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Thread Number: 93771
/ Tag: Classified Ad Finds
GE (Speed Queen) top load washer |
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| Post# 1184229 7/5/2023 at 15:43 (298 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
If I had the space or if I didn't had my Kenmore, I'd buy this in a heart beat!
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| Post# 1184230 , Reply# 1 7/5/2023 at 16:01 (298 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1184239 , Reply# 2 7/5/2023 at 19:20 (297 days old) by chetlaham  (United States) |
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 This makes me so emotional.
See, if everyone was like me this is what modern day Whirlpools, Kenmore, GEs, Hotpoints, Maytags, Amanas, Ropers, ect, ect would look like. We'd take one look at the sales floor and not a single model T or VMW would sell while simultaneously company phone lines crash getting an earful. Watch how quickly old designs will stay around either indefinitely or become superseded by ones that use more metal, are heavier and last longer. 10 year parts and labor warranty on everything no questions asked. | ||
| Post# 1184240 , Reply# 3 7/5/2023 at 19:53 (297 days old) by Seeitrun2006 (Commerce, GA) | ||
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This rebadged Speed Queen/Amana/GE Washer Unless I’m mistaken it was sold by Home Depot | ||
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Post# 1184249 , Reply# 4 7/5/2023 at 21:43 (297 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Spot them by the lower panel...
The Amana branded models had a light gray lower panel on both washer and dryer, actually was attractive with gray accent on the control panel. Saw them sold under Maytag, Amana, GE (not sure what contractual obligation GE stumbled into to get these) They had some serious issues, seal/bearing failures, saw a couple on the junk pile wallowing in a puddle of their own oil. Most didn't last five years so this GE labeled machine is a really rare bird.
The Amana-style dryers weren't terrible, grabbed a few from the pile and re-sold them. | ||
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Post# 1184267 , Reply# 5 7/6/2023 at 08:47 (297 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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| Post# 1184440 , Reply# 6 7/8/2023 at 15:27 (295 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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Post# 1184463 , Reply# 7 7/8/2023 at 21:29 (294 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Whoa. | ||
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Post# 1184465 , Reply# 8 7/8/2023 at 21:56 (294 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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Post# 1184498 , Reply# 9 7/9/2023 at 06:11 (294 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 1184499 , Reply# 10 7/9/2023 at 07:05 (294 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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GE speed Queen design top load washer
These were the same as Amana tags and had all the associated problems with main seal failures.
The dryer was even worse. It was also like the Maytag Amanas style speed queen dryer. I only sold a couple of these GEs so I don’t think this product lasted very long in their lineup Around the same time there were even admiral built refrigerators with the GE name on them. GE must have made a brief deal with Maytag as Maytag was going under. John | ||
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Post# 1184513 , Reply# 11 7/9/2023 at 10:24 (294 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1184548 , Reply# 12 7/9/2023 at 18:51 (293 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
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| Post# 1184562 , Reply# 13 7/9/2023 at 20:53 (293 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah) | ||
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Yes | ||
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Post# 1191258 , Reply# 14 10/4/2023 at 16:49 (207 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA) |
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wash action GE could've used this wash action after they came out with the filter-flo line. What were they thinking? | ||
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Post# 1191307 , Reply# 15 10/5/2023 at 16:39 (206 days old) by reactor (Oak Ridge, Tennessee-- ) |
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test marketing
As mentioned by others above, these were sold at Home Depot and were only marketed for a VERY short time. I purchased a set for my sister and brother-in-law. I believe it was around the late nineties.
My speculation is GE was test marketing a stainless steel washer with their name on it. This was back before GE ever had a stainless tub washer, or stainless drum dryer. It was a a good way to test the waters without going full fledged into production. My brother-in-law had a difficult time registering the machines for warranty purposes. He called the GE "hotline" and when he read off the model and serial numbers they told him they were not their machines. I think with great effort he eventually convinced them otherwise. Apparently they were so new, administration failed to have told the hotline workers or enter them into their database. This post was last edited 10/05/2023 at 20:54 | ||
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Post# 1191341 , Reply# 16 10/6/2023 at 04:15 (205 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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GE Hotline around that time was good as their appliances, a total farce. Something as simple as ordering a part was social BDSM. The workers had a mixture of ignorant and arrogant, acted like they were corporate heroes who new everything all while treating you like clueless child. Not surprised, GE at its core is highly dysfunctional.
@GELaundry4ever: Its not what GE thinks, its that GE doesn't think. GE had the opportunity to seize this design, perfect it like Alliance did, and build a reputation that perhaps even the FFs could not fully realize. Then again, perhaps it was better that Alliance took hold of the design as they are a commercial orientated company. Then again, I can't deny the fact FFs were in laundromats... | ||
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Post# 1191486 , Reply# 17 10/7/2023 at 13:21 (204 days old) by chetlaham (United States) |
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@Jerome: Here is the service manual to the GE top load Amana washer:
www.uncleharrywizard.com/NephewCl... | ||
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Comes to the Rescue!
Why couldn't GE have used this design for all their post FF washers? The agony the world would have been spared. I mean if they can afford to sell this design briefly, they can afford it indefinitely. ;){kind=link}
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