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Premiers in U.K? for 'hoovermatic'. Sorry hoovermatic, Premiers were not exported to the UK as far as I know, some were made with the UK plug for Asia, Hong Kong etc. (dangerous weapon that plug, you could kill someone if you swung it around on the end of the cord). However the larger top...

Premier pictures Thanks for your pictures arrrooohhh, if you still have this machine I have parts lists and exploded diagrams for the Premier and Cadet. If you would like them I would be happy to pass them on for the postage cost. They consist of 5 and 3 pages of A4 sized paper. I also have a...

Hoover on Ebay Thanks for the tip about Ebay Leon, I had a look, there are many recent machines of course and a lone 600 series. I did not think people would put older machines up for auction so I had not considered looking. I want the 500 series to make a display for the industrial design...

According to an 'Appliance Magazine' article I remember reading in the late 80's the WP World Washer was to be produced in three countries: India, Brasil and Mexico. There were to be variations to suit each market and manufacturing plant. For example, the Mexican machines were to have a vitreous...

Sorry Chris but I have to disagree, Hoover sold two machines made for them by Sanyo, both used pulsators in the bottom of the tub. The smallest was the Cadet as you stated, the larger was the first Premier. Both Japanese machines were styled and coloured to match in with the then current 800...

I am currently involved in making up a display showing the progression of the design of the Australian made large Hoover top loading auto washers. I have all models except the very first which was known as the 500 series and was produced in the late 60's, early 70's. My main area of interest is...

hooverzodiac12- out of balance problem with premier The out of balance problem you describe is often caused by a faulty timer. The motor timing cam, called the sub interval cam, (described above by Chris) is faulty such that the motor only turns the agitator in one direction during wash. The...