Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Final technical check from the original 1960`s Hoover Service Manuals

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Oh its looking grand, shiny shiny...weshers not bad either !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Well all that work and its "Time For Tea" …

Homeade Cheese scones with cream cheese & chives, chocolate fudge bake, carrot cake and lemon drops and banana loaf.

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Rob gets to work on the other bank of vintage, Ian tinkles with the Rolls Rapide, pre cursor to the Ariston belts and the lowley Servis MK1 is dispatched to storage !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Outside the lads have been moving the ovens in from the wood shed, empty all the shelves of goodies, and Al is delighted with the space !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Inside the Hoover 3203 Keymatic is getting a thorough water testing , on a boil wash with tea cloths !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Happy Campers,

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

The results of the jury are in , Hoover Keymatic 12 points !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Calls for a pre dinner toast ...

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

And time for a well earned evening meal of slow cooked beef stew, creamed potatoes, roasted potatoes and parsnips !! Cheers...

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Next morning the Hoover Keymatic is moved into pride of place, Big Thanks to my cousin and family team @ Split The Difference Classic VW Camper Van Hire & Renovations for their work on the cabinet !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

And day four we have another guest, our very own Darren Aitcheson, The Lincoln Wash Doctor,who had a run over for a long overdue catchup,

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Time to get some washing done, Hotpoint Toploader style...

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

And spin drying White Knight style spinning @ 2,800rpm

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Outside we look at the mystery machine, which was Lukes who passed it on to Alistair, this now matches perfectly the AEG sink, dishwasher, and dryer in the washroom..

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Work required on news shock absorbers and piping but nothing that cant be accomplished or worked around !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Look at all those heaters , this is a washer dryer but doesn't have a blower unit, residual heat through the clothes and condensed water pumped out, they where known as very fierce dryers, but very quick on cotton loads !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Inside getting to grips with fixing a Hoover Spin a Rinse spin dryer whose hose had come detached from the empty arm..

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Down at the bagwash the customers are rebelling at the long wash times !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

The host provides pastry to calm them down...

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

It worked normal service resumes !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Back outside, the AEG is spinning fine..

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Now to get it back in the new line up, weighs a ton..

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Tie to wash the bedding and towels..

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

In the Miele Twindos..

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

Washing & Drying..

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

In the 8kg load, 1600rpm spin British Made Ebac washing machine using our very own Jon Jetcones "Rosalies" washing powder !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

And in the Hoover Keymatic A3203 star of the show...videos to follow !!

 

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Mayday, Labour Day & Vintage Repairs Part 2 !!

All that remains is to thank our host Alistair for his hospitality, food and fine wine and the rest of the gang for making it another much enjoyed weekend of work bringing back to life another treasured
Hoover Vintage washer as well as meeting up with fab friends !!

Till Next Time......

 

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

I can just imagine all of the house inspectors and code compliance officials having a collective heart attack looking at this room setup. :-D