Good morning, all.
Recently turned up a very lightly used woodgrain top Rimflow washer. My 1861 house came with a little old 90s Maytag auto that works just fine, however being a heavy equipment mechanic my rather bulky and stiff as boards Carhartt pants are a lot for it.. this lead to perusing Black Friday deals on a bigger washer last week ... and remembering that I detest new washers.
Anyway to cut a very long tale short, I ended up trucking home a 1979? Rimflow that was destined for scrap, which allegedly only ran for one year around 1980 before being stuck in a storage building for decades. The size is seemingly even smaller than the Maytag, and it really didn't solve the original problem.. but it was too cool to let die.
It runs perfectly, all works well. But after getting wet again for the first time in decades, it has developed a detectable moldy smell. Surely coming from the rubber ring and edge of the tub you cant see around the top lid.
I've read of the issue already but not sure how exactly to go about cleaning it.. Is there some easier way to lift the whole top panel off the machine, and get into the outer drum to clean it, or does the whole machine have to come apart from the bottom down?
My only washer experience is an overhaul on a '24 Gasser Maytag and an ancient Easy Spindrier. Don't want to damage this Hotpoint if I can help it but done like the thought of festering mold either.
Any advice or a service book outtake would be greatly appreciated. Attached should be an image.

Recently turned up a very lightly used woodgrain top Rimflow washer. My 1861 house came with a little old 90s Maytag auto that works just fine, however being a heavy equipment mechanic my rather bulky and stiff as boards Carhartt pants are a lot for it.. this lead to perusing Black Friday deals on a bigger washer last week ... and remembering that I detest new washers.
Anyway to cut a very long tale short, I ended up trucking home a 1979? Rimflow that was destined for scrap, which allegedly only ran for one year around 1980 before being stuck in a storage building for decades. The size is seemingly even smaller than the Maytag, and it really didn't solve the original problem.. but it was too cool to let die.
It runs perfectly, all works well. But after getting wet again for the first time in decades, it has developed a detectable moldy smell. Surely coming from the rubber ring and edge of the tub you cant see around the top lid.
I've read of the issue already but not sure how exactly to go about cleaning it.. Is there some easier way to lift the whole top panel off the machine, and get into the outer drum to clean it, or does the whole machine have to come apart from the bottom down?
My only washer experience is an overhaul on a '24 Gasser Maytag and an ancient Easy Spindrier. Don't want to damage this Hotpoint if I can help it but done like the thought of festering mold either.
Any advice or a service book outtake would be greatly appreciated. Attached should be an image.
