matchboxpaul
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Model 1509/05 dating from November 1977 (date code 95)...
Operation Matchbox Rescue! - Hoover 3236H - continued.....
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matchboxpaul
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Back of the machine, minus its waste pipe (thankfully have some of those somewhere).
Again though will need the back part, where the solonoids are, either respraying or replacing...
Again though will need the back part, where the solonoids are, either respraying or replacing...
matchboxpaul
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Heres where the major problem starts!
matchboxpaul
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Her dress is ruined...
the years of varying weather conditions have really taken their toll on the 1509/05's outer cabinet...
the years of varying weather conditions have really taken their toll on the 1509/05's outer cabinet...
matchboxpaul
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From the other angle...
matchboxpaul
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The sides are even worse...
matchboxpaul
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with this side so badly corroded that the bodyshell is actually detached from the chassis, with no solid metal to tie it down....
matchboxpaul
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The other side...
matchboxpaul
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I think everyone will agree that the external cabinet of the machine is a write-off and is unrestorable.
So, when the machine is sent for repair, it will also be receiving a replacement cabinet. An attempt will be made to try and remove the traingle badge from the old and graft it onto the new, though I dont want the badge damaging.
If the badge looks like tearing, then it will be cut off the old cabinet, before the old cabinet is thrown away....
So, when the machine is sent for repair, it will also be receiving a replacement cabinet. An attempt will be made to try and remove the traingle badge from the old and graft it onto the new, though I dont want the badge damaging.
If the badge looks like tearing, then it will be cut off the old cabinet, before the old cabinet is thrown away....
matchboxpaul
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Now of course there is no knowing whether the machine actually works or not, although judging by the 3236H, it should be a case of plug and play (small tinkering and rubber checks and replacements permitting).
Mathew had a gander underneath and the clutch shoes will need to be freed but, barring that, the underneath of the machine looks......well......pristine!
All gloss black and silvers, though covered in cobwebs.
Its time will come and it will, as far as I am concerned, live again...
Mathew had a gander underneath and the clutch shoes will need to be freed but, barring that, the underneath of the machine looks......well......pristine!
All gloss black and silvers, though covered in cobwebs.
Its time will come and it will, as far as I am concerned, live again...
matchboxpaul
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Will try and get it as close to this as possible - cant provide the bike though and the worktops are like gold dust...
liberator1509
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Yay! Another Liberator liberated!
Paul (and Rob) - thank you SOO much for putting up those pics!
Its fantastic that you guys have rescued that machine - and I have no doubt that it will be a (realtively) straight-forward job to bring it back to life, specially if you have a spare console. Plenty of parts around, including cabinets, so it should come up a treat!
I wonder if there is some way of saving the cabinet sticker? Could it be 'heated' (from the reverse side) off I wonder? It would be good to save that moment of history, when Hotpoint were sub-branding their machines as "Liberator' to bring former English Electric customers along, having acquired and stopped that marque.
Geek-moment, is it a four-pole, or two-pole motor? Does it have the lint-tray cover too? From Mathew's description, it does have the early-style wash basket.
Thank you once again for saving it - I look forward seeing it restored.
David
PS - Hi Mathew - the spinarinse has been going all afternoon - great!!
Paul (and Rob) - thank you SOO much for putting up those pics!
Its fantastic that you guys have rescued that machine - and I have no doubt that it will be a (realtively) straight-forward job to bring it back to life, specially if you have a spare console. Plenty of parts around, including cabinets, so it should come up a treat!
I wonder if there is some way of saving the cabinet sticker? Could it be 'heated' (from the reverse side) off I wonder? It would be good to save that moment of history, when Hotpoint were sub-branding their machines as "Liberator' to bring former English Electric customers along, having acquired and stopped that marque.
Geek-moment, is it a four-pole, or two-pole motor? Does it have the lint-tray cover too? From Mathew's description, it does have the early-style wash basket.
Thank you once again for saving it - I look forward seeing it restored.
David
PS - Hi Mathew - the spinarinse has been going all afternoon - great!!
Great reading!
It's amazing that the ADL needed so little doing to it, it was great watching the videos! Seems like it's led a charmed existence though, comparing its corrosion levels to the Hotpoint is pretty gobsmacking, especially given the latter's youth! A shame that one has suffered so badly, but at least you got what you really wanted!
Re the dryers; isn't the gap between 0 and off where the cool down cycle is? the similar looking timer on my D6040 goes up to 120 mins rather than the 100 on the 3022, but that includes the cool down at the end. The lint situation is scary - if these machines are used without a vent hose, fine lint that gets blown out tends to fall and get sucked into the inlet, building up on the inner cabinet and elements.
Good to see a surviving half panel dryer in the mix also - is that a recent find, Matt? Hows the timer? WD40 does a great job at freeing stuck ones!
It's amazing that the ADL needed so little doing to it, it was great watching the videos! Seems like it's led a charmed existence though, comparing its corrosion levels to the Hotpoint is pretty gobsmacking, especially given the latter's youth! A shame that one has suffered so badly, but at least you got what you really wanted!
Re the dryers; isn't the gap between 0 and off where the cool down cycle is? the similar looking timer on my D6040 goes up to 120 mins rather than the 100 on the 3022, but that includes the cool down at the end. The lint situation is scary - if these machines are used without a vent hose, fine lint that gets blown out tends to fall and get sucked into the inlet, building up on the inner cabinet and elements.
Good to see a surviving half panel dryer in the mix also - is that a recent find, Matt? Hows the timer? WD40 does a great job at freeing stuck ones!
matchboxpaul
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Hi Simon.
It is a tad strange how the Hotpoint was hit hard and the Hoover less so, bearing in mind they have lived together for god knows how many years in the same environment.
Ah well - not complaining about the Hoover and the Hotpoint will live again - hard work permitting.
Re the 3022....it probably is cool down period, but I have always associated the dots with cool down.
You are more than likely right though.
The half panel 3022's timer appears nadged and must be the only vintage Hoover dryer timer that does not tick at all. It makes no attempt at all to return to 'off'.
Answering for Mathew, the half panel was bought about a year ago from East Anglia, as an emergency save purely based on it being so rare and early (December 1970!).
It is a long term restoration, which would have started alongside the 3236H.
Originally, before its condition was discovered, the intention was to immediately strip out both the 3236H and this 3022 to empty shells and get them both resprayed.
Because the 3236H has turned out so well, the 3022 restoration is kind of back on the burner again. Will be done sometime though.
I am intrigued to see whether some hard scrubbing does anything to its appearance. I doubt it would though as, whereas the 3236H was in damp conditions indoors, the 3022 was under a tarpaulin outside.
Its definitely one for keeps.
Paul
It is a tad strange how the Hotpoint was hit hard and the Hoover less so, bearing in mind they have lived together for god knows how many years in the same environment.
Ah well - not complaining about the Hoover and the Hotpoint will live again - hard work permitting.
Re the 3022....it probably is cool down period, but I have always associated the dots with cool down.
You are more than likely right though.
The half panel 3022's timer appears nadged and must be the only vintage Hoover dryer timer that does not tick at all. It makes no attempt at all to return to 'off'.
Answering for Mathew