A Phone Call + 500 Mile Round Trip....What For ???

[electron1100]

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

 

[electron1100]

upper front

one more

 

[vacbear58]

Silly boy

Gary
Why did you not give me a shout, I would have been glad to collect it for you, working in Acton I am not that far from Edgeware till you were feeling better for the trip.

Congrats on a great find by the way
Al

 

[ronhic]

Mmmmm.....

.....looks pretty......

*thou shall not covet....thou shall not covet*

 

[robliverpool]

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

 

[electron1100]

Ad Lib Trips

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 ;-)

 

[ronhic]

They be scones.....

....and I'd bake a tray for you if you were here to eat them....

...'specially if it made you feel better!

 

[HooverJames]

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.

 

[chestermikeuk]

Keymatics

Not another Oovvahh...!!! oh well its a keyplate so points for that...LOl

Congrats, get well soon, I`ll stock up on the lemsips...seems a fair trade with a Fagor thrown in for good measure!!!

"Can you pass me the keyplate darling!!!"

 

[paulinroyton]

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

 

[richukbristol]

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

 

[electron1100]

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.

 

[electron1100]

Fots

The supplied paper work

 

[electron1100]

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

 

[electron1100]

Fots

Model number and age

 

[electron1100]

Fots

display panel

 

[electron1100]

Fots

Keyplate at the ready

 

[electron1100]

Fots

Washing, i tried to get a bit of "splashodrama" but coudnt get much :-(

 

[electron1100]

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