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few more pics with all the muck removed. So many plastic parts that really should be metal [and once were] the quality went down while the price of this machine went up. The person i got this machine from bought two at the same time ,One for his wife and one for his mum .You can see the...

Tripod managed to get the replacement tripod from Slowspin so all in need now is a new seal to go underneath it. If anyone has one to sell please let me know .Any tips on getting the [plastic] tub nut off would be appreciated.There is some rust at the bottom of the tub and i would like to do...

Managed to squirt WD through the small holes in the agitator left it overnight and with a bit of fiddling it came loose .No wonder it was stuck probably hasn't been off since the thing was new .it was full of dirt and dried up fluff . The tripod is a little loose so i decided to take it off...

Hi all This machine is a hotpoint supermatic 9414W with a stuck Agitator .I cant budge the dam thing and i don't want to break anything . When trying to loosen the grey knob it just clicks as its turned .The machine [although its in excellent condition ] hasn't been used for a long time . I...

Over the last 10 years i have had 3 washers .A Hoover /a Hotpoint and a candy /all three have been bad performers and have not lasted long .It seem to me the modern washer is overloaded with useless gadgets and pointless programmes .I don't want to be able to switch the dam thing on from outer...

the question is does it float on a cushion of air

practically all the jetamatics I saw were in well off large homes with good central heating systems supplying plenty of hot water. at this time the hot water in our house was supplied by an immersion heater with the only other heating in the coming from the gas fire in the living room although...

my mum still uses her Parkinson Cowan prince 1 Universal Gas Cooker bought new in 1968.The only thing that's been altered is the pilot light which as now been blanked off .Nice cooker lovely big oven .four burners and unlike its modern counterpart it wont tip up when you open the oven door...

yes Wow .i haven't seen that for a very long time .[you can see how easy it would be to damage ones fingers]Yes that's exactly what i remember .All done with rollers and you can just see the top of the large pump on the motor shaft .Also the arm going up and down .that pump can really move...

the jetamatic i am sure the inner tub had holes in it [an awful lot of water for that heater to heat up especially if its starting from cold].I have been racking my brains trying to remember how the rollermatic drive worked [am getting nowhere ] All i can remember is that the front of the...

the Jetamatic As far as i can remember [It is some 45 years ago]there was no recirculating water .Once full if the water was not hot enough the heater came on .once at the right temp the jet action starts .Once the washing is finished the machine spins then fills with cold water the jet action...

the Jetamatic was a hot and cold fill machine .It had a heater in the outer tub rather like the Hotpoint top loader

what a nice compact machine .wonder how many have survived if any

During my time at Frigidaire in the 70s There was an automatic front loader [The Auto 50]running along side the Frigidaire TTs .This was in the early 70s when Auto washers were just sort of catching on over here .It was a basic machine [800 spin i think] but sold very well. Later in the decade...

photo 11 is the Frigidaire with the small spin motor driving the wash impellor .they would constantly burn out [fine for driving the spin drier but not up to shifting all that water and wet washing the next incarnation would have the big direct drive induction motor .In an earlier post i may...

there's The liberator in there somewhere and the levitating Burco boiler [never new it could do that]

found these today while looking for something on vacuums. Thought they might be interesting to someone

i have a Morphy richards toaster from 1965 .When bread is placed in the one slice slot only one set of elements heats up

the Frigidaire top loaser [french ] Sorry to say i never got my hands on one of those .getting back to the jetamatic .I was never impressed by its performance .Although the agitation process was quite vigorous under a full load it did not work well [we would often do load tests with say a full...

The frigidaire twin tub nice to see a surviving Frigidaire mastewrtwin complete with its lid.Your right Paul.there were two models [you have jogged my memory a little ] The machine without the heater was the one that had a spindryer motor driving the wash impeller .Obviously made to a...