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Thread Number: 94124
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
GE washer/dryer set model age quality requested |
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| Post# 1188203 , Reply# 1 8/22/2023 at 17:14 (418 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
This would be from around 1993 several years before the new GE platform. They are great machines but at their age depending on the mechanical condition and your mechanical ability they could be more than you bargain for. The washer is probably standard capacity and standard for these washers wasn’t much at all. They are cool vintage machines and if you can tinker with them and don’t need large capacity then I’d go for them.
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| Post# 1188208 , Reply# 3 8/22/2023 at 17:35 (418 days old) by mb1974 (pa) | ||
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Large Capacity is the regular size tub. Extra Large Capacity is of course what it says it is. That being said, if they are in good shape, I would grab them in a heartbeat. Just my opinion. | ||
| Post# 1188209 , Reply# 4 8/22/2023 at 17:40 (418 days old) by mb1974 (pa) | ||
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1 speed or 2 speed clutch? | ||
| Post# 1188236 , Reply# 7 8/22/2023 at 20:28 (418 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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| Post# 1188302 , Reply# 8 8/23/2023 at 16:09 (417 days old) by Spin-Doctor (Tennessee) | ||
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Thanks everyone. As nice as that GE set appears to be, the limited capacity and wasteful water consumption is a concern. I'll keep looking for a Whirlpool direct drive or maybe an old Maytag classic or similar Brady Bunch vintage. | ||
Post# 1188342 , Reply# 9 8/23/2023 at 22:33 (417 days old) by chetlaham  (United States) |
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 Well, given how good it looks on photo, I personally wouldn't just pass this up. FFs are nowhere near as bad as they are made out to be on here. If the seller took good care of them this set can give you 10-20 years of trouble free service. These capture history better than DDs do IMO.
All steal design taken to the max, thick cabinet, ultra beefy spring free suspension, steal outter tub, simple pawl break, all metal gears, concrete balance weight, lint filtration, spin-draining, reasonably gentle wash action. All things DDs don't have.
FFs have a both a feel and a personality to them. | ||
| Post# 1188417 , Reply# 10 8/24/2023 at 17:13 (416 days old) by Good-Shepherd (New Jersey) | ||
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concrete balance weight Dryer also has a concrete counter balance as I recall. | ||
| Post# 1189585 , Reply# 11 9/8/2023 at 01:02 (402 days old) by stuftrock1 (Kentucky) | ||
 I have a FF model WWA8320. I absolutely love it. I would love to upgrade to at least a model 8350 so that I could have the mini basket. Standard "large" capacity is 2.8 cu ft iirc. Extra large capacity is 3.2. Same as the Maytag standard and large capacities. Whirlpool built DDs are 3.5.
I would still highly recommend a FF set, even the standard capacity. They're... functionally flamboyant I guess you could say, and they do a fantastic job cleaning too. The small capacity really shouldn't be that much of an issue unless you have really thick comforters or a king size bed. FFs finish their cycles pretty quickly, and could probably wash the same volume of laundry in the time it takes any modern HE machine to finish a cycle.
Yes, these are water hogs, even by old school washer standards. There is no getting around that. If water is expensive in your area, then that is the only reason to not get a FF imo. The only answer to a water usage concern is a front loader. As much as I hate front loaders for various reasons, they are by far the best "low water usage" machines.
I don't really understand a lot of the dislike for FFs that I have seen on this site. I absolutely love them. I would even go as far as to rank them above Whirlpool built belt drives and DDs, and even old Maytags. | ||
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