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Thread Number: 3050
Madam, I like the white one, but do you have something more colorful? |
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Post# 79585 8/22/2005 at 13:06 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Post# 79587 , Reply# 1 8/22/2005 at 13:06 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Perfect | ||
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Post# 79588 , Reply# 2 8/22/2005 at 13:07 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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YAY for Turquoise | ||
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Post# 79589 , Reply# 3 8/22/2005 at 13:10 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Now this is interesting, the White machine has a Pink Tub Ring and the Turquoise machine has Gray Tub Ring??? If you look closely at the picture on the wall hanging above the White 58 GE, it’s an advertisement for this machine but in Pink. It too has the Gray Tub Ring??? I wonder if the Pink Tub ring was only available for the White machines or if the Pink Tub ring was a mid-production change????? Maybe something else, I have no idea. It sure is interesting to wonder about though. 
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Post# 79590 , Reply# 4 8/22/2005 at 13:12 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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And before I forget | ||
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Post# 79591 , Reply# 5 8/22/2005 at 13:13 (6,992 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) |
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| Post# 79592 , Reply# 6 8/22/2005 at 13:14 (6,992 days old) by Spiraclean (UK) | ||
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| Post# 79597 , Reply# 7 8/22/2005 at 13:59 (6,992 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Robert, what can I say, another treasure saved. Details please. It is just beautiful. Terry | ||
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Post# 79600 , Reply# 9 8/22/2005 at 14:14 (6,992 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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When it rains it pours! | ||
| Post# 79601 , Reply# 10 8/22/2005 at 14:14 (6,992 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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Did it come with it's copper filter pan? | ||
| Post# 79602 , Reply# 11 8/22/2005 at 14:19 (6,992 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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Dispenser Robert is that a manualmatic dispenser? Lid or user activated? Multiple load storage? | ||
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Post# 79604 , Reply# 12 8/22/2005 at 14:51 (6,992 days old) by Pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Swooning | ||
| Post# 79606 , Reply# 13 8/22/2005 at 14:54 (6,992 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
I want one too! | ||
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Post# 79614 , Reply# 14 8/22/2005 at 15:23 (6,992 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Today's catch-of-the day is..................... | ||
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Post# 79616 , Reply# 15 8/22/2005 at 15:33 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Hi everyone and thanks. Here are the details so far, the new turquoise machine has two main problems. The first is a broken fill inlet water flume hose which I suspect made for quite a flood which probably took the machine out of service years ago. The second is not so obvious to a common user, but the anti-indexing pawl has broken and causes the tub to rotate during agitation about 45 to 50 rpm. This speed is fast is enough to throw some of the water over the top of the tub, but since it’s a Filter-Flo GE, the water is brought back into the tub, but still a spinning wash tub cuts out a lot of wash action. The other issue is the pump is not pumping the Filter-flo water stream fast enough to get it all in the filter pan, the rubber diverter flap in the pump is worn, but I have a few of those rubber flappers in stock so that’s and easy fix. The biggest challenge will be the transmission. 99% of that transmission is made out of metal, but for some strange reason GE decided to make the anti-indexing pawl out of plastic. Every GE washer I have ever seen made from 1955 thru 1959 had the same problem of a broken pawl and the tub turning during wash. In 1960 when they changed to the KER-Clunking brake transmission the pawl was eliminated as the brake now prevented the tub from turning during the wash and it worked really well. The earlier GE models with the double pulley (like my really old 1951 GE to the right of the white ’58 GE) had the anti-index pawl on the outside of the tranny and it was made of rubber and also worked really well. It was really just a problem with the 55-59 GE’s. When I was at the Aberdeen Appliance Graveyard five years ago I stripped a few GE washers from that time period and saved the transmissions. I was able to take a 1960 Brake transmission and use it in my White 58 GE so that machine works great. So here’s the deal, if I can find one of the farm transmissions, that I saved, has a good pawl and works fine, I will be able to save both washers. If I cannot, I will take the best parts and make one good Turquoise machine. I hope I can save both and find the white machine a good home, but I really don’t know. We will see. Both white and turquoise machines originally came with a Pink Filter Mount and copper filter pan. The White machine has a replacement gray filter mount that I put on there last year and a copper pan. At some point in the life of the Turquoise machine the filter mount was changed to a black modern mount which takes the later style GE Filter-pans used from 1960-1995. As for the pink dispenser in the front-left hand corner that’s a one-shot fabric softener dispenser which I love. It uses the incoming rinse water to flow thru the dispenser to overflow the softener into the wash basket. Before you fill the dispenser you need to press the pink button to drain the dispenser tray of clear rinse water before you fill it for the next wash. I’ll start taking this machine apart tonight and I will take some restoration pictures for all to see. I bet some Appliancevillers’ who have worked on later perforated tub GE’s will find the solid basket machines similar but with some major differences. | ||
| Post# 79619 , Reply# 16 8/22/2005 at 16:37 (6,992 days old) by Spiraclean (UK) | ||
