matchboxpaul
Well-known member
Hi all.
Logging into my inbox two Saturdays ago, I was to find a very unexpected e-mail.
Bit of background.
Back in March 2008, I was perusing another appliance forum and stumbled across an enquiry concerning a Matchbox keymatic with a dicky timer.
Not knowing the status of the machine, whether it was a recently in use daily driver in danger of imminent scrapping, or a collection machine belonging to a non member of Discuss o Mat, I signed up and sent the enquirer a message.
At that time I hadn't accumulated the information I have since found and all I was able to do was ask that it not be scrapped and enquire what the problem was.
Transpired that the machine had stopped heating, with the enquirer (Richard) being of the opinion that the contacts in the timer had burned out.
The machine was in no danger of being scrapped and was a backburner repair project, that he planned to start when he had the time.
I let him know that he should never scrap it and that should he wish to dispose of it, that I would be interested in taking it on and left it at that.
Then in April 2011, I stumbled across a further enquiry from Richard appealing for help with the machine.
In the intervening years I had managed to acquire a copy of the official Hoover servicing information, which includes full circuit and wiring diagrams and exploded drawings.
I got back in touch and sent him BIG photographs of the servicing information for the 3243H, to aid his repair of the machine.
Then I left it at that.
Roll forwards to Satuday 16th February 2013 and an e-mail explaining that, due to other work taking precedence and little liklihood of ever finding time to get the machine repaired, the machine was up for disposal and available to me if I still wanted it.
Logging into my inbox two Saturdays ago, I was to find a very unexpected e-mail.
Bit of background.
Back in March 2008, I was perusing another appliance forum and stumbled across an enquiry concerning a Matchbox keymatic with a dicky timer.
Not knowing the status of the machine, whether it was a recently in use daily driver in danger of imminent scrapping, or a collection machine belonging to a non member of Discuss o Mat, I signed up and sent the enquirer a message.
At that time I hadn't accumulated the information I have since found and all I was able to do was ask that it not be scrapped and enquire what the problem was.
Transpired that the machine had stopped heating, with the enquirer (Richard) being of the opinion that the contacts in the timer had burned out.
The machine was in no danger of being scrapped and was a backburner repair project, that he planned to start when he had the time.
I let him know that he should never scrap it and that should he wish to dispose of it, that I would be interested in taking it on and left it at that.
Then in April 2011, I stumbled across a further enquiry from Richard appealing for help with the machine.
In the intervening years I had managed to acquire a copy of the official Hoover servicing information, which includes full circuit and wiring diagrams and exploded drawings.
I got back in touch and sent him BIG photographs of the servicing information for the 3243H, to aid his repair of the machine.
Then I left it at that.
Roll forwards to Satuday 16th February 2013 and an e-mail explaining that, due to other work taking precedence and little liklihood of ever finding time to get the machine repaired, the machine was up for disposal and available to me if I still wanted it.
