Yup still going as far as I can tell all original parts. Plus another identical unit, plus a 1986 Hotpoint dishwasher, a 1983 ge laundry pair, and 1984 Hotpoint range all going strong here.

I’ll try to get some video of it next time I can. I’ll be doing everything in my power to keep these going. Even if the tub rusts out I will cut and weld new metal.

@@80sappliances I miss my 2-speed GE filter-flo pair.

The battery is located in the main panel which would likely be in a bedroom closet/basement. If you don’t have the key it can be purchased online fairly cheap along with a new battery.

They perform better, are built to a much higher standard, and they just look plain cool. It’s taken maybe $100 worth of service in the past 41 years.

These are workhorses. Most of this stuff from the 80s and earlier was though. As far as I know, it's been washing clothes this entire past 40 years.

@@80sappliances I bet it could clean filthy jeans!

I'm planning on it. This video was thrown together with some clips I had of the car previously, and I didn't have any good driving ones to include this time around.

Definitely. Next time I'm servicing one of them I will try to do that.

Also, I love the smell of that gear oil that GE uses. The smell reminds me of the Whirlpool direct drive gear oil.@@80sappliances

@@80sappliances Sounds good. It will make good ASMR.

Thank you! Love your content by the way, not sure how I wasn't subscribed but I must have only been with my other account. I really love this color as well, although it isn't original, whoever painted it did a good job. It's technically a Town & Country trim, so I believe that means that this car used to be a woody. I would have loved to see that, but at least there are other examples online. I'll have to check out that Pontiac. I've really been itching to get a pre-emissions era vehicle in the fleet. And of course, keep it all original!

@@80sappliances I actually might be picking up a 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 4 door hardtop this month if it comes to fruition. Everything appears to be all there on that car but needs some work since it has 162,000 original miles on it judging by the shape the transmission is in. Everything on that car will be kept as original as possible but the thing I am changing is I’ll have it repainted blue (has a blue interior), it’s white but don’t particularly care for white cars since that’s what most modern car colors are anyways. Of course, there will be those people who will tell me I am foolish to put money in a car like that since it’s not a popular car which is true, but it would be more foolish to spend over $50K and up for a new car that will depreciate as soon as it’s driven off the lot not to mention the interest. Another thing most people don’t realize, is most parts for these cars you see on the road are only available at dealerships where they can charge whatever they want for said part. Someone had to pay $5600 (might as well round it off to $6000) to get the taillights replaced on their 2018 Ford F150 Limited since water got inside, shorted a bunch of things out and basically disabled the vehicle in terms of it wouldn’t start or do anything. To add insult to injury, it’ll cost upwards of $40K to repair a dent on the bed of a Rivian truck since everything is all one piece. Once the truck is 5 to 8 years old at that point, might as well just junk it since it’ll outweigh the cost of the truck. Getting fed up with these outrageously complex modern vehicles that look like jellybeans.

@@seana806 that’s awesome. Hopefully everything works out. The more undesirable “boat” vehicles always go for so much less than the popular muscle car picks. But in all reality, they look just as good, are more comfortable, and usually share most of the same parts, as those were the parts they had and they weren’t going to redesign everything ground up, especially for a lower volume car. Still kind of the case today. Everything was much easier to modify back then as well without all the computer junk. But it is indeed insane the parts madness that goes on. They realized how much money they can make with proprietary parts. And then a step further locking the vehicle down until the repair is done by, preferably to them, the dealer, and almost certainly not the vehicle owner. There’s no money in that. I worked as a mechanic for a while, and the quality drop is huge. Plastic everything in the engine, granted even in the 70s/80s Fords and Chevys they were using nylon timing gears already (for “quieter operation”). But it’s way worse today. Everything is plastic, everything is cheap and designed to fail. They “wised up” and stopped overbuilding things. The Ford 1.0L ecoboost uses a rubber timing belt bathed in oil! With cam gear that’s tapered pressed on, no key way. The belt decomposes, clogs the oil pump, and at that point it’s much cheaper to replace the engine entirely or buy a whole new car. No excuse to be designed that way. The electric vehicles are even worse. Even if that rivians bed was repaired, the battery would follow not long after. No thanks. I have no plans to own anything post 2000 in my entire life. That extends far beyond cars too. The only hang up is that the parts for old cars produced today are often junk or just out of production, but with the simplicity and reliability of them parts rarely fail and could be fabricated much easier than something similar on a new vehicle. The only thing that really fails due to age though is rubber. Everything else usually comes down to abuse or general wear.

If I get my way I will have enough land and capital to fabricate any part I will need in the future.