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| Post# 79622 , Reply# 18 8/22/2005 at 16:43 (6,992 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS) | ||
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Oh boy, Robert ... THAT'S BEAUTIFUL!! What a great color! Thanks for the obligatory interior shot; those are always so fun to look at!!! :-) Your white one is a quiet machine (if I remember right ... or were there so many running at once that I couldn't hear!!). | ||
| Post# 79628 , Reply# 19 8/22/2005 at 17:45 (6,992 days old) by drmitch () | ||
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F I L T E R F L O Another beautiful machine finds a good home! My inspiration to keep looking! | ||
| Post# 79629 , Reply# 20 8/22/2005 at 17:45 (6,992 days old) by GEExtraRinse (Hudson Valley, New York ) | ||
YAY!!!! | ||
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Post# 79633 , Reply# 21 8/22/2005 at 18:30 (6,992 days old) by Pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Tub Ring
Robert - interesting observation about the pink tub ring in your white model. I have a collection of Filter-Flo advertisements from this period - two showing pink '58s, one turquoise '58, and one yellow '58 - and none of the machines featured have the pink ring, all are grey (no photos of a white machine). I also have one ad for a '57 Filter-Flo, pink washer, and it appears to have the grey ring also. Good luck breaking the code on this one! Lawrence | ||
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Post# 79657 , Reply# 24 8/22/2005 at 21:06 (6,992 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 79681 , Reply# 25 8/22/2005 at 22:33 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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OK, What's the scoop? I bet you were driving down the road and looked over and there it sat loaded on a flat bed w/ a lift and they brought it to the house for ya and unloaded it! . Hi Bethann, not quite. I've known about this machine for over a year now, a nice woman from Denver had email me about it a while back. She was finally ready to give it up so I shipped it and it arrived last Friday. I was thinking about taking a drive out to Denver to pick it up, but with Beltman shipping being so reasonable I figured I would just have it shipped. | ||
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Post# 79683 , Reply# 26 8/22/2005 at 22:36 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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OK Here are some more pictures and inner workings of a late 1950's solid basket GE. In this first shot looking in from the rear of the machine you can seem some similarities to the later style GE's, but the motor is mounted in the center and the pump is completely different. Also the boot is clamped to the outer side of the outer tub, in the later machines to boot is clamped on the inside of the outer tub. 
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Post# 79684 , Reply# 27 8/22/2005 at 22:37 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Check out the Pump | ||
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Post# 79686 , Reply# 28 8/22/2005 at 22:40 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 79687 , Reply# 29 8/22/2005 at 22:40 (6,992 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
oh that Turqoise!! | ||
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Post# 79688 , Reply# 30 8/22/2005 at 22:43 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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| Post# 79691 , Reply# 31 8/22/2005 at 22:53 (6,992 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada) | ||
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pink dear | ||
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Post# 79694 , Reply# 32 8/22/2005 at 22:59 (6,992 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Thanks Eddy! | ||
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Post# 79722 , Reply# 33 8/23/2005 at 06:07 (6,992 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Yes from what I remember 
growing up in GE town the PInk ring was used in all 1958 machines and I think a turquoise ring was used in all 1959 machines with turquoise cap and filter holder. I bet that grey ring means early production. Nancy Smith bought her 1958 in spring and it was delivered in June and it had a pink ring. Her 1953 GE was spurting oil all over the clothes so it had to go out, but it was SOO cool because I had never seen a GE with a white tub before! I'll be out to do turqoise wash! Its georgeous! jet | ||
| Post# 79728 , Reply# 34 8/23/2005 at 07:35 (6,991 days old) by JerseyMike () | ||
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Wow! What a wonderful find. :) That's my all time favorite appliance color! Thanks for sharing. Mike | ||
| Post# 79732 , Reply# 35 8/23/2005 at 07:55 (6,991 days old) by Spiraclean (UK) | ||
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Very Interesting | ||
| Post# 79734 , Reply# 36 8/23/2005 at 08:09 (6,991 days old) by westyslantfront () | ||
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Hi Robert. Beautiful machines. I like the pink tub ring. They really knew how to make machines in those days. And also real agitators, not those dual action agitators of today. | ||
| Post# 79789 , Reply# 38 8/23/2005 at 15:47 (6,991 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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For some strange reason GE decided to make the anti-indexing pawl out of plastic... Knowing what GE makes today, I wouldn't consider that reason "strange"...it seems that the "Plastic GE" has been around longer than we thought! ;-) *Ducks and runs* | ||
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Post# 79792 , Reply# 39 8/23/2005 at 16:09 (6,991 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI) |
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| Post# 79800 , Reply# 40 8/23/2005 at 16:43 (6,991 days old) by lesto (Atlanta) | ||
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Now Austin, musn't bash solid tub GE's. It's not too late for you to get a birthday spanking with a copper filter flo pan. | ||
| Post# 79822 , Reply# 42 8/23/2005 at 18:45 (6,991 days old) by Compwhiz128 () | ||
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What you should do is put the pink tub ring into the turqoise machine so it matches the filter-flo nozzle and agaitator cap | ||
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Post# 79903 , Reply# 43 8/23/2005 at 22:30 (6,991 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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