slowspin66
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Always flooding
Flooding the spinner .Thank goodness for the tiled floor !
Flooding the spinner .Thank goodness for the tiled floor !
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kevhallett
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I really miss my old Supermatic, was a fantastic washing machine, I bought it second hand as an ex rental, shortly after the guarantee ran out it started leaking, I sent it back to the shop (paying a fee of £30 for call out!) they then broke the agitator shaft in the gearbox! I never saw the machine again and didn't get a refund on the call out. Machine was purchased from David Burys in Grimsby.
Hello Kev
I just brought mine back into service as its brilliant for collecting dog hair I use it a couple of months a year when its moulting season as I get fed up picking hairs off dark clothes when I am ironing
)
Austin
I just brought mine back into service as its brilliant for collecting dog hair I use it a couple of months a year when its moulting season as I get fed up picking hairs off dark clothes when I am ironing
)Austin
supermaticjames
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@slowspin66
I love you 1460! An iconic domestic symbol of the 60s with the aluminium fascias, chrome trim and crisp white and navy colours. I love how you added the rinsing facility, believe it or not people asked their repairman to add this facility to their non De Luxe machines whether they had extra cash or had another baby on the way and had less time to spend on the washing. I wouldn't advise you to fill the spinner up anymore than half way because if you look inside the spin tub there should be a plastic ring going around near the top and that it tacked to the plastic tub and it usually lets water seep out if you fill it up any further than half way. Also the seal at the top of the top wouldn't be defined as watertight, it's only meant to keep the spray from the can in. I can imagine water would have been leaking onto your floor from inside your machine when that photo was taken and that's not so good.
Steve I was wondering if I could have the top bit of the interlock assembly, you know the bit with all the levers and springs? My 1018 spinner was missing a bit or two from it's interlock and I wouldn't mind replacing my botch job with the proper bits.
James.
I love you 1460! An iconic domestic symbol of the 60s with the aluminium fascias, chrome trim and crisp white and navy colours. I love how you added the rinsing facility, believe it or not people asked their repairman to add this facility to their non De Luxe machines whether they had extra cash or had another baby on the way and had less time to spend on the washing. I wouldn't advise you to fill the spinner up anymore than half way because if you look inside the spin tub there should be a plastic ring going around near the top and that it tacked to the plastic tub and it usually lets water seep out if you fill it up any further than half way. Also the seal at the top of the top wouldn't be defined as watertight, it's only meant to keep the spray from the can in. I can imagine water would have been leaking onto your floor from inside your machine when that photo was taken and that's not so good.
Steve I was wondering if I could have the top bit of the interlock assembly, you know the bit with all the levers and springs? My 1018 spinner was missing a bit or two from it's interlock and I wouldn't mind replacing my botch job with the proper bits.
James.
sesteve
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Hey slow spin. That's fantastic what you've done there. My gran had that same machine I I always wondered about how I could convert it so at least 25 years later I know it can be done lol. I've thought about adapting a hotpoint so you could drain the washtub in the same way as a Hoovermatic with some sort of valve and a lever on the back as the wash pump is so slow and might of used the machine I've just scrapped to try it out on but alas.... I still have my mind on adapting the T5090 as per the filter flow Hoovermatic that surfaced on here recently - I found the parts diagram for it (below) but the parts are no longer available so I'll have to improvise- I am happy to sacrifice this machine to adaptation as the chassis is buggered.
Hehe that is way too much water but I have to say even though James is right with the construction, the outer spin seems to be pretty well sealed. I've sometimes used the auto rinse on my 14890 and forgotten to open and close the lid after pressing the lid release button and there has been no water left on the floor. At least the clutch means you can't overload the motor although you will get through some clutch shoes
Austin. Did you stop the knocking on yours?
Kev - what a nightmare. You should have had the cost of the machine refunded really. At least then you could have used it towards another.
James - of course you can. I will look to salvage it this weekend as its still attached at the moment and I need to take the rest of it to the dump. I hope I haven't lost any bits from it when I was taking it apart. I'll let you know.
Cheers
S
Hehe that is way too much water but I have to say even though James is right with the construction, the outer spin seems to be pretty well sealed. I've sometimes used the auto rinse on my 14890 and forgotten to open and close the lid after pressing the lid release button and there has been no water left on the floor. At least the clutch means you can't overload the motor although you will get through some clutch shoes
Austin. Did you stop the knocking on yours?
Kev - what a nightmare. You should have had the cost of the machine refunded really. At least then you could have used it towards another.
James - of course you can. I will look to salvage it this weekend as its still attached at the moment and I need to take the rest of it to the dump. I hope I haven't lost any bits from it when I was taking it apart. I'll let you know.
Cheers
S
slowspin66
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Supermatic flooding
Hi James the problem i have had is that the water pressure fills the spinner so quickly that the pump can not get rid of the water quick enough. !! The water can be over the spinner lid before you know it.
