A3260 Manual plea (!)

[matchboxpaul]

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[matchboxpaul]

Good luck with the rebuild.

Paul

 

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Rebuild Done !

Paul you are a Star. I have finally rebuilt the old girl and I have posted some pictures.
BTW You are bang on about the door opener. It went years ago and my wife used to consider having to use a knife to open the door as an endearing idiosyncrasy. The powder drawer is still OK though.

 

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Serial Number

Using Paul's formula, she was built in August 1984. We got married in September 1984 so she was pretty new.

 

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Backplate

As you can see the backplate has has a hard life. Lots of corrosion, mainly around the lower half of course. I smeared Araldite all around the mating face and then assembled with a new gasket, topped up with acrylic sealant just to be sure.

 

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New bearing & Seal kit

I luck to have a great little shop near me which specializes in domestic appliance spares. The guy said he thought he'd never sell this kit 'cos it was so old .

 

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Pressure Plenum

This was full of gunk and s**t. I cleaned it out using water and ... a handful of black pepper corns. Anything would do as long as it's small and roughly spherical. Shake it all about and agitate / loosen the crud. Worked a treat.

 

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Drumless Tub

Not too bad, a bit of rubbing down and de-rusting done on the back mating face.

 

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Full view of backplate

Even the heater element still works.

 

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Rear wheels

The "tyres" have seen better days

 

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New Wheels

My father has a lathe. He made 4 of these to my design using nylon bar and some off-the-shelf o-rings.