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Hi Paul I saw your rescue of the two washing machines in another thread. It's wonderful you went to the trouble of restoring it - the before and after difference is quite stunning. It's interesting looking at the shots of the rear of the 3236H, and there are two things in particular: the...

Hi Paul I'm glad you enjoyed the brochures. It was fun studying them again while the scanning was being done, as I hadn't looked at them for ages. Your control panel stickers collection is great - love the 465. The 165 sticker in the attached picture came into my possession years ago when...

Hello meadowbank Sorry, in my wild theorising about plugs shaking loose in posting 691513, I failed to realise that the spade type connector plug has locking tabs as well (Image attached). It looks like my current setup is best to stick with after reading your information regarding the two...

Refer to posting 691513 Original UK 455 motor on the left, Aus motor on the right.

Thanks again meadowbank for the fantastic information. The company supposedly supplying the new spider emailed me today to say there'll be a slight delay. Fingers are still crossed, hoping a new spider will arrive. It would save me so many problems. The backplate bearings aren't too difficult...

It was probably like the 525, 535, etc. If a warm fill (mixed hot and cold water) was selected, it heated to 40c and then started to wash, or if a hot fill was selected, it heated to 60c before starting to wash.

Hi Matty & Chris See the attached 600dpi scan of the control panel. The buttons are indeed heater on and off. Cheers John

Refer to posting 690789 Hi meadowbank. This is the 525 spider described in the above posting.

Thanks to all for information on the Philips machines. Hi meadowbank Your information about the bearing contamination is interesting. The new backplate (from a 525) for the 455, purchased in 2001, had bearings (Japanese NSK) already installed, though failure in this case was almost definitely...

Hi to all I'm glad members have enjoyed the pics. Mark (ozhoover) The 500 series machines were so attractive, including the beautiful badge on the front. The "Fully Automatic" on the control panel so impressed me also. I did have a Hoover 500 series brochure in the 70s when the machine was...

In the 80s a friend of mine had a small GE top loader. It was from Japan (not sure who made it though), and it had the first wire suspended tub I'd ever seen - an amazing amount of movement from side to side. The bang the solenoid used to make switching from spin, to fill and wash, would have...

Dishwasher 5 I wonder what the Dishwasher Industry Association did. That's it folks for now, until next time rummaging through my collections there's something of interest to share. I must really congratulate whoever designed this board, as it is so simple and logical to use, especially when...

Dishwasher 4 Wonderful colours for the 70s pots and salad tongs.

Dishwasher 3 The cheaper one is rather basic.

Dishwasher 2 This dishwasher is definitely a 'he'. I wonder if using a 'D' prefix for their dishwasher models ever caused confusion with the dryers.

Dishwasher 1 Last brochure - and now for something completely different, it's a Hoover dishwasher. I believe they were made in Italy It's a small brochure, the same size as the 465, and in the same style - dated October 1979.

Hi Matt Glad you liked them. You've just reminded me. The 455 that was bought new in 1980 had a sample pack of OMOmatic in the bowl. The box has long gone (unfortunately), but there was a small single fold leaflet with it. I've just scanned both sides and you can see what was on the OMO box -...

Rack 2 Simple and probably pretty effective.

Rack 1 This is a single page leaflet for the Hoover Drying Rack. Later dryers had the holes already there. They could put these around Parliament House in Canberra, as there's so much hot air in that building your clothes would be dried almost immediately. This leaflet is A4 size.

ADA 8 I don't know how much exporting of product they did.