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Need new door seal Unfortunately, life interrupted my restoration project. I have come back now to finish it off but cannot find anywhere to buy a new door seal gasket (DBT50). When I started this 3 years ago there were loads of parts on ebay. Now there is nothing! If any of you can help or...

More details. Hi, thanks for going to so much effort to find this out for me. Looking at the back of the heater element, it has markings: IRCA 09 90 230V 2500W. Could the 09 90 indicate the date of manufacture of the element? Late 1990 or early 1991 would make this a very late model. It...

Removing bearing sleeves? Just an update. It is taking a very long time to remove the limescale from the heater but it's about 75% clean. I removed the bearing seal and cleaned up what is left. The inner and outer bearing sleeves are stuck inside. Are these glued in? As you can see in the...

Element scale Thanks for the tips. I will do as you recommend. Looking at the state of the drum, both the outside of the steel inner drum and the inside of the plastic tub are caked in limescale. I bought some HG limescale remover to try and clean it off, at least in places that need...

Inside the drum, the old face seal (3343 on the schematic) seems like it's cemented in and will not come out. Please see pictures. Somehow I must remove this without damage to the hole it sits in so that the new seal will have no leaks. In my pictures the red arrow shows the cememnt like...

Not teaching me to suck eggs at all. I have never tried anything this mechanical before. The front of the drum came off easily. The pulley nut was easy and the pulley came off by turning the drum from inside. Then the inner drum came out. The seal inside the drum looks terrible and hardly...

Progress... For anyone else who needs to do this, you should lay the machine on it's back and use a screwdriver to remove the 4 crosshead bolts holding the case to the chasis. Then remove the nut and bolt under neath the front. Then get someone to help stand it up again. If on your own, you...

It's off! Spoke to soon. Just needed to slide the tip of a small screwdriver towards the prong bend and it came apart without breaking! Now I see 4 rusted bolts inside the bottom holding the upper body onto the chassis. If I remove them it should come off...

Stuck already Thank you so much for the schematics. Very very useful. It looks like my kit also has taper bearings but doesn't have the spacing washers so i'll see if I can reuse the old ones. However, I am stuck already. I have removed the back panel and the control panel and drawer but...

I removed the belt and spun the drum by hand. It felt a bit rumbly and the was a slight scraping sound on one part of the turn. It was noisy on spin like in this video: so I hope my diagnosis is right. After having no luck searching online for the bearing kit, I resorted to phoning random...

Thanks for the tips and the part numbers have been very useful in trying to track down the parts. I removed the back. The drum is plastic and looks the same as on the other thread. There is a rusty stain near the centre coming from a small hole. Does this stain confirm the drum bearings are...

It's on the science museum website https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8413971/laser-washing-machine-made-by-washing-machine laser washing machine made by Servis; 1984 Photographed on a pallet in Collections reception. Science Museum Group Collection © The Board of Trustees...

I called rthe place with the Hoover parts and they said they can't be sure if it is available as it might be at a 'feeder' centre. (some sort of supplier I think). They won't be able to check until the reopening of shops etc. The machine was pretty new when I got it. The couple sold it to me...

The drum is likely original. I bought the machine second hand in 1995 and it has so far only needed a new motor due to tachometer failure.

I think I may have found the unusual parts. the top left part might be upside down? Do you think this will work? Hoover Bearing Kit - 7056 Hoover 1100 Washing Machine Bearing Seal Kit Pre Logic Series Homespare: HOOVER A3060, A3110, A3140, A3146, A3156, A3172, A3186, A3188, A3190, A3260...