IGNIS! Finally it's mine!

[vivalalavatrice]

Hi all! I don't know how to explain my happyness today...I've got it in my backyard... I picked it up this morning.

It's been useful one of the infinitives ads put everywhere in the web...as to say, put the message-in-the-bottle and leave it to the sea, someone somewhere else will bring your thoughts...and that's been like that!

It's just her! The 60s top loading with the sliding outer tub lid and the pushbutton controls!

I've had just the time to have a look at it very briefly (I'll start the restoration opera in my spear time when not working at my tesi)... apart from the deep peel of dirt and a bit everywhere the rust seems to does not exist at all although there's somewhere in the jointint and around the screw of the outer cabinet

The biggest problem is the drum, that seems completely demaged...I don't know if a friend of mine will help me to fix it or should I have to change it definitively!

The rest is OK! Maybe to ermetize the seal between the draining pump and the outer tub...seen the white tracks seems to leak tremendously from there!

The motor works well I tried it taking out the pulley trasmission so the broken drum didn't distrub the cheking up, I don't know instead wheter the inlet valves and the draining pump work well...

The problem is that the timer is hidden, you cannot select by the knob but onl by the pushbuttons (but this you who see a A906 I suppose..you know it wvery well!) unless than you try with a screwdriver, but I fill manually then put on 8-RinseONLY and the motor was going on, I didn't wait for draining..

Now I'm too happy for further datails bt I'll tell you with pics either everything "live" nextly...

It seems like this I re-painted with photoshop...
Ah..it's a Top loading Orizontal Axis though :-D

 

[dj-gabriele]

Sono contentissimo per te!!!
FINALMENTE! So quanto ci tenevi! Ma come la hai trovata?!

--- Sorry but no English traslation is necessary ---

 

[foraloysius]

Congratulations!

Diomede, I'm very happy for you that you found your dream machine. I hope the restoration goes well. Good luck!

 

[vivalalavatrice]

First STEP!

HI! I started the restoration!

The first one I took out is the draining pump, probalby to be replaced with a new one (obvsiuosly only original repair parts!). This pump is mounted just attached with a seal under the outer tub! The edge of the hole seems to be a bit demaged from the rust so I'll fix it before to replace the next pump. Any suggests to what to use to do that?! What about that blue glue I saw many times in several restoration here!? Is it here available too!?

Then the most problem is with the drum...but one side of the opening have already been approximately fixed with two screws... I'm frightened to do it but I should extract the inner tub... is not so difficult but you must do it if someone is going to help you...of course not alone, isn't it!?
Nexlty of course I'll post you some pics because it was already difficult to explain in Italian for me what the problem is with the drum...don't beat me if I'm not going to do it in Enlgish for you...the pictures will speak such a lot tha no further word will be required!

Then...guess what!? There are two heating elements! What a strange thing... generally there's one only...:-? One of that has got a contact a bit burned...but untill I've checked it I cannot say if it's still good or not!

Now my first goal is to repair any possible leaking...then the electric parts will be fixed up!

Good Bye!
Diomede

PS: This is my first...restoration! I hope to do a good job!

 

[askomiele]

Take some pictures. The people around here can help you more when they really see what's happening. And it will be a nice souvernier...