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The brown control panel one... Looks like a 9514. Others here may correct me but I believe that was the basic Hotpoint offering in the late eighties.

Motor... Hi Liam The FLE3000 has a brush motor. Back in the day it was virtually unseen to combine "computerised" technology with an induction motor due to the incompatibility at the time. Of course these days, it's now changed somewhat. Even though it's a brush motor, it retains the classic...

Finally.... Got round to uploading the videos to Youtube which I made when I had the machine in action on Sunday. Hopefully taking it home within the next few weeks (fingers crossed) so I can get down to the nitty gritty of attending to what needs doing to the machine. Saj...

A little update... Firstly - a few more piccies have been added of the machine (see link) I've been out in my mothers back yard all day tinkering with it and having a play. Firstly I did another 95c cottons wash following on from the one last night except this time I added some commercial...

Paul.... It was the TOL dial controlled dryer. Also immaculate. Plastic tinted door. The washer and dryer didn't really go with the rest of the kitchen which was an early 80's brownish tint....divine! Reason for getting rid of it was purely updating. The blokes 94 year old mother has recently...

Photos.... A bit crappy - I will do some better ones tomorrow during the day. http://www.flickr.com/people/sajid6952/

Piccies will soon follow. I'm amazed at the chronic amount of limescale that is being pumped out after each rinse following a good old 95c wash with some Bold. It still needs a bit of spit and polish but generally is in very good order. Its been very well looked after and the bloke who had it...

Apologies Paul... if I'd have been a little more pro active in reading your posts I would have emailed you prior to bidding. Fear not - it's gone to a good home :-) Saj

Just seen the latter ends of this thread...... It's me thats got it. I went to pick it up this afternoon. Just running it through a trial cycle as we speak. I will update on its progress..!!

Looks.... very Hoover Vision esque to me. Smart though nevertheless.

23 now... and feeling the toll of every living breath! :-)

If you prefer a powder.... I've found dreft powder is good for darks and doesn't contain optical brighteners and is fairly gentle on fabrics. Only trouble is that it can be expensive depending where you get it from and you only get 9 washes (on dosage recommendations) from one box but it does...

Tom... The links you have supplied are most enlightening - thank you. It's the first time I've seen a lower spin speed model of that era - not that there is any visual difference. The vast majority I've seen have usually been 800rpm machines. :-) The lower spin speed has most likely...

The ebay offering certainly looks like an FL811 to me after looking at the instruction book. I wasnt aware that Zanussi were still selling 500rpm machines in the UK as late into the eighties as they were produced. The mind boggles!

Old Zanussi... Think the model number is a digit out but it looks in fine condition...