The 1400 is a different kettle of fish because i had to fit an electric pump as the old pump was worn out. I have left the pump going and added the rinse water that way the the water never gets too high !!!
Hi James the problem i have had is that the water pressure fills the spinner so quickly that the pump can not get rid of the water quick enough. !! The water can be over the spinner lid before you know it.
The 1400 is a different kettle of fish because i had to fit an electric pump as the old pump was worn out. I have left the pump going and added the rinse water that way the the water never gets too high !!!
supermaticjames
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Thank you Steve! Drop me an email at [email protected] when you get around to doing it.
Would love a 1400!
James.
Would love a 1400!
James.
Steve sadly...
I am still unable to get the bloody thing apart I have managed to undo the nut on the top of the shaft but the agi drive is still unmoveable and if I take a hammer to it I will no doubt break it as its cast aluminium. So back to the drawing board I go !!
Austin
I am still unable to get the bloody thing apart I have managed to undo the nut on the top of the shaft but the agi drive is still unmoveable and if I take a hammer to it I will no doubt break it as its cast aluminium. So back to the drawing board I go !!
Austin
sesteve
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Well done Austin on getting that nut off - you will have to share your secret. The only way I got mine apart was to undo the support tube from the gearbox and that's when all the rust and gunk fell out. The main issue is that it leaves the wash bowl unsupported and the whole thing becomes flimsy. Let me know if you need the service info and I'll mail it to you.
James - I haven't forgotten, just not had the chance to sort out but definitely will this weekend.
Steve
James - I haven't forgotten, just not had the chance to sort out but definitely will this weekend.
Steve
Steve
I have a bearing puller that I am going to remove the drive shaft with and this will happen when I have finished using it as knowing my luck it will kill it off lol
Austin
I have a bearing puller that I am going to remove the drive shaft with and this will happen when I have finished using it as knowing my luck it will kill it off lol
Austin
sesteve
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Hopefully not Austin. I used a 3 leg puller and some gentle heat from a blow torch and it came off. You have to protect the top of the agi shaft supposedly with a nut although I've not found one that fits so just used some washers instead. Fingers crossed
S
S
miele4life
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Date Codes
I can fill u in on the date codes, they were used from 1970 to 2009 and used the numbers 01-96 on a 8 year cycle, so on the 9404W, the date code is 81, which means it was made in September 1992, but as those twin tubs had a long production run, they will of used the same date codes which might cause confusion as to whether it was a 80's or 90's made model. I have a Iced Diamond RZ64P freezer which has date code 77, which was made in May 2000, and when I go 2 2nd appliance shops I like 2 work out the date codes on the Hotpoint's on offer there. Hope this helps
I can fill u in on the date codes, they were used from 1970 to 2009 and used the numbers 01-96 on a 8 year cycle, so on the 9404W, the date code is 81, which means it was made in September 1992, but as those twin tubs had a long production run, they will of used the same date codes which might cause confusion as to whether it was a 80's or 90's made model. I have a Iced Diamond RZ64P freezer which has date code 77, which was made in May 2000, and when I go 2 2nd appliance shops I like 2 work out the date codes on the Hotpoint's on offer there. Hope this helps
Dates codes are as clear as mud !
Sorry but I really cannot get my head around what you said about the codes and yes I know I am simple soul at times but its baffling to me.
Any chance you can explain again but in easier to understand lingo)
Austin
Ps the numbers on my 9404 are as follows.
Serial # 36112411
Please tell me the date and how its worked out please
Sorry but I really cannot get my head around what you said about the codes and yes I know I am simple soul at times but its baffling to me.
Any chance you can explain again but in easier to understand lingo
)Austin
Ps the numbers on my 9404 are as follows.
Serial # 36112411
Please tell me the date and how its worked out please
miele4life
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It's just a system that Hotpoint used 4 many years 4 indentifing when an appliance was made, the code is almost always the 1st 2 digits in the serial number although sometimes it's the last 2 digits like on the Liberator's,
with your model being a 9404, the date code of 36 means it was made in December 1988, but as the codes were used every 8 years, the same 1 means an appliance could of been made in 1972, 1980, 1988, 1996 or 2004
here's a link 2 a date code chart, it covers 1970 to 1993, but were used til 2009 when it adopted the Indesit serial number system.
with your model being a 9404, the date code of 36 means it was made in December 1988, but as the codes were used every 8 years, the same 1 means an appliance could of been made in 1972, 1980, 1988, 1996 or 2004
here's a link 2 a date code chart, it covers 1970 to 1993, but were used til 2009 when it adopted the Indesit serial number system.
miele4life
does that decoder cover all machines though as my understanding is its for the super plus range?? I do understand now though how it works as I can see it set out in a grid it makes sense.
Thank you ever so for finding that.
Austin
does that decoder cover all machines though as my understanding is its for the super plus range?? I do understand now though how it works as I can see it set out in a grid it makes sense.
Thank you ever so for finding that.
Austin
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