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Hi Darren.

Yep, I am afraid that that is a Moon hiding away there.

It is being stored in the garage for a friend of the owner of the house. It was installed here for a while and Jo (the owner of zee house) absolutely hated it!
Totally inflexible and she hated not being able to see what was going on inside. But all thats for another thread - lol.

Bet that the trip around the factory was fantastic! Any particular memories or just an all round fab experience?

paul
 
Hiya Mike.

Back off the hols or posting from abroad? Either way, hope that the hol was/is relaxing and that the move went smoothly. Give you a bell soon and catch up!

I do hope that your Uncle was instructed not to dispose of the Microprofile, when it gives up, and that instructions were issued for it to be retired to your custodianship.
Superb that it is still going and that little bit more special in that you bought it! A bit like those vacs that you rediscovered a year or so back - nothing owning a piece of family appliance history.

Paul
 
Hi James.

I think the frideges were revamped in early 1985, probably launched in that New Year.
1984 still saw the 83-series refrigeration on sale, as you a colour modified version of the 1970s 'Amethyst' Iced Diamonds.

Paul
 
Earlier in the thread the Microtronics replacement was mentioned - the 9556 Microprofile 1200 de Luxe.

Piccy attached below courtesy of Alex (SuperElectronic)....

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About 4 months ago I picked up a 9524 as a spares machine, but comitted a cardinal sin of machines you acquire for spares and gave it a clean.

Unfortunately for me, it cleaned up rather well, so will be staying intact and heading off to its new home in the coming months.

When I came to clean up the insides though, I quickly put the lid back on. Carbon dust everywhere and, not having a power supply in the garage, thought better of cleaning it by hand so it will have to wait till it heads to Wales.

Point of the above waffle is that we all know that Hotpoint motors can be a bit carbon hungry and, over the years, tend to spread it about the insides of the machine rather liberally.

Hence why, it was with trepidation that i lifted the lid off the 95842.

What greeted my eyes stunned me, for the inside of this machine is pretty much pristine!

Without a word of a lie, the picture below is as I found it...

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finally for tonight...

doing a drum waggle test gives a slight movement in the bearings, which will have to be sorted at some stage in the future.

Taking the back off the machine confirmed the state of play with a slight stain confirming bleeding bearings.

This picture shows also the only clear carbon dust I could find, with a thin layer over the module cover sheets.

Will continue prettifying the machine and hopefully provide a further update at the weekend.

ta ta for now
Paul

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Marvellous...

If I had that I'd shove our WML540 out and put that beauty in it's place. Where are Hotpoint's built at now because if the factory is closed then there won't be people there, that could mean machines left undiscovered?

James.
 
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Fantastic, fabulous, cracking, great.

I would love to own this machine; it’s sort of what I’m aspiring to with my project machine, a sort of homage to this model. I had a Saturday job at the village store when still at school and the shop owner had one of these and I carried out a welding repair to the base plate, which had cracked under the shock.

I sooooo want one.
 
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I have just spotted that steam vent at the back of the soap draw, not seen that on a 95 before, suppose it’s to help keep the damp out of the sell, to protect those electronics.
 
Hi Lee.

Yep - this is the machine from Derby. Really couldnt let this one escape and the seller was really pleased that it was going to have a long term future, as a collection piece to be restored, rather than be treated as just any old washing machine.

The first time I looked at the back of the machine, I too noticed the unusual steam vent. A de luxe top of the range feature? I have never seen this feature on any other 95.

Another teaser pic below!

I am eager for the weekend, as I have to raid storage for a specific replacement part and I hope a) we have one and b) that its serviceable.

Keep your fingers crossed.
Paul
p.s in the piccy below, the top of the main front panel had been cleaned and came up pretty darn good too.

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A few more pics....

cleaned up the door area and door seal and both came up lovely.

Note the different door hinge arrangement, from other 95's. Perhaps this was the earlier weaker design?

All other 95s I have seen have had the two plastic pieces that go over prongs on the hinge part attached to the machine, and which then screw into runners on the door...

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Cleaning Duties

PAUL

You really MUST come and stay in my garage with my machines for a few days, endless tea and cakes will be supplied :-)

It amazes me how well this and your other machines come up, by the time I have restored (mechanically) a machine im to fed up with it to spend hours cleaning it up just a kwik wipe over with mr muscle an thats it :-)

Gary
 
No probs Gary.

Nowt like a bit of 'cleaning em up', then standing back and with satisfaction looking at the end result! My kind of therapy.

You will have to get in line after Mathew though. Heading across to his next month (hopefully) and I have got an A3060, A3586, A8546 and D6042 to get through first.

But will book you in for 'Round 2'.

So thats 'Gary', 'Saltash' and an 'A3190, A3110, A3060 (that shouldnt need much doing to it, as gave it a clean prior to delivery), A3308, D6042, D6144, A3794, A3138, A3256, A3258 and 3243H' potentially to deal with. Blimey - will need more that a few days to get through that lot!
Also I dont clean in artificial light and we are coming into winter time now, so less daylight. Best book two weeks off work then.

What cakes will they be? Can I have some iced buns too! (major sweet tooth).

Paul
 

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