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Current Status: The machine is sitting next to my other machines in storage for now (and I've put it back together). I haven't had anything major happen to it since. I am going to be on a vacation in America for 2 months soon, and while I'm there, the machine is going to be resting in storage...

Here's the link to the machine's introduction video on Youtube. I filmed this on the same day I got the machine home. As you'll see, I attempted to explain what I had learned about this machine so far from here, and I was doing this while being very excited.

Yeah, I hope that those hoses work. Otherwise, I'll have to do a bit of DIY and grab some tubing from my Bunnings Warehouse, and somehow construct my own hoses. As for the perished hose on the valve, I'll most likely try to fix that, given that replacement parts for this machine are probably...

My Plan... Given the current state of the machine, and considering that I want to give this washer the best shot at life possible, I've decided to make this machine my next major restoration project. With that in mind, after I make my introduction video for it on youtube, I will start another...

But most unfortunately, it ended up not handling the 4-hour car trip over here very well, as some sort of oil gradually began to spill out of what I presume was the Transmission.

So this washer is going to need a bit of a fix, as there are a few minor problems that I need to address. The first being that it is missing its drain hose, due to the original one splitting in half because of its age. I also discovered that the power chord was cut off for some reason, so I'll...

My last picture, which shows the back of the control panel. Note the Pressure switch it has.

It doesn't use the usual screw-on water hoses, but rather, some plain tubing.

Water valve shot. It's... different.

I'm not sure what that is, but it does connect to a pressure switch, as you'll see in a later photo.

Transmission shot.

Interestingly, there's an electric pump in this one.

Motor details and capacitor.

I removed the back panel. Here is the inside.

I apologize for the lighting in this one.

A lit-up picture of the inside.

Control buttons.

The timer appears to be missing a cover.

Here it is:

Being a Speed Queen video, there's likely a bit of bias toward the other 2 machines in there (Which, of course, helps their machine to look good). It would be better if this experiment were coming from a proper, honest-hearted, repair guy in my opinion. Still a cool video though!