Driving home from work, i stumbled across this...a SERVIS

[matchboxpaul]

Quite literally happened as the title states.

Was driving on my usual route home from work and was passing through a suburb of Derby.

I have only recently changed my route to this one, as its more scenic than the ring road.

Anyways - I had recently noticed a small independent appliance and spare parts shop. I have been meaning to pop in, but am generally more desperate to get home and relax.

But Friday was different!

On approaching his shop, I noticed three machines parked outside and the machine I bought still had the sack truck wedged underneath it, so had only been recently delivered to the shop.

It was sat alongside a Candy from the early 2000s and a Zanussi dryer in white, which matched the Aquacycle washing machine that came with the house when i first moved to Derby - the ones with the orange on/off round button.

Anyways the third machine (the one i bought) instantly grabbed my attention, so i pulled in down the next side road and went to have a gander.

I popped in and engaged the bloke in conversation - real friendly chap - before popping the quesion as to what he would want money wise for the Servis outside.

His words were along the lines of 'those machines are for scrap and are just awaiting collection'. Pushed further and money was exchanged - scrap value.

So here is our new scrap washing machine.............a Servis 3305 Electronic 1000 Plus:

 

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Dont worry, it does come complete with powder drawer, but these initial shots were taken after rob had swiped it for a quick spring clean.

Truth be told the drawer was immaculate and cleaning made little or no difference to the already pristine plastic.

Piccy below shows the faintly daft, as far as I am concerned full door arrangement of this final series of proper Servis'.

Produced a clean finish to the style, but is just wayyyyy too big.

My grandma has a Servis Sapphire 1300, which lives in a galley kitchen, and which effectively closes the kitchen when being loaded and unloaded as you cant get past without loads of faff.

I dont begrudge it that much though and am really pleased with it...

 

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the information on the inside of the door...

 

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the drum, which seems undented and which feels secure within the bearings....

 

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The only area of muckyness in the powder drawer area was on the roof of the drawer tube, which was mouldy as you can glimpse in this shot (has since been cleaned)....

 

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reunited with the powder drawer and, with hardly any cleaning done at all, the machine is looking pretty much as good as the day is was first installed (where ever that was)...

 

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Facia side on...

 

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Powder drawer facia...

 

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The programme guide...

 

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Literally the only blemish on an otherwise pristine facia is where the years of door releasing has rubbed off some of the 12 dots from that one button. Otherwise its immaculate...

 

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Programmer dial...

 

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A bit misty maybe, but still completely clear what you are selecting...

 

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pretty picture....

 

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another...

 

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To yesterday morning now - Saturday - and the machine is prepared for a trip to storage...

 

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The good old loooooooonnnnnnngggggg Servis powder drawer arrangement.
The syphon is in Rob's dishwasher at the moment (dont lose it Rob!!!!!)...

 

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Again, just to show how well kept the machine has been....

 

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final piccy before removal to store...

 

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i store now, with door propped open...

 

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Does it work?

In one word ......... NO!

I was told that the programmer was dodgy, but when we powered up it ticked away and nothing happened, apart from the pump working away.

Bit of a ball ache really as we are having to check other things out firts before being able to confirm what it is.

Temporarily ignoring the programmer, we headed for the motor which was Hotpoint. Extracting the bushes revealed very, very worn down carbon with pretty much nothing left.

So, new carbons have been ordered (2 sets in fact) and a set will be istalled asap, to see if that was the cause of the machine being written off.

Will keep you posted on the situation.

For a 21 year old machne (components are dated 1988), we are really pleased with its overall condition. i wish i had taken a picture of the bottom of the machine, when it was in my car. Honest to god, it was absolutely immaculate. No dust or rust at all.

There is one small area of rust starting on the side edge of the lower panel below the door, but thats all.

I am very pleased that i stopped and picked it up. Whether it works or not, I am very happy with it.

Cheers
Paul

 

[ronhic]

Lovely machine guys.....

Hope the fix is easy and inexpensive for you

 

[carlstock]

Very nice indeed, Paul and Rob! Great photos especially, and such great condition!

I really hope you manage to get it working, even if it takes a while or is something you come back to in the future.

Thanks for this. I especially like it because I have in all honesty never really looked into Servis machines much, and they have always intrigued me.

 

[gizmo]

that is one lovely machine. Congratulations.

Chris.

 

[servisslimline]

fantastic

that great that you got a brilliant machine and in good condition, i hope you will do videos of the machine if you are going to fix it, congrats.
servisslimline

 

[zodawash]

Woo

Congrats on that lovely Servis. It's a beauty. I just love the styling of those and really miss my Servis. Maybe i'll start looking for one or two now i've got more storage room.

Hope you get it running soon

Steve

 

[electron1100]

Servis

What a very smart and tidy looking machine, well done for stopping off and getting it Paul, what a nice reward for your efforts
It is nice to see another nice machine turn up, been a bit quiet lately in these parts.

So thanks for bringing it to the group

Gary

 

[hoovermatic]

What a great machine! I have a friend who has one of these still in daily use and has had it since new. Obviously a real stayer! Excellent photos too!!

 

[mark1973]

Congrats on the new machine for your collection guys.
Really lovely to see it's been looked after and cared for as you don't see that very often.

It's nearly identical to one I had when I first moved to Scotland. It was called a Servis Spectrum and it looked like it was the TOL model as it was all electronic rather than having a dial / mecahnical timer. I had to wheel it to the sink and connect it up eveytime I wanted to use it as there was only one space for an appliance and it was filed with a dishwasher.

Picture attached of machine:

Mark
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[aquacycle]

How annoying to have to keep wheeling the washer around. It's bad enough having to do that with my compact White Knight dryer lol.

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Guys.

many thanks for the best wishes and kind words about the repair and getting it going again.

I am really glad i stopped by and acquired her - whilst cleaning it up, it made me realise that i made the right decision.

Am going to let onto the guy about what we do, on Friday, and will ask him to keep his eyes peeled for any scrap classics that come his way. See what, if anything, it throws up.

Philip....will deffo do some vids, once we get the machine operational again - assuming that we do. Luckily, i know the location of an identical machine in a spares shop, although whether the owner would cannibalise it for spares is another matter entirely. hopefully it wouldnt come to that.

How do Gary - indeed it has been a bit quiet lately - thank god! I didnt know whether i would be able to keep going the week after your keymatic turned up, quickly followed by mine and rob's Hotpoint/Zanussi Liberator, plus everything else that caused great stress that week!
I am just grateful that things have been relatively calm for a while.
How is the 3243H doing and have you been to Mathew's yet?

The calm is before the storm though, as this saturday i am subjecting myself to a mammoth trek to deepest Essex to collect a new bit of kit - something a bit different!

ta ta for now.
Paul