Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

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Following on from Steves repair weekend on the first early May Labour Day Bank Holiday we return to Als Emporium for the 2nd bank Holiday in May, our Spring Bank Holiday, always a lot to do,
we had neglected the first display space at the expense of working on the new room. Time to tidy up, sort out and re-fit.

Mayday, Labour Day & Rare Prototype Vintage Repairs !!

A Mayday Labour day gathering at SESteves in London had us celebrating his birthday as well as sorting out his cabin washroom after many months of house renovations, also getting to grips with fixing two rare twintubs for our sins.. Heres Richard Ricky505, Birthday boy Steve SESteve, Steve and...

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Before the gang arrive its time to refit the drum unit with new bearings installed into the Hoover Keymatic A3962 from 1978, this was Gary`s (Electron1100) washer. Here we see it being taken apart, drum removed for bearing change..This model has a vitreous enamel outer drum with stainless steel inner washtub, the backplate is made of an alloy and is sealed with a rubber seal to make watertight. this seal dries ut over time and gets limescale build up then leaks !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Here the bolts around the tub have been removed and using a screwdriver the backplate has been prized away from the outer tub..

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Now you can see the outer holding tub and inner drum showing heater with build up of limescale, also the rubber seal band which is crusty and dry with limescale.

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Time to remove the limescale and detritus, using a flat blade file the limescale is scraped away, usually flake off, then with fine emory paper smoothed down and cleaned ready for painting. A coating of Hammerite black rust proofer is applied and left to dry.

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Time for a bearing change, kit from stock and need to clean off the seal rim for a clean re-fit !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

bearing changed, seal rim cleaned, a coating of watertight epoxy resin applied and the band stretched over the rim. best is to clip it to the rim with pegs to avoid it slipping off. leave to tack off and then refit

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

All back together ready for a test..

Spin alone = passed
Rinse & Spin = passed
At this point guests arrived, and it stalled lol, pride before a fall, so back off and motor adjusted = Perfect !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

First to arrive are Richard (Ricky5050) and Jack (Vintagehoover) CHEERS !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Time for a tidy up and clean the mats using Als latest finds, Miele Style...

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

next to arrive is Danny having collected a dishwasher that Al had secured for display...

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

presenting an 80`s Candy Dishwasher that had been fitted in a house and NEVER been used, plug not fitted and sat their not used, amazing, complete with registration docs, instructions and the free samples of the day albeit solid, Sun Dishwasher powder and rinseaid.

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Jon (lavamatjon) and Steve (SESteve) arrive and Al the host with the most, is preparing dinner !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Time for Friday evening dinner, stone cooked pizza with salads, and we are joined by Mathew (keymatic3203), catchups all around and time to disband for sleeps before the workday !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Good Morning Saturday and its time to get breakfast, Al had an earlier start and was up the road to meet up with Ian and collect an AEG washer Dryer that fellow collectcor Luke had decieded to move on.
A selection of croissants, ham & cheese, cheese and plain , teas, juice and coffee from the amazing 80`s AEG filter coffee maker !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Tasks for the weekend, Refit the Hoover wide bodied keymatic, model A3203 from 1966 after a repaint and spruce up on the cabinet and top....

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

In order to help with the lowering of the complete tub weighing a ton, (it took four of us to lift it out undamaged) our ingenious Dr Mathew had constructed a pulley hoist system, welding together a top frame all measure,
with adjustable poles complete with pulley and guiding straps...PERFECT !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Meanwhile Darren (SlowSpin66) arrives and starts to sort out the Bendix LT washer Dryer from 1966, the pump is made of alloy and corrodes over time with the caustic powders,
so time for chemical metal paste, gasket former and new seals sourced from China which fit perfectly !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

In the other room we need to move out the wall of washers and refit piping for stacking working dishwashers !!