@@80sappliances I considered being a mechanic when I was younger but as soon as I saw the writing on the wall in terms of ridiculously complicated designs along with cheap plastic parts, I lost interest. Yeah, I saw a video uploaded by I Do Cars on that Ford Ecoboost with rubber belt soaked in oil. That engine is basically made to be thrown away if a major issue pops up with it. Almost any engine that’s of a interference design with overhead cams is simply made to fail, to add insult to injury they use a rubber timing belt which will snap and destroy the engine, at that point you might as well just junk the vehicle. Your Chrysler LaBaron uses a timing belt but thankfully it’s not a interference design, if the belt breaks, no damage is done, will just be stranded on the side of the road when that happens. I think Ford should just bring back their 300 inline 6 and make a 4 cylinder derivative, easily would have extremely reliable engines since there’s no timing chains or belts since it just uses a timing gear which will last the life of the engine. The Ford 300 inline 6 is possibly one of the most reliable engines in existence since there’s few moving parts inside compared to unnecessarily complicated overhead cam engines with guides and phasers which will need to be replaced to prevent the engine from self destructing. The Ford 221/260/289/302 was another very reliable engine from Ford, those could run just as long as the 300 inline 6 as long as the oil was changed every 3,000 miles along with driving them fairly easily. I Do Cars did a tear down of a 1990’s Ford 302, nothing catastrophic was wrong, just had wear on the main bearings from being driven fairly hard with not changing the oil as frequently. That particular engine was a good candidate for a rebuild and and easily run for 300,000+ miles without a single repair, just maintenance.

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Yup! I love the 80s TV graphics and music especially. Favorite parts are definitely the disco scene and the “underwater fantasy” featured in Spats Bear’s first video. It also seems to fly under the copyright radar with the full version being available on RU-vid, so that’s a plus.

I love the noise it makes. Not exactly sure what it is, I love the noise most old pumps make. Especially the hard startup. The 60hz of the motor with the whir of the water. Old pool pumps and some tower sump pumps, such as “Sump Pump The Movie” on RU-vid. Especially compared to a modern appliances, some of which are VFC driven and make that high pitch whine and wind up slowly. But I totally get the appeal of it being white noise, heck there’s even 10 hr videos of fans running to stand in for actually having a fan running.

I still do that to this day.

My Kenmore does that high pitch whine even though it's 60 hz. It's built by Bosch. I will say, it does a great job like the 80s model of this dishwasher does.@@80sappliances

@80sappliances Two things you don't get with dishwashers today - that loud sloshing flow of the water - as well as the hum/roar of the moter. Really miss those, but understand why the manufactuers would want to make these as quiet as possible now.

Instead, you get a puny spray that sounds like a tiny river. My Kenmore sounds like a rainstorm. It's made by Bosch like I said.@@JayJayPee123

I have regular jeans if that’s close enough, but I don’t own a pair of skinny jeans. It’s hard to film these cycle videos because there’s almost always someone home making background noise, but next time I get the opportunity I’ll record some more.

@@80sappliances okay forsho

Thank you for that info! The data plate on this unit may be missing or I just didn’t notice it.

@@80sappliances You're welcome! Also, in case you're interested, Hoover called the color Stellar Blue. The sales brochure is posted at vacuumland.

@@paco3343Sweet, I'll have to take a look. That reminds me that I have the original owners manual and some 70s Type C bags that came with this machine. I'll have to include them in an updated video someday.

@@80sappliances Nice! Thet aren't always kept, so you're fortunate. Yeah, I'd like to see some pages of the manual on a future vid.

100%! You may enjoy the updated version of this video on my channel which is much better quality. 40 years of reliable service!

Somebody else was asking about this as well. In this case, it is because I have a single speed model. I believe the answer to why they start in low is due to how the two speed clutch is designed.

@@80sappliances this makes sense , I didn’t realize there were single speed models . I remember the laundromat machines always started in high so maybe the commercial machines were always single speed .. love these machines !

@@eldoradoboy they would never put two speed models in the laundromat. The clutch on the two speed model was the Achilles heel of the machine. You could switch from slow to fast, but you cannot switch from fast slow, or you could burn out the clutch.

@@petermaz701 I never knew it was a problem part of the machine.. the way im going ill never find and own either of the 2 kinds of machines I want.. the people that have them never sell them

@@eldoradoboy i'm looking for a GE in fact I was supposed to pick it up this Sunday. She had a washer and a dryer. I wasn't interested in the dryer just the washer don't you know I look this morning she sold it probably the set and that's why she didn't hold it for me.

Very uncommon at this point. Almost any water appliance is now. FFs are particularly rare in my area but there’s a decent amount of later direct drive Whirlpool and every once in a while I’ve seen a belt drive 80s model.

@@80sappliances forsho

I had one from 1993 and it could clean anything from delicate fabrics to durable clothes with dirt caked into them. An example would be sturdy cottons with mud after a hard day of work or play.