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Absolutely LOVE those things. If some strange person happens to snipe one of those away mysteriously from E-Bay-------it's me! I've been trying to sweet-talk the folks at Abel's to ship it for me.

O.k. in my dreams.

Wonderful machine!
 
Hi Mike

Ive been slowly reducing the collection down and down to what it is (or not) now.

I did sell a few machines to another collector so they are safe and sound. Sold one on eBay. The 3060 has finally been retired and stripped due to timer and bearing failure. I currently have some parts from the 3060 on eBay to hopefully give someone else the chance to improve their 3060 or just to have as spares. The timer went out a while back and I do have a couple of spares somewhere but never got round to changing it over. Just when I was thinking about changing the timer the bearings started to go and I ran it for a while but was getting rust/oil occasionally on the clothes. I have spent quite a bit of money and time on it and it seemed that every time I fixed a problem then another would appear. When the bearings went I decided enough was enough and I retired the old girl.

The purple top loader is now our only automatic. Norfolk Mark rebuilt it a few years ago so hopefully it has many years left in it.The original pump failed at the end of last year(can't complain after 32 years of service) and was leaking so I purchased a recon one from Mark and replaced the leaking one and it's been fine since (touch wood).

I no longer class myself as a collector and will soon be going up into the garage loft to bring down all the spares we have and going through them and putting them on eBay. Have already sold a lot of my literature/user manuals on eBay and have a few bits and pieces left to put on. Would rather give other collectors the chance to own such items and enjoy and use them.

I can't say though for sure that if I spot a vintage machine I will be able to walk past it but im going to do my best to ignore the urge to get it. Have managed to ignore a couple of machines ive seen at a junkyard I go to, so doing well so far.

Mark
 
Hi Mark, Congrats on finding the Hotpoint 1504...!! They are great and have had one for over 5 years now and has given good service ever since. I did have to give it a complete over-haul before i used it, but it had been sitting for about 20years in a larder, and was only used a handful or so times.
Hope you find out where the leak is coming from.
Happy 1504 washing !!
Keith

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Hotpoint Toploaders

Hello Richard

Brilliant!........what classic styling.......excellent job getting that one........the toploaders are my favourite Hotpoint machines, having owned and worked on one I can vouch for their peformance and build qaulity......lovely lovely
The "powders" button another gem, just like the "bio" button on some Servis machines (correct me if im wrong Mike), ah what a time that was when "bio" poweders where coming on the market designed for those "Understains" :-) as one manufacturer put it :-)

MARK
ARghhh yah bugger, i thought summit was going on when i saw the parts an things on ebay.........I kind of understand you doing this.........but as you say if another old washer starts woooing you will you be able to resist :-)

I hope you enjoy your washing Richard :-)

Gary
 
Powders

Now Peter, dont mock one of our National Treasures!!!...Lol..nice thought though, daft thing is, we would never have used liquids in this machine when new, all that would have been about would have been powders!!! the switch is for cold fill to take advantage of synthetic based new formula powders like Ariel that have low temp enzymes etc...

Hey Steve, we have an appliance buddy who renovates these machines, completely re=builds & restores them better than Hotpoint made the last ones, might not be out of relms if we can find a reasonable shipper with a bit of spare container space!!! Failing that just book your ticket!!
 
Simply wonderful...

I've no doubt said it before, but the Hotpoint top loader would be my machine of choice if only my washday fates were a little more favourable! It's the machine that led me here in the first place.

Fingers crossed for the full gamut of pictures and maybe even video footage!

I'm rather curious about the static rinse on the timelime models: after exhaustive studying of the service manuals a few months ago (I actually managed to understand how it agitates - not bad given my very slim understanding of most mechanics) it seems the first rinse consists of wash water drain, fill, pause, drain and spin during which the final part employs a flush/spray period. Is this right in real life? And is it really effective?

Just one other thing for regular users - how generous do you have to be with the detergent? And do they deal well with stains?

I live in hope of doing a few loads in one eventually!

Cheers

Alex
 
really cute!

kinda reminds me of a mini"filter flo"(i see it says
"filterclean"on the edge of the pan)i'd like to see an
"up the kilt" shot if the mechanism is visable from under:p
 
Hi Alex,

In response to your question regarding the cycle on the 1504, you have the sequence right, although I always felt that the "Static" rinse is pretty pointless. I guess it is to semi release any crease's but apart from that not much more...it was kind of a step backwards from the 1500-1502 whereby they had two agitated rinse's one in warm and then one in cold, much more effective.
I am sure one will come your way soon, keep looking !!
Cheers
Keith
 
Gary

Im going to try my hardest to resist! But you know what it's like when a washer sits there and winks at you saying "please take me home"..lol

Mark
 
Filter Flo....?????

Hey Guys

For those that didnt know GE in the US and Hotpoint in the UK were at this point(and indeed were right up to the Merloni takeover) part of the same group. Technically this IS a Filter Flo (With the rather nice addition of a 3kw heater for those ultra white loads :).

Seamus
 
What a great machine--love seeing toploaders in the UK

Amazing how much the Hotpoint agitator resembles the Easy Spiralator; they're almost twins.

How grand to have a "kitchen" counter top on the washer. You guys love to wash in the kitchen--me too;-D

The Powders button is very funny and so perfectly British. Still not sure what it does, but I'll figure it out someday.
 
2 Saturdays ago was an exciting day!

Really glad that all the pent up excitement and fretting was duly rewarded by such a great machine Richard.

The first 1504 I have seen in 20 years, it was a delight to see one in the flesh again. Each morning, for about three years, I would pull open my curtains and glance down the side of the house opposite where Mr Right's old 1504 had been deposited.
In tip top visual condition, I had witnessed it briefly in action when it stood alongside a Burco TD6 drop down door dryer.

In the intervening years, I had forgotten just how smart looking the 1504's were/are.

To walk through your front door, last Saturday, and to see it sat at the bottom of the stairs was a real treat.

You didn't half do some cleaning of the underside of the lid didnt you! One of my pics will be a useful barometer of before and after condition.

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Hotpoint Timeline Machines

I am with Paul as regards how smart it is, I would even go as far as to say that these control panels (and of course the HP 1600 which I am always banging on about) were the most elegant of the time line control panels even surpassing, in my opinion, even the predecessor models (which are pretty good too) and certainly the successor models
Al
 

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