Help! GE early 1960s electric stove

Dr. Rich Staats

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Jul 14, 2004, 11:19:02 AM7/14/04

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Greetings!

I have an early 1960s GE stove without a model number on it. The
schematics say that it is an M64-M65, and the schematics do match the
wiring from my checks.

My oven switch has given up the ghost.

Does anyone know where I could get a replacement switch or a generic
one that might do the trick?

Thank you in advance!

Rich

Doug Kanter

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Jul 14, 2004, 12:27:12 PM7/14/04

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Oven switches are most easily found in new stoves. For cryin' out
loud....1960s??? Get a new stove! :-)

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Art

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Jul 14, 2004, 12:58:34 PM7/14/04

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If you have enuf money to buy a computer you should get a new stove.

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Banty

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Jul 14, 2004, 2:04:39 PM7/14/04

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In article <A9dJc.120$Sj7...@news01.roc.ny>, Doug Kanter says...

>
>Oven switches are most easily found in new stoves. For cryin' out
>loud....1960s??? Get a new stove! :-)
>

Hey *I* have one of those stoves! (Not looking to give out a switch, though,
thank you.) And one of those ovens, too. They're white and the stove elements
heat up unevenly, and the enamel is chipped all over.

But they work .... electric response times are so slow my decent pans
distribute the heat. Big turkeys bake beautifully in the 1960 GE oven.

And everytime I think the next big project in the house will be the kitchen, I
always decide something else, like new windows, takes precedence. Because the
new windows work so much better than the old windows, but the 1960 electric
stove and oven still work.

When I hear aquaintances, and mavens on cable TV decorating shows cackle over
how someone still have an Olive kitchen appliance just screaming '70s and
therefore old old old, I smile. My stuff pre-dates Olive. And predates Harvest
Gold, too :-)

Banty

Wayne

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Jul 14, 2004, 3:10:17 PM7/14/04

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"Art" <begunaNOS...@mindspring.com> wrote in news:_CdJc.7463$sV2.6865
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> If you have enuf money to buy a computer you should get a new stove.

Could be he simply _likes_ his old GE stove and wants to keep it. I have a
friend who recently a restored late 1930s stove for their new kitchen.
It's a beauty!

--
Wayne in Phoenix

If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.

Art

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Jul 14, 2004, 4:18:57 PM7/14/04

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I'd hate to see the condition of the wires in that stove. My parents house
was built in the late 50's. A few years ago a basement ceiling fixture went
bad and I volunteered to change it out. Couldn't believe how brittle the
insulation was in the house wiring. Fortunately he moved finally and it is
someone else's problem.

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Andy Asberry

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Jul 14, 2004, 5:45:37 PM7/14/04

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On 14 Jul 2004 08:19:02 -0700, sta...@alum.mit.edu (Dr. Rich Staats)
wrote:

Keep the range and get your parts at Pearsol Appliance, Dallas
214/939-0930. I've never called for anything they didn't have.

Dan O.

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Jul 14, 2004, 6:08:58 PM7/14/04

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>Dr. Rich Staats wrote in message ...

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>I have an early 1960s GE stove without a model
>number on it.

You looked in the usual places like on the front frame of the stove
where the oven door or drawer shuts up against, under the surface
elements (on some models)?

>The schematics say that it is an M64-M65, and
>the schematics do match the wiring from my
>checks.

Those look like parts of 2 different model numbers or maybe date
codes. I don't have a listing for any GE range model numbers starting
with the letter "M".

>My oven switch has given up the ghost. Does
>anyone know where I could get a replacement
>switch or a generic one that might do the trick?

GE is pretty good for stamping part numbers on their parts. Have a
look to see if there are any numbers starting WB... on the original.
If you can provide that, we may be able to trace them to a current
replacement.

Dan O.
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jeff

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Jul 14, 2004, 6:10:14 PM7/14/04

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sta...@alum.mit.edu (Dr. Rich Staats) wrote in message news:<b8b82bf5.04071...@posting.google.com>...

Hi,

> My oven switch has given up the ghost.

Which one, selector or temp control? *Some* of these older parts had
part #'s printed right on them, might be able to check local parts
depots with these part #'s....post them/it here as well! :)

http://www.itsnla.com/
Might be able to help as well.

jeff
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/