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Post# 1158373   9/1/2022 at 03:50 (575 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 1158376 , Reply# 1   9/1/2022 at 04:34 (575 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1158380 , Reply# 2   9/1/2022 at 06:30 (575 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Amazing that the bleach storage/dispensing system has not caused the cabinet to rust out. It must not have been used. |
Post# 1158382 , Reply# 3   9/1/2022 at 06:38 (575 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Should be about a 1961 GE washer it’s a nice shape for its age obviously sat for about the last 50 years without being used.
Has a GE factory rebuilt transmission in it although long ago. We had the exact same machine not sure where it went might’ve gone to Jon Charles in Boston ? Be a fun machine for a GE fan probably could get it much cheaper than they’re asking. John |
Post# 1158384 , Reply# 4   9/1/2022 at 07:18 (575 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1158387 , Reply# 5   9/1/2022 at 07:30 (575 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 1158389 , Reply# 6   9/1/2022 at 07:33 (575 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1158394 , Reply# 7   9/1/2022 at 07:53 (575 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Dan - you took the words out of my mouth, LOL.
Yet another example that this stuff is still out there. Ohio/Michigan seems to have delivered on the rare stuff in the last year or so. To Melvin's point, it's amazing that the original pot metal pump is still on the machine. Seeing the original blue Filter Flo pan is also a pleasant surprise. Ben |
Post# 1158398 , Reply# 8   9/1/2022 at 09:21 (575 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Pics cropped and tweaked a bit for slightly better quality to fit AW size restrictions. |
Post# 1158399 , Reply# 9   9/1/2022 at 09:25 (575 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 1158428 , Reply# 10   9/1/2022 at 13:22 (574 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 1158440 , Reply# 11   9/1/2022 at 14:30 (574 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 1158441 , Reply# 12   9/1/2022 at 14:33 (574 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 1158443 , Reply# 13   9/1/2022 at 14:50 (574 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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This does look to be in great condition. I'm very tempted to initiate a bidding war with my worthy opponent... this is a fabulous machine that I've coveted for a long time but I'm conflicted given that I have to get rid of many machines with a house renovation ahead of me.
I have the 1960 version of this "Piano Key" TOL which has the notorious Bleach Dispenser, but, even better, it has the old automatic RINSE dispenser included with the 58, 59 and 60 TOL's. I will never understand GE's thinking from back then: as nifty as that bleach dispenser looks on paper, the rinse dispenser on the 1960 T model is far more useful and not destructive to the appliance. Why they discontinued it as they introduced the V-12's doesn't make a lot of sense. I know GE eventually offered an activator-mounted softener dispenser for the later perf-tub models that didn't need to stop in the middle of the first spin, but I don't think it showed up until the mid Sixties. |
Post# 1158450 , Reply# 14   9/1/2022 at 15:41 (574 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 1158451 , Reply# 15   9/1/2022 at 16:15 (574 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1158452 , Reply# 16   9/1/2022 at 16:19 (574 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 1158460 , Reply# 17   9/1/2022 at 17:22 (574 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 1158468 , Reply# 18   9/1/2022 at 18:56 (574 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 1158476 , Reply# 19   9/1/2022 at 19:24 (574 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas)   |   | |
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Post# 1158505 , Reply# 20   9/2/2022 at 10:51 (573 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Wasn't this the last year for the filter flume location at 12 o'clock? |
Post# 1158518 , Reply# 21   9/2/2022 at 15:04 (573 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 1158545 , Reply# 22   9/2/2022 at 22:58 (573 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 1158555 , Reply# 23   9/3/2022 at 01:18 (573 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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Post# 1158563 , Reply# 24   9/3/2022 at 09:04 (573 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 1158569 , Reply# 25   9/3/2022 at 10:50 (572 days old) by Adam-aussie-vac (Canberra ACT)   |   | |
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So does it fill up enough The water overflow from the inner tub into the outer tub? And then does it start to wash/rinse? |
Post# 1158573 , Reply# 26   9/3/2022 at 12:16 (572 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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Post# 1158574 , Reply# 27   9/3/2022 at 12:44 (572 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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So does it fill up enough The water overflow from the inner tub into the outer tub? And then does it start to wash/rinse?
Yes exactly a few gallons and it starts to agitate, the few gallons ensures water recirculation. So there was only one water level: full tub? No most have a water saver button on the control panel you can manually push to start agitation, although you will obviously have no filtering. Some of the center drain agitators on the early GE models have a movable plug on the agitator that moves up and down to control the water level. Update, here is how the agitator mounted water level system works:
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Post# 1158575 , Reply# 28   9/3/2022 at 13:54 (572 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 1158588 , Reply# 29   9/3/2022 at 16:27 (572 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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Thank-you for that Robert.
I had no idea. Learn something new everyday. Though a bit convoluted, it was a step toward progress and evolution. It does seem like the workings in there would get gunked up with lint or soap scum. Very creative though. --- Paul, I wonder if your friend had a difficult time because the washer sold quicker than the seller thought it would and the seller was having sellers remorse. He was wishing he'd sold it for more. |
Post# 1158729 , Reply# 30   9/5/2022 at 11:58 (570 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I was surprised when I saw the first V model with the 12:00 flume when I joined this website some 15 years ago. I guess it was a hold-over from the solid-tub days and being built into the porcelain on steel top, was more expensive to manufacture and more prone to rusting.
The Filter-Flo Flume (say that 5 times) was re-positioned to the 1:30 position for later versions of the 1961 V-line models. I have a few 1961 washers where this is true and the first '61 washer I ever knew, a WA-750V back in 1961 when we moved into our new house, was identical to our 1962 WA-750W except for the colors of the control panel and filter pan, and a back-lit control dial (which was also eliminated because if/when users interrupted the cycle {to do a soak for example} those dials melted from no movement and the heat of the bulb). Pity; I coveted that beautiful blue machine. |
Post# 1158736 , Reply# 31   9/5/2022 at 13:22 (570 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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Post# 1158743 , Reply# 32   9/5/2022 at 14:44 (570 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Because the top forms the top of the outer tub they would’ve had horrible rust problems if they used something cheaper would not of made any difference whether the filter flow flume was in the 12 o’clock or 130 position, later 24 inch GE’s had the Filter Flow flume at the 7 o’clock position. As did the commercial washers that had a removable front.
John L |