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Post# 156774   9/24/2006 at 16:14 (6,416 days old) by reversajet (Westchester, NY)        

If there's any interest in this machine after auction end on Wednesday, I hope you'll get in touch with me as I'm not able to keep it in the house after that. Reliable performer and plenty of interchangeable parts. Easy drive from NY tri-state area. Thanks.

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Post# 156857 , Reply# 1   9/24/2006 at 21:08 (6,416 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Silly rabbit,

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Can we get a pic of the inside?

Post# 156862 , Reply# 2   9/24/2006 at 21:30 (6,416 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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Throw that peice of S**t away.

Post# 156863 , Reply# 3   9/24/2006 at 21:30 (6,416 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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I mean, keep it for a longlasting peice of boat anchor

Post# 156870 , Reply# 4   9/24/2006 at 21:59 (6,416 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Hush up Steve!

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That was my childhood washer! I spent many an hour playing in that filter-flo stream...

Post# 156894 , Reply# 5   9/24/2006 at 22:47 (6,416 days old) by thirtyater ()        

Steve calls this s**t yet he likes his rollermatic?

GO FIGURE!


Post# 156896 , Reply# 6   9/25/2006 at 00:04 (6,416 days old) by reversajet (Westchester, NY)        
Who's Sorry Now?

Thanks in defense of the G.E. I just spent over $1800 incl. extra warranties etc. for the Frigidaire Acclaim FL's and tho plastic platinum is cheesy it's an amazing performer. But it won't--can't--last 16 let alone 32 years like the Filter-flo.

Post# 156899 , Reply# 7   9/25/2006 at 00:10 (6,416 days old) by reversajet (Westchester, NY)        
Who's Sorry Now

Thanks in defense of the G.E. I just spent over $1800 incl. warranties etc. for the Frigidaire Acclaim FL's, and tho the plastic platinum is cheesy, they won't--can't--last 16 let alone 32 years like the Filter-flo.

Post# 156907 , Reply# 8   9/25/2006 at 03:43 (6,415 days old) by thirtyater ()        

Love that machine reversajet but it would just cost too much to ship to KY. Why don't you donate it to a thrift store? I really hate to see it get squashed to death!

Post# 156923 , Reply# 9   9/25/2006 at 07:44 (6,415 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        
thirtyater

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Truly, I have my eye on a 1967 filterflow. It is right down the street and is in real good shape. She is a customer of mine and is talking about getting a new one real soon. I told her to let me assist her with that when the time comes, FREE OF CHARGE!

Steve


Post# 156924 , Reply# 10   9/25/2006 at 07:51 (6,415 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        

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If you do decide to send it to the curb, at least save the activator and the filter pan.

Post# 156926 , Reply# 11   9/25/2006 at 08:20 (6,415 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
It's a beaut.

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I'd snatch it up except:
no truck, no time, no money and no space.

DAMN!


Post# 156982 , Reply# 12   9/25/2006 at 15:21 (6,415 days old) by thirtyater ()        

Just cutting up with you Steve! We had a rollermatic that was a real lemon when I was a child. However, I wish I had a gold crown Rollermatic like the one we had but I sure wouldn't use it for my main machine! We have had some really dependable FF's too so I am partial to the old FF's.

I would love to see your collection if I am ever down that way.



Post# 159145 , Reply# 13   10/6/2006 at 19:10 (6,404 days old) by lovewahsers ()        
GE FILTER FLO

THAT GE FILTERR-FLO IS NOTHING BUT*#@*& LIKE SOME OVER PEOPLE SIDE MY MOM HAD THAT SET BRAND NEW WITH SOFTNER DISP FILTER AND MINI BASKET IT WAS JUNK THEN LIKE GE IS JUNK NOW

Post# 159149 , Reply# 14   10/6/2006 at 19:33 (6,404 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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tell us how you really feel......

Post# 159151 , Reply# 15   10/6/2006 at 19:39 (6,404 days old) by rickr (.)        

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lol!! Thought you guys only played "kick the kenmore" around here, what up with this?

Post# 159343 , Reply# 16   10/7/2006 at 22:38 (6,403 days old) by thirtyater ()        

Lovewashers, does *#@*& stand for GREAT? I know our filter flo's have been great machines! (ducks and runs)

Post# 159393 , Reply# 17   10/8/2006 at 10:24 (6,402 days old) by westytoploader ()        

In my opinion, the only real problem that older GEs have, besides being water hogs, are dealing with unbalanced loads. With or without the cable suspension, they will shake!

