fnelson487
Well-known member
Fred here, Webmaster of Vacuumland. Just got this email (one of many I receive as Robert can attest!) Thought this would be best posted here. If anyone can help him out, that would be great. You may want to talk him out of the machine as well. I have his permission to post his email. Contact at your convenience if you can help. If anything comes of this, please post the result.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 7:13 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: British collectors of Hoover applicances
>
> Good day
>
> This is an appeal to any known British and European collectors of
> vintage Hoover appliances:
>
> Can you please help in any way to find some means of obtaining a copy
> of the service manual for a veteran Hoover Keymatic 3243 (H) washing
> Machine and/or of its timer/controller, be this in photocopied or
> scanned in PDF format.
> It seems that archived service material held by Hoover UK disappeared
> when they closed their factory in South Wales, possibly as an act of
> revenge by staff who were made redundant..
>
> I've preserved one of these machines since buying this new. It has
> not been in use for at least the past 25 years and it remains
> physically in clean condition. Nonetheless, I would prefer to check
> it over thoroughly before attempting to see if it still runs.
>
> I hope that you can pass on his inquiry, in which case - many thanks.
>
> Richard
>
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 7:13 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: British collectors of Hoover applicances
>
> Good day
>
> This is an appeal to any known British and European collectors of
> vintage Hoover appliances:
>
> Can you please help in any way to find some means of obtaining a copy
> of the service manual for a veteran Hoover Keymatic 3243 (H) washing
> Machine and/or of its timer/controller, be this in photocopied or
> scanned in PDF format.
> It seems that archived service material held by Hoover UK disappeared
> when they closed their factory in South Wales, possibly as an act of
> revenge by staff who were made redundant..
>
> I've preserved one of these machines since buying this new. It has
> not been in use for at least the past 25 years and it remains
> physically in clean condition. Nonetheless, I would prefer to check
> it over thoroughly before attempting to see if it still runs.
>
> I hope that you can pass on his inquiry, in which case - many thanks.
>
> Richard
>
