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electron1100

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Well no surprise really,
I am out in Plymouth get a "ARE YOU THE GUY LOOKING FOR keeeeMATIC WASHING MACHINES" call yes in I am , blah blah blah many words later, I am driving up to London (Edgware), full of stinking cold /flu, no preparation just a tank full of fuel and my vague memories of where Edgware is in London.

I will keep you posted

Gary

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Was in London myself on monday and traffic was chokka cos the tube was on strike, good luck with the machine and the trip. I was drained the next day as was 550miles return to beckenham
 
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AL
Not the best decision to have made under the circumstances matey I agree i am paying the price today coz i feel worse than ever.
But i was off work, sod all to do as such and in my lemsipped overdosed brain it seemed a good idea.
So thanks AL that is good of you but all will be well I hope ;)

Ron
Covet all yah like mate, those cakes? look well nice home baking is the best.......as AL knows aswell :-)

ROB
I Know Beckenham well thank christ i didnt have to go there through rush hour......effin pits of journey as it was. you can stop as many times as you like on motorway services but yah never feel rested, just ripped off LOL........

Anyways the machine is still in the back of the car so if i feel good tomorrow i will take it to the garage and do some more fots.

Speak later coff cofF coFF cOFF COOFFF WHEEEZE.......argh another lemsip me thinks ;-)
 
Nice!

I like the look of this one! Congrats and hopefully you lot will be saying the same to me sometime hopefully. There is a Hotpoint 9404 Twinny I could get my hands on with much persuation but I think it's not that vintage of a machine to collect yet. Suggestions?

Hope it works for you, James.
 
Wow

Gary,

You lucky sod, it looks in great condition. You certainly love your Hoover washers, lol.

Hope the cold gets better, or is it Man Flu. Try night nurse, you get a great nights sleep.

Get better soon

Paul
 
Hi Handsome, hope ur feeling better. So sorry I couldn't come with you on ur jolly to the big smoke. The keymatic looks amazing so worth the trip even if you do feel like death now. Was this the first Hoover automatic with the half load button?

Rich
 
GREEN half load button actually :-)

oh yes the purity and piety of Hoover to have fitted a "Save the Planet" button all those years ago makes one want to cry...........yerr meanwhile in the real world, I dont actually know Rich if this was the first Hoover with a half load option as the A3060 brother to this machine did not have one.

Anyway dragged me ded carcass around the garage and did a test wash, few jobs to do without fail:
Door boot leaking
Pump needs replacing
Suspension

apart from those important jobs it works a treat, the motor is very sweet sounding, the soap draw needs removing and cleaning out (not an easy job on these early models)

I have taken some more fots and done a very poor quality vid for now in which you can hear the pump knocking when it has no water flowing through it.

Right here we go:

Arse shot
as you can see it is very clean underneath just dust and cobwebbs.....no real rust issues.

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Fots

View of the back as you can see it is a clean machine.
The drum bearings though they were very dry after some lubing up they appear to healthy and good

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Video

Very poor qaulity sorry i will one day get round to doing proper vids of this machine and a few others

ther is a bit of wash action and a short spin, in that section you can hear the pump knocking until water getsinto it and quietens it down

 
Fantastic

Lovely job Gary!

So here's a non-oovaah fan question (though I do like the keymatics) - how do you read the keyplates? In your pic up above, with the key-plate as you show it, do you get the non-fast coloureds wash, or something on the opposite side? In other words does it run the cycle you can see on the edge of the plate sticking out, or the far end that is in the register?
 
Keyplates

Hello David yes that is it, whatever you see written on the front edge is what you getting, as in the non-fast coloureds wash like in the picture.
I made a few mistakes in the early days of these......

I did think of you when i connecting up the black rubber outlet hose ;-)
 
Interesting old washer!

Great and old washer!
I just wonder after all these years of having that machine, do you maybe know what machine he got to replace this one? :)

Thanks alot indeed :D

Dex
 
questions

RONHIC
The magic button is just a half load button all it does is reduce the water level on rinses for smaller loads oh and of course saves the planet at the same time :-)

MIKE
Shit the work top cover! i tossed it out on the way back on the M4.........nah it is safe and sound, The group fot, yes i should do all three of them together as they are from the same range.

DEX
Would it be fair to say that the machine he is replacing this one with wont last any near as long I didnt have the heart to tell him........hmm well here is a clue the name rhymes with PEKO :-)

DAVID
HMMM I think it better i dont answer the first part of your question publicly :-)........the 2nd part just the two matey just the two

Ta ta
 
Pump Knocking Noise?

Hi Gary,

I'm green with envy of you beautiful Keymatic's. Ireland wasn't rich enough to buy these LOL! Nah one will turn up for me sometime. Is the pump mean't to make that noise?

James.
 
Gawjus!

Hope you're feeling better now, did the owners give you a short deadline in which to collect it, or were you just all fired up?!?!

Guess it must have been a daily driver? Finds like this do make you wonder what lurks in other unassuming kitchens! With that date of purchase, wonder if it was wifey's xmas present!

Simon
 

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