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Absolutely wounderful James A great commitment to first find and collect this machine and then to find the parts, restore and show it here fully working. That replacement door gasket looks very similar to the English electric liberator boot, any chance of a part number to see if they have...

How is the 1600 coming along James, you've been quiet over the past couple of weeks. Mathew

rinse Hi Rebecca, Switch to rinse and run the tap so the water trickles over the clothes in the spinner leaving the tap running, close the spinner lid, nothing will happen until the water reaches a certain level, as Steve says, this is about up to the base of the spin can, then the motor will...

Hi washaholic I agree with wishywashy about greasing the brass spin bearing, but don't grease or lubricate the carbon face water seal, just clean it with acetone or meths, I have experienced the seals when greased, the grease causes the surface to almost stick together resulting in the carbon...

Great going Mike That's a parts department and a half. I thought that looked like the hpt 1600 motor, seeing James thread. So they went into the early 1850's as well, interesting. Fabulous to see the hotpoint toploader timeline together, though nearly splurt my tea out at the photo in reply...

parting out Mike? that cabinet and panel look practically mint from here, probably better than mine, lol. I know can't keep them all. Rob I've got a few of the fan bearing kits, you get the shaft and the bearing you're holding. so you're welcome to one of those. oh and mine also has a sibel...

Hi Darren I'm sorry if I've overstepped the mark, I was left with the impression after the progress made by Paul, myself and others back in October that it was a bit of a challenge for all of us and the machine was left at Als for the collective rather than anyone "owning" it, so as it was a...

so that's what one sounds like That pump looks and sounds like the one fitted into our 18 series hotpoint. Also looking at the cabinet side on, you can see a definate design/manufacturing progression from this machine to the liberator/18 series. Was that on delicate spin or was it 1100rpm...

That'll take your mind off the keymatic, James. Well done, fantastic one of these early machines has at last been found, look forward to seeing it in action. Mathew

Another fantastic weekend of friendship, great hospitality and repairs. It was just wonderful to see the english electic wash again, I remember my aunts one back in 1978 or there abouts, they have absolutely no memory of ever having this machine, but funnily enough I remember every detail lol...

looking great James enjoy using this great machine, I remember a neighbour having the electrolux version, the strap on the top broke during the very high rinse, the tub fell back pulling the door seal off, resulting in new carpets throughout the ground floor. They replaced it with a hotpoint...

Hi Rolls I'd forgotten about the friction pads, they may have done way back, not sure about the philco/bendix pads. But thinking about it, other makes may well have it in clutch components,such as parnall and hotpoint toploaders and hoover keymatic wide body machines, as well as brake pads on...

as someone who enjoys restoring old appliances, this is a subject I've thought about off and on over the years. I am not claiming a great knowledge asbestos or mesothelioma, but have worked on bendix washing machines manufactured from the 50's to the 80's. It may be worth remembering the...

Great space you've created Richard And a great selection of machines for the smaller washroom, apart from the machines being such iconic and fantastic washers, you have machines that don't have matching dryers, so no temptation to fill the room with stacked sets, therefore your small room feels...

Hi Steve what about trying a tap (as in sink taps) spanner/wrench to use on the rinse tube, do you think the thread at the bottom of the rinse tube is sealed from the tube or is the tube just threaded, just wondering if dropping penetrating oil down the tube would do anything, but I can see how...

Ian I was thinking along the same lines for repairing the aeg.

What a fantastic weekend great to see the photos of you enjoying great company, food and appliances. A great wash room you have Steve, lovely to see your collection, it makes mine look like a skip at the back of the hoover factory, wonderful. And I'd never thought that a green house might be...

great video Al you've given the spoken word pictures. i'm really looking forward to helping restore this lovely machine back to life. As Chris has said, the knob in the middle of the door unscrews allowing extra soap to be added. The main soap was added into the drum before the washing was...

from What you've described, I would suggest the motor needs further cleaning, as you say you've given it a light dusting, but even a small amount of carbon dust from the brushes can cause the current leakage to trip the rcd. What I do is to blast the dust out of the motor with an air gun on...

Hi Claire I picked up that very model from the pavement a few weeks ago, it's only for parts as the door has been broken, if you can give me until the weekend when I'll be over at my garage I'll get the bracket off the back for you, I must have a hose somewhere, if I can find it you can have...