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Hello my friends In the uk in the 1960s we used the kitchen aid dishwasher clone as a swan maid. I’m trying to repair one and the t shaped rubber hose from pump outlet to wash arm support has perished. Were there on the USA models and do you know if there’s any spares we could get sent over...

I’m back to Als for the Bank Holiday weekend and while there are lots of the things going on I’ve been playing with the Kenwood dishwasher. This was a design award winner at the time and marketed as the best dishwasher as it was designed to fit all the housewife’s daily dishes. It could hang on...

Happy Platinum Jubilee week ! An impromptu window display with period appliances from 1952 ! God Save the Queen!! 🇬🇧 Also a lovely sunny day to tinker with the English Electric ( Westinghouse space mates ) but with top control Richard

Here is a post about my latest acquisition. A Swanmaid dishwasher from 1971. Is a slightly newer version of the popular Swanmaid from the 1960s which is based on the USA Kitchen Aid I believe. Bullpitt and sons were electric tea kettle manufacturers. They built these I’m guessing under licence...

I thought you might get a kick out of my latest purchase. A compact ( and I mean really compact ) Bendix automatic washer ! Knee high automation. Huge motor for size of drum throws clothes back and forth like a laundromat. Ticking peg on drum advances timer. No suspension so an out of balance...

Hello I have a 1978 amana radarange microwave in the uk. I’ve been following a chap called Cory and his great site about these machines. I’m not sure if he’s on here. Basically I’ve replaced the aged seals which helps direct air through the machine and turns the stirrer in the roof. However my...

Hello I’ve just taken delivery of a radarange thanks to my friend Al vacbear. It’s very rare in the uk to get such and old microwave. It seems to work fine although I’ve not really used it for a longtime. As you can see it’s nearly as big as my tumble dryer. My question is how do change the...

Hello I’ve just got a vintage Hitachi microwave it’s not as vintage as the Amana radarange you guys have had but the UK was late to the party as ever with microwave ovens. We as a family didn’t get our first one until 1986 a toshiba deltawave. This looks earlier and perhaps commercial. It looks...

Hello I thought I’d do a thread on my daily driver, how I got it and it’s repairs up to date. I’d like to see if a UK Hotpoint has similarities to its US cousins. This was the the first automatic top loader launched in the UK approximately 1965 from Hotpoint I believe, and this range ran until...

I'm wondering if any of my USA / Canadian friends can help. I have an English Electric dryer that is based on the Westinghouse space mate design. Mine needs new felt seals they are like two large strips of felt stitched to form two large hoops that sit front and back of drum, held taught by...

Hello - inspired by all your amazing spaces to house washers etc , last year I started to convert the utility room at my mums house to become a mini wash room for some of my appliances. In the U.K. We don't tend to have basements in our homes and as both mine and my mums are terraced houses...

And it's humming a tune I don't like ! So I'm asking for your advice This is a hotpoint top loader I have in my mini wash room I started a load today and on program 5 40 c wash it fills with hot and cold and mixes for a few bursts to mix water as it tried to do this the motor hummed as if it...

Hi guys I'm sure someone will know or have brochures on the Hotpoint 95 series I'm wondering what dryer matches my mums 1989 9544. I'd like to look out for one in white. Thanks Richard

Well another Hoover and a bit more modern than the keymatic!! A Hoover ecologic automatic washer in almond. I'm sorry I don't have the model or serial numbers as my phone went flat. It was owned by a little old lady and is immaculate! It only requires a clean , the little Hoover badge and to...

Hi guys. I'm moving slowly farther forward to getting my keymatic working and I noticed the other night with the help of Mikeymatic we think it's filling too much on position 2. It fills until pressure switch 1 kicks in and starts to tumble then continues to fill until water over flows the door...

Today has been great weather so I decided to get a bit more done with the keymatic since we had a mini meet in at mine earlier this year ! So I repainted the plinth , added s/h non original inlet valves and pipes, discovered a hole in front panel and plugged it , renewed pressure vessel pipes ...

Hi Vacerator you asked about the small pipes on the side of the U.K. Gas cookers that were for sale in Julys shippers square that Al Vacbear does. I've done a little video of my cooker as it has one. It's easier to describe its function than type it ! Hope this helps Richard...

Hope Al you don't mind me starting this thread as normally i never see things for sale. But I found this Electra badged servis slimline dryer in British heart foundation in Stockton upon tees If someone really wants it I can get if its still there ! Also had a few hottie top loaders

Hi are any of my good washer friends near Cirencester to be able to pick up a Hoover for me and either meet me further north or pack n post it? I'd pay for postage Cheers Richard

Since the mini meet at my house earlier this month I've been spurred on to do more with the Hoover keymatic We got the pump working when the boys were up but we noticed fill valves jammed open and hoses split to fill flume and pressure vessels. So a trip to halfords and some new rubber...