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Post# 79638 8/22/2005 at 19:15 (6,820 days old) by Pulltostart  (Mobile, AL) |
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Bear with me please, while I ramble. I very much enjoy reading all of the comments here, drool over all of your pictures (washers, dryers, cars, people, etc), have very much enjoyed seeing and reading about The Convention - this is truly a unique website and an even-more unique collection of individuals. And oh my, how I positively slobbered all over myself today with the posting of Robert's latest find! I have to ask how in the world do y'all (true Southerner here) come up with these treasures? I can't decide if I'm more impressed with your ability/luck to find these gems, or your ability/talent at restoring them. Again, kudos to all of you. As for myself, however, I have managed to acquire two examples and I honestly don't know what I'm going to do with them! I purchased Greg's (Fixerman) 1962 Filter-Flo earlier this year and thus far have only cleaned and polished the exterior. It does not run - in fact does not even have a motor - and may never run. But for now, that's OK with me. It sits in my garage and I see it each and everytime I pull the car in, and I admire it and its chrome and its styling. There she sits, my own piece of "Camelot". I don't know if the '62 will ever "activate" or pump, but at least it's not headed to a crusher. And then there's my Maytag. Earlier this summer I bought an early 70's A407 at an estate sale here. Paid $50 for it and it appears to be fully-operational and in great shape. I suspect that the home where I bought it was the home to which it was delivered when brand new. I cleaned it up, and improvised a hook-up in the basement (a story in and of itself) and have used it to do a few loads (would those be Solo Wash-Ins?) If I can locate a matching dryer in comparable condition, I would move the pair up into the kitchen and pass the 1982 matching pair of harvest Maytags along to the person who has already spoken for them, and I'd use the "A407 And Mate" regularly. OK, time to wrap it up. Again, just wanted to tell all of you how impressed I am with your talents and enthusiasms and, although my motivation(s) and the end result thereof might be different from the majority of you, I do feel a kinship/bond with this group. Thanks for the forum! Lawrence 
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| Post# 79651 , Reply# 3 8/22/2005 at 20:17 (6,820 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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start somewhere. Mine was when I was a child. Then, it comes one day. You figure out the operational functions and get started by buying, buying, and buying. Sometimes (more than others) it takes like machines to complie a working perfect machine. Be proud of you machines. They will only do what you ask them to. Steve | ||
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Post# 79659 , Reply# 4 8/22/2005 at 21:15 (6,820 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Beautiful washer, I remember seeing the pics posted of this machine a year or so ago when I got my '60 GE FilterFlo from Greg. You shouldn't have too much trouble putting a motor into it, as long as the motor mounting fits into this machine it will be fun to give it a go! Do you have the Repair Master book for the GE washers? A very informative and easy to understand book - usually on ebay or amazon.com for little $$, here's some on amazon starting at 25 cents. Thanks for the picture - love the organ-key switches! CLICK HERE TO GO TO gansky1's LINK | ||
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Post# 79676 , Reply# 6 8/22/2005 at 22:27 (6,820 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Hi Lawrence, wow that GE Filter-Flo looks great! I believe that's the only 1962 Model we know of in existence (correct me if I'm wrong someone). 1962 was only the second year of the perforated basket Filter-Flo washer and the first year that they moved the Filter-Flo Nozzle stream to the 1:30 position! If you decided you want to try to restore this machine back to running condition, a lot of the parts are still available. Plus we can all help you as you go along, especially if you can take pictures of your work and post them with your questions. There are quite a few people here who are very familiar with this style GE washer. | ||
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Post# 79698 , Reply# 7 8/23/2005 at 00:08 (6,820 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Lawrence 
You have to wonder where everyone gets the time, I sure do..lol Haven't fixed any washers or dryers yet but I have scads of small appliances, some vacs, electronics etc and manage to get at one or another whenever possible. Easiest is finding a second similar item and pirating parts to make one good one. When I bought my 89 GE we already had a kenmore dryer so I didn't get a matching set.. and of all things the matching dryer is now sitting at a local thrift store with another matchiing GE washer to mine.. I'm betwixt and between on getting the dryer or not, I'm crowded as it is. Just reading Roberts thread above.. if you can't find bolts etc at a regular hardware, home depot place..check the yellow pages for an industrial supplier of bolts in your city..Believe me they do exist..we have such a place here called Bolts R Us or something and that's all they sell, from microscopic to giants. Also we have two competing shops selling casters of all things,, Caster City and CasterLand, if there's a caster to be had they have it LOL. Barring that try a place like Graingers.. they may be able to point you in the right local direction to someplace that specializes in that hard to find part. | ||
| Post# 79720 , Reply# 9 8/23/2005 at 05:20 (6,820 days old) by drmitch () | ||
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Great looking filterflo Laurence! Good luck on the repairs! | ||
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Post# 79730 , Reply# 10 8/23/2005 at 07:49 (6,820 days old) by Pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Thanks all for the tips and offers for assistance! I'll let you know how the work progresses. Gansky - yep, I have a copy of the Repair Master, although I have no idea why. I bought it back in the late 70's at a local washer supply business. I guess I recognized that with all of the old pictures, it too was a blast out of the past. Fixerman - yep, he did include a motor from a similar washer. It is sitting next to the washer, still bubble-wrapped. My first priority is to move out my stacked F/L GE's so I have a little more room to work (they're sold, just need to be picked up). I've included a pic of the Maytag. If you look closely you can see how I hooked it up to run in the basement, garage door open. Also notice the two black strips on the console, one on each side. These were Dymo labels, the left one said "PULL TO START", and the right one said "PUSH TO STOP". Clever, huh? They have been removed. The only cosmetic blemish is the deterioration of the aqua paint on the console beneath the timer. Otherwise, she's good as new. Lawrence 
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| Post# 80120 , Reply# 11 8/24/2005 at 22:04 (6,818 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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Post# 80288 , Reply# 12 8/25/2005 at 19:19 (6,817 days old) by Goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 80310 , Reply# 13 8/25/2005 at 21:35 (6,817 days old) by Pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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| Post# 80424 , Reply# 14 8/26/2005 at 10:33 (6,817 days old) by designgeek () | ||
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If I'm not mistaken, our family had that model when I was a little kid. In fact I'm pretty sure it was that exact one. Got any interior photos? | ||
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Post# 80460 , Reply# 15 8/26/2005 at 15:39 (6,816 days old) by Goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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