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Hello Blokes, It’s high time I acquired some Tub Nut Spanners to suit my two top-loaders - a Simpson 705 from the late ‘80s, and a US-made GE WISR106CT5 from the late-90’s. The Simpson utilises a nut of the style that has the four little notches missing around its circumference at 90deg...

Good Afternoon Washer-Volk, I have a US-made GE 7.5kg Top-Loader (Model No. WISR106CT5WW) that employs a somewhat unusual type of drain-hose, in so far as the end of the hose - being slightly tapered in shape - pushes into a rubber orifice at the back of the machine, and is held in place by a...

Hello Folks, Okay… I freely admit now that it wasn’t entirely clever after all to pour about 1kg (ie. 2.2lbs) of Rust & Stain Cleaning crystals (aka Oxalic Acid) into the enamelled steel bowl of my trusty old Simpson 175 Top Loader a few Saturdays ago, in an effort to remove some particularly...

Hello Gents, After a very foolish mishap wherein I managed to damage the enamel coating on the wash-bowl of my trusty old Simpson 175, I'm now on the hunt for a 2nd-hand replacement daily-workhorse. And I think that my best first step would be to sound out the opinions of as many of the fellow...

Good Afternoon Folks, Here's one for the Simpson aficionados amongst you: Can anyone kindly tell me what other models Simpson made (or anyone else for that matter) that featured the exact same wash-bowl as the 175? Something with a stainless bowl would be okay (even though the 175 itself...

Good Evening Folks, and friendly regards to all! This afternoon I decided to give my T1302 a little long-overdue exercise, during the course of which it decided to screech its head off at me during the spin-cycle... This is apparently a fairly common predicament with these machines, and...

Good Morning to all and sundry! Just wondering whether any of the assorted Twin Tub devotees on the Forum have had any recent luck sourcing Pump Belts of the "Blue Spot" type for your Hoover Twin Tubs from down here in Australia? Or perhaps instead from somebody abroad who is happy to ship down...

Hello again Gents! I'm in the process of sorting-out a couple of Hoover Twin-Tubs (one T1060 and one T1302), and I'm at the stage of removing the various belts to inspect them. The Agitator Belt is a simple enough exercise to remove and replace, but the Spin and Pump Belts, however, are a...

Dear Folks, My first post, and may I start by commending you all on what an amazing forum you have managed to build up! I certainly couldn't find anything else equivalent anywhere on the Net in the way of Washing Machine forums... But to the matter at hand: Just this week I was finally able to...

A site full of mostly gay men in the closet or out, swooning over campy old washers and dryers. I never thought I'd see the day. Your first reaction might be to delete this thread but I would like to see if you actually have the guts to comment on it. GET A LIFE!!!