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Quick water test – the dispenser is not fitted properly at this point. All seems good at the back but a couple of pesky leaks at the front from the thermostat and pressure vessel so out with the glue again and all sorted.

Drum back on the chassis and the cabinet refitted. From the rear – you can see how patchy the back of the base is! Back panel with the fill valves refitted

motor and belt refitted and tensioned

Time for re-assembly. Wheels back on and suspension mounts re-fitted. The mounts were in quite good condition but I swapped them over

Frying tonight! The fish slice was used to remove the console cover. Washing powder had damaged the very thin aluminium around the dispenser so out with the chemical metal again!

Time to tackle the chassis – this seemed like a good colour match. After a good sand down and a coat of red oxide paint it was sprayed and left to dry. One can was not quite enough but the insides can’t be seen easily

Gave the spider the pressure wash treatment and it revealed that it was not as good as it first appeared! Luckily I had a spare complete with the sealed bearings

Close up of the old bearings all manked up. New sealed rear bearing and inner bearing and seal re-fitted using the same tool!

I have a Hotpoint bearing tool set - £6 off eBay so gave it a go and it was quite easy to take them out. Bearing-less backplate after the pressure wash. There seemed to be a bit of pitting in one of the recesses on the inside of the plate so I bunged a bit of chemical metal in just to be on...

Backplate before a blast with the pressure washer and time to tackle the bearings

reassembly Alfresco style! The weather was nice so I decided to commandeer the garden table for reassembly! Concrete weight and sump hose refitted and you can see the heater bollard nut too. Heater re-installed and the dispenser hose glued securely in. A new hose was ridiculously expensive and...

The dispenser side suspension rod was beyond repair but I had a spare off the 9544 to use. Unfortunately the thread at the top was not quite as long as it needed to be so I had to build it up with a couple of extra washers. The rubber mounts were in good condition so I reused them but replaced...

I managed to track down a heater bollard – unfortunately it didn’t come with the rest of the fittings so I had to bodge some up. I covered it with debor glue to be on the safe side. The last pic shows the new hole drilled for the bollard

Out with the chemical metal – the first time I had used this stuff so not as neat as it could have been! I treated all of the poor areas. After a quick sand down I coated the whole of the outer tub with the two pack paint product recommended by another member – it has worked a treat although the...

The rest of the stripdown continued. The module appears to be original although the pump may be a replacement – difficult to tell. The state of the chassis can now be seen on the dispenser side.

Pulley removed to show the outer bearing and the drum removed showing dried grease and rusty bearings. The backplate wasn't too bad – just a bit of corrosion around the lip. Although the water seal was very hard and had failed The inner bearings seem to have faired ok though

The spider didn’t seem too manky and the Drum was in good condition

What was the backplate going to be like?

Some internal pitting and the full view of the horror at the bottom – no evidence of a hole for the heater bollard either

The motor and concrete weight removed and the tub off the suspension. You can see a bit of external corrosion especially on the side of the dispenser inlet and along the front seam although that was pretty superficial. The rear gasket recess at the top didn’t look too great either!