad they change the model because i wonder sometime how the filter flo pan would look in a 2007 ge washer if they still made the filter flo desing. enjoy your new vintage machine. |
Post# 240803 , Reply# 17   10/6/2007 at 23:33 (6,017 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Great looking set! They look showroom new! Thank you for sharing the maiden wash with us. If you are concerned about the slight water deposits on the underside of the washer lid, this worked for one of mine. I removed the lid from the machine, and laid paper towels into the underside of the lid. Next I would pour just enough white vinegar into the lid to keep the paper towels wet, but not wet enough to allow any vinegar to seep onto the outside of the lid. I let it soak like this all day, and was then able to scrub the underside of the lid clean. I had tried most everything else to clean the stains prior to this with no success. |
Post# 241086 , Reply# 18   10/8/2007 at 15:40 (6,015 days old) by geextrarinse (Hudson Valley, New York )   |   | |
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Post# 241231 , Reply# 19   10/9/2007 at 11:24 (6,014 days old) by bobbyderegis (Boston)   |   | |
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Awesome, Ken. What better than a turquoise GE pair and a pink Maytag pair. Congrats on the sets of twins! When do us New Englanders get to sneak a peak in person?????? Bobby in Boston |
Post# 241306 , Reply# 20   10/9/2007 at 16:44 (6,014 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 241432 , Reply# 21   10/10/2007 at 01:50 (6,014 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa)   |   | |
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Hello great find there ken! Imagine a little boy in 1969, looking at 15 of them all in a row with the filter flow on the leads and that color it was washer heaven my mom had to rase me up to whatch them and dont rase the led to high or know filter flowing LOL dont u just love that loud BA BUCK sound when breaking ONLY G.E. HAS IT ENJOY.Thanks Darren k. Great collection How about a control panel shot if u can?
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Post# 241463 , Reply# 22   10/10/2007 at 06:03 (6,014 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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Post# 241465 , Reply# 23   10/10/2007 at 07:21 (6,014 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I think that's a question for Robert, although I'd venture a guess that a two-speed motor is more liable to break down than a one-speed. I've rarely heard of GE motors breaking down although I know they have had frequent transmission problems. Our 1962 GE Filter-flo lost its two speed ability fair early on because so many people were using it. I'm sure somebody just flipped the speed switch back and forth so many times they just broke the clutch. Nobody except me, of course, noticed it. Two-speed trannies are just too quirky:
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Post# 241466 , Reply# 24   10/10/2007 at 07:25 (6,014 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 241467 , Reply# 25   10/10/2007 at 07:30 (6,014 days old) by tnmike (Knoxville, Tennessee)   |   | |
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Post# 241468 , Reply# 26   10/10/2007 at 07:49 (6,014 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Beautiful GE's. I miss both of those Fat Ladies. Really enjoyed their show. |
Post# 241554 , Reply# 28   10/10/2007 at 13:50 (6,013 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 241585 , Reply# 29   10/10/2007 at 16:04 (6,013 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass)   |   | |
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Yes. The speed was controlled by the centrifical clutch(and speed control solenoid and lever) attached to the 1 speed motor. Ge also had a 4 speed clutch for a short time, and the "versatronic" variable speed clutch. Both didn't last long. |
Post# 241593 , Reply# 30   10/10/2007 at 16:32 (6,013 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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~I think that's a question for Robert, although I'd venture a guess that a two-speed motor is more liable to break down than a one-speed. Maybe, but I'm of the opinion that a two-speed motor is better/ more reliable than an unecessarily complicated tranny. (Aren't all trannies complicated, if your think about it? *LOL*) For the longest time mannies used only one motor in a washers and dishwashers or even dryers, because in the beginning it was felt that mutltiple motors was less reliable, overall. Today two motors is not at all uncommon in some appliances. ~The two short knocks as the machine kicked into high speed were the two clutch shoes making contact with the clutch cylinder. No idea what this means mechanically. Maybe one day we'll get into it! |
Post# 241730 , Reply# 31   10/11/2007 at 09:46 (6,012 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Alas, she has gone on to the great banquet RE; GE TRANNIES One year, one manual--1972 ??? they warned you NOT to switch switch agitation speeds during agitation. Yet it was was impossible not to, with that inviting toggle-switch right under your nose. And they meant it; only a few mad toggle swipes and the tranny was forever fast. Luckily, no one noticed that I "broke" the machine the first week. We got a GE after the Uni Tower died; have to ask Geraldine why we didn't get a 1-18, after I confess to breaking the GE--I wonder if she'll spank me! |