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Looking great Nathan Looking very clean and in great condition Nathan. So close to your holy grail. Will be great to see it working again! Cheers Leon

Sorry Kevin Hi Kevin, Sorry to hear about this....a bit disappointing, but don't get down about it. And yes...wouldn't be surprised to see it on ebay for a much higher figure down the track. Cheers Leon

Kelvy Hey Jon, Thanks! Here's a better shot of the control panel before the paint job. And yes...the TWO Kelvinators next to the Wilkins machines have the concentric action. You might be keen to know I have a solid tub Speed Queen fluid drive commercial machine on its way in the next couple...

New machines Hi Ash, Thanks, and yes......A solid tub top loader and a vintage dishwasher.....should be here in a couple of weeks. Cheers Leon

Stainless steel bowl swap Yes, they are a direct swap for a Maytag.....check out my link below for the conversion I did a while ago: http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?38367

Years made Hi Bob, The Avocado 501 is a 1975 model and the Mod Yellow 506 would be the final model produced in 1978. Cheers Leon

Baffle plate Thanks David, much appreciated. Yes, these agitators still have the baffle plate. Wilkins Servis used this style agitator throughout the entire production run up to about 1978. Cheers Leon.

Maytags Yes: they are Maytags under the skin...but Australian made. But, the stainless steel bowl was unique to Wilkins Servis and Australia.

Hi guys, Well, finally finished a project sometime in the making: I now have colour in my Wilkins Servis automatics. WS introduced colour in 1976 on their fully automatics: Avocado Green and what they called 'Mod Yellow'. The twin tubs came in other colours as well. It was going to take...

Nice response Eugene! Nice response Eugene to what appears to be a personal attack on John and his business. I too have found John to be extremely helpful with appliance knowledge and even though i disagree with his views on vintage Maytags, I respect his views. He's even gone out of his way...

HERE HERE HERE CHRIS!!!!! Thanks you Chris for putting it so eloquently! I couldn't agree more! Olav, I myself am a Commonwealth Public Servant and I too found your comments offensive. Having worked in the private sector and then into public service, I have never taken for granted the...

Good luck! as others have stated, glad to hear you're happy with the replacement machine. Here's hoping you have much better luck with this machine. Cheers Leon

Electronic WP I have emailed Revinkevin to see if he would be willing to do me a favour. I have a similar panel here in Australia that needs certain parts and i'm hoping Kevin would be willing to send me the control panel and wiring harness, if he doesn't want it for himself. Of course, i'd be...

GE, Hoover 585 and Hotpoint 1600 Hi Gan and Rod, Nathan has one of those GE's and its in great condition! As for the 585, a dream machine for sure: the closet i have got is the 565. Paul: I don't think that Hotpoint was ever sold here, not from what i can see. The other UK Hotpoint's we got...

Great finds Paul. Hi Paul, Great find! The last time i checked that website, there wasn't a lot on it, but obviously its been a work in progress. Many of those 'Wilkins Servis' adverts i have in hardcopy: years ago i spent 3 months going through all the microfilm they had and slowly bought...

Simpson wringer Hi ellamae,   If you're able to provide a model number I can do some searching in the Simpson repair manuals I have which should give me an idea of a model year.   Thanks Leon

New SQ models This video from SQ themselves should answer your question... http://www.imediatube.com/video/2482/in-the-know-2014-speed-queen-top-load-washer-dryer-awne92sp113tw01-adge9rgs113tw01

I asked Speed Queen if they were going to offer their TOL fully electronic top and front load washers and dryers in 220/240V export voltage and also if the F/L washer would come with a heater: this was their response via Facebook this morning:   'Yes, Speed Queen offers products in multiple...

Heaters.... Without a heater in at least one version, their success in export markets like Australia will be severely limited (for the front loader at least) and they're trying to realy push Speed Queen here in Australia. Cheers Leon

You could be right! You could be right there Malcolm. A lot of manufacturers wouldn't bother explaining something like that...impressive!