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Thread Number: 17610
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Post# 288008 6/30/2008 at 21:04 (5,775 days old) by jons1077  (Vancouver, Washington, USA) |
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Hey guys!!! I started working on the 69' filter-flo the other day. I got the old tub, tranny, and boot out in order to replace them all. I put in a brand new, never-used tranny. The only thing that sucks about that is it uses the 9-tooth spline instead of the 20 so I have to get new splines for my agitators. No biggie. The problem I'm sure you've all experienced is how to get that darn boot on and get it to seal. I got it clamped on finally but had quite a bit of water escaping the outer clamp. I'm wondering if you can go too tight on the clamps? Should I just get caulking and seal it that way too? Any info would be most helpful because I'd love to get this machine back to life soon. FYI...I did check out a little bit underneath. The original tranny is still there and the two "fingers" that determine speed are both intact as well. That's promising news and hopefully we'll get 3 speeds again. Anyways, thanks in advance for the advice! Jon | ||
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Post# 288073 , Reply# 1 7/1/2008 at 08:51 (5,774 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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John are you using a new boot? If not the edges of the boot are going to be dirty and have debris from the old tranmission casing. What I like to do is take a green 3M Scrubber pad thoroughly scrub the sealing edges of the boot. If that doesn't work than yes, using silicone should work, but it will make it very difficult to work with if the boot or transmission has to come out again.
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Post# 288088 , Reply# 2 7/1/2008 at 11:57 (5,774 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 288233 , Reply# 3 7/2/2008 at 10:14 (5,773 days old) by jons1077 (Vancouver, Washington, USA) |
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Thanks guys,
Scrubbing was what I was thinking too. The boot is brand new but the outertub is very dirty. There was lots of debris from the washtub rusting away. I also learned the hard way on how to carefully clean an outer tub like this. ALWAYS WEAR HEAVY GLOVES!!! Seriously... I was scooping up some of the gunk out of the trough where the boot fits and got a nice rusty needle in my finger. OUCH!!! Jon | ||
| Post# 288269 , Reply# 4 7/2/2008 at 13:20 (5,773 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
Hi Jon,  | ||
| Post# 288584 , Reply# 5 7/4/2008 at 08:27 (5,771 days old) by stainfighter (Columbia, SC) | ||
re: nice rusty needle in finger... | ||
| Post# 288719 , Reply# 6 7/5/2008 at 01:16 (5,770 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.) | ||
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Tetanus shot: Yes go get a tetanus shot. An infection would be a bigger pain in the ass than the shot, lol. After that you can painlessly get your GE up and running.:) Have a good one, James | ||
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