Other than that, they're fun to watch and do a good job of washing. Anyone who doubts their reliability can just look at the February 1991 Consumer Reports issue; in descending order on the reliability scale, it was Hotpoint, Maytag, and then GE. Not to mention serviceability...an older GE is definitely a good machine for someone starting to collect and one of the EASIEST machines to work on out there. I posted about a transmission/belt/boot replacement I did on my '77 Dispensall last March; after all of the parts came in, it didn't take long at all!

Also, there has been some confusion on when the last old-style GE top-loaders were made. Some say 1994, others 1995. Looking at another CR report, it was indeed 1995. The last GE and Hotpoint machines with the "handwash" agitator were tested in the February issue for that year. The new "plastic" design was introduced before the next washer report for the July 1996 issue.

--Austin


Post# 159644 , Reply# 18   10/10/2006 at 12:24 (6,400 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

Nothing removes dog hair from washable fabrics like a Filter Flo. We used one to wash dog beds and towels in a kennel I once worked in back in the 70's. You wouldn't believe how much junk ended up in the filter pan!
Weren't these machines the ones that used a concrete block in the base to hold it steady? Before we bought our current Whirlpool Electonic set, we looked at Monkey Wards who was selling GE and the sales person told us that the GE's were cheaply built and that we would be better off with a Raytheon Amana washer than one of these.


Post# 159649 , Reply# 19   10/10/2006 at 12:52 (6,400 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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ALL IMHO:

Rule #1: never trust a sales-person. They are there to get a commission for themselves. You are their last concern.
Various mannies offer them different incentives (financial and otherise)to push their own machines by manipulating the behavior of the sale-people.

And last of all, there are MANY points fo view on an issue and more than one road to Nirvana. Let us not forget that Consumer Reports (when they were somewhat respectable) used to downgrade tradtional dependale-care Maytags because their tops did not have a "lip" to contain water. Does anyone really care about that "feature"? Does it affect anything that a person buys a washer to do?

:-)


Post# 159678 , Reply# 20   10/10/2006 at 15:58 (6,400 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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I remember watching a Frigidaire 1-18 training video,and they bashed the Maytag,because the lid opened back,and tended to shut the washer off,by pushing in the timer knob.

Post# 159708 , Reply# 21   10/10/2006 at 19:44 (6,400 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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I haven't had even one minor problem with my 89 GE. Fingers crossed the truck ride cross country hasn't caused any damage.
Guess I'll find out next month when it gets installed in our new house.


Post# 798651 , Reply# 22   12/11/2014 at 19:56 (3,416 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)        
Don't even think about it!

I have a GE post filter-flo washer from 2000. This is after I dumped my filter-flo washer and matching dryer! I also have the matching dryer to the 2000 GE washer! Boy I regret ditching my filter-flo and taking it to the dump! If y're thinking about having your filter-flo set taken to the dump, Don't even think about it! Don't make the same mistake I did!

Post# 798667 , Reply# 23   12/11/2014 at 22:14 (3,416 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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Jerome, are you aware that you replied to a thread that's THREE THOUSAND days old?

 

Your advice is a bit on the late side.

 

 


Post# 798676 , Reply# 24   12/11/2014 at 23:06 (3,416 days old) by Murando531 (Augusta, Georgia - US)        

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Yeah, we're getting alot of ancient posts across every forum group being dug up from the tombs. All with the same "GE SHOULD HAVE NEVER GIVEN UP ON THE FILTERFLO SHAME ON YOU GE" rant.

I'm all for passion and nostalgia but maybe we can talk about something else this week?


Post# 798701 , Reply# 25   12/12/2014 at 05:13 (3,415 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))        

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True story though, GE lost all laundry credibility when they ditched FF.

Coincidence or conspiracy? You decide.


Post# 798712 , Reply# 26   12/12/2014 at 09:09 (3,415 days old) by rickr (.)        

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I thought perhaps it was the ghost of Christmas past!

The Filter-Flo was a great cleaner, but they were HUGE water hogs, they had no out of balance shut off and could "self destruct" causing tub or boot damage if ran out of balance, and had rust issues. I'm afraid they would be a huge failure if they were still being sold today.


Post# 798734 , Reply# 27   12/12/2014 at 13:30 (3,415 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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Jerome, you should check if its still available, always possible to have it shipped!.....

someone should jump on their time machine and save this.....


Post# 798752 , Reply# 28   12/12/2014 at 14:44 (3,415 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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A thread over 8 years old, I think the washer is long gone.....


Post# 798756 , Reply# 29   12/12/2014 at 15:01 (3,415 days old) by Classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)        

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I got my Westinghouse laundromat from a 3 or 4 year old thread I found in the archive. I was shocked. It does happen on occasion.


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