Look what came home with me from Manchester

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

Jobs to do:-

Good cleaning required
Door chrome needs cleaning, it also pitted, and I’m not sure how to go about this
Paint job around the soap draw
Paint job around the kick strip and under carriage
New door seal required as the one on it has stick rubber syndrome
That bit of a leak, the pressure vessel has split and the seal around the heater also, again I’m not sure how to go about the pressure vessel.
Small amount of rust around the lip of the outer tub where the door seal is seated

Not to bad for some 35 years of age.

Will down load some photos of the above jobs tomorrow.

 

[matchboxpaul]

Echoing Robs thoughts

Hi Lee.

I am also really pleased that you succeeded in acquiring this machine, knowing how much you wanted one.

Everything was crossed and I am over the moon that it has found a safe home and will be able to take pride of place next to your superb 18680 and storming 95622.

You have beaten myself and Rob to it, as we still havent plugged or plumbed ours in yet - cant wait!

Lovely to see some purple in action and really interesting to see the technical differences between your 1851/03 and our 1828/02 - I cant remember my timer, but would assume it is different to yours.

My planned laundry Saturday is postponed till next weekend BUT, subject to everything working out, should be in a position to bring something else back from the North West.

Congratulations on acquiring a superb machine and have fun tinkering to get it in top notch form.

2010 has been a momentus year!
Paul

 

[mickeyd]

Loved the flick, esp. the unwrapped timer sequences, never s

All the tiny Christmas lights blinkin' off & on-- so much detail, so much stuff, and then the lightening spin, and now the pecker. I'm off to pedal now. Thanks.

 

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

Thank you Rob and Paul, I’ve just been to give the guard dog a piece of cheeses, only a small bite as I want him to be hungry for skip lorry drivers.

More tomorrow.

 

[HooverJames]

Congratulations!!!

Hi Lee,

Congratulations on getting your Hotpoint "Libby" De Luxe!

Thank's for the pic's of that rare enamel inner drum. I had an inkling that there would be a different design at the back of it to the later classic stainless steel ones. The motors in all of the Hotpoint designed Liberator's built before 1978 were made by EMD and made a slightly different sound and ran at 750rpm to the GEC motors that were inside all of the post 1978 machines because of the new 1000rpm model 1848, so the later 1827's and basic machines had a downrated GEC motor that ran at 800rpm unlike Paul and Rob's which has the same motor as yours.

Congrats, James.

 

[richardc1983]

Great machine, my nan used to have the same one with the purple door before she got a newer model (still vintage though)

Sounds to be in great condition as well as looks apart from the little wee's it keeps having!

 

[paulinroyton]

Wow

Lee

Great machine, bet she will look fantastic when you cleaned her up. I did not know that this model had a enamel drum.

It just goes to show they made them great in the good olden days, lol.

Cheers

Paul

 

[TWINKYTWINY]

HI NICE MACHINE THESE SEEM TO BE POPPING UP ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ONE LAST WEEK WAS NICE BUT YRS WELL IM BOWLED OVER TO CLEAN THE CROME ROUND THE DOOR .GET A OLD SAUCER PUT ON IT A GOOD FEW DROPS OF BRASSO AND THEN SOME TCUT MIX THEM TOGETHER AND RUB WITH COTTON WOOL WAIT FOR IT TO DRY BUFF UP .THEN POLISH WITH ORDINARY CAR WAX BRING IT UP LIKE A MIRROR BABE KIND REGARDS TT

 

[chestermikeuk]

Hotpoint

Morning Lee,

Congratulations from me, Gary and Mathew, (all down in Saltash for another vanload!!!...LOl)

Really glad you got it, you`ve waited long enough and here it is...the drum looks mint straight from the 1600 series, cant wait too see vids etc... would be interested how it performs when spinning given the drum must weigh heavier than the later metal ones!!!

And we`ve just noticed the circuit board is located next to the timer on top which is different...Ohhh a very interesting machine!!!

Do you you need a dryer?? if so phone Crewe...LOL just joking boys...

Phone me, I have a spare, cant let a machine like that not have a playmate!!!

Cheers, from Keymatic Central!!!, Mike

 

[chestermikeuk]

Drums....

Just noticed the drum looks very much like the Creda version with the bulks solid struts where the drum baffles meet the backplate!!!

Do the baffles taper to the front of the drum like the EE ones did?? or is that tricks of the light??

Cheers, Mike

 

[74simon]

Well done Lee,

It's a great feeling to get something you suspected you'd never find! It does look very smart, even before cleaning. is the pressure vessel soft plastic? Wonder if you could fix it with automotive radiator hose tape or something.

Have fun sorting her out!

Si

 

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

Thank you to every one, I’m still pinching myself.

Circuit board, yes while it was lying on its back in the car I thought, bloody hell where is the speed module gone, how am I going to find a replacement, then on closer inspection I could not find the wiring down there, where I was expecting it to be.

When the back came off I found some more things I was not expecting, PCB at the back of the options switches, and the timer is a monster with two motors and no thermo stop solenoid. Just noticed that there are no springs at the top, just the three dampers at the bottom, which float relay well.

The baffles are the same the full length front to back, my thoughts when picking up this machine where what condition would it be in, luckily it’s mint, not a chip anywhere.

Matching dryer, I would love to have one, but it’s the age old thing of not having the room at the moment to accommodate one.

So on with the show, spent the morning stripping down and cleaning. Photo of the PCB, it’s rather a simply no nonsense one.

 

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

The timer, top view.

 

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

Timer, back view.
At some point in the re-build I’m going to have to lubricate the cams as the unit is hard to turn and I don’t like forcing it round.

 

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

Now for the problems.
First the bed wetting.
The pressure vessel has split, I have thought of perhaps injecting silicon into the cracks or using the rubber patches in a cycle puncture repair kit.
Can any one make any suggestions, perhaps you have fixed this sort of problem before, and one thing is for certain I can’t buy a replacement.

 

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

The dreaded rust.
The front panel has had the brunt of it, big re-paint required.
Back side.

 

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

Top side.

 

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

Main front panel.
None of the corrosion is deep, just surface rust.

 

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

Options switches haven been spared the usual crumbly syndrome, just faded in the sun.

 

[hotpoint95622]

Hotpoint Liberator De Luxe 1851-03

The outer tub is also in great shape except for a little rusting around the lip which a can clean and put some bath enamel on to preserve it from any more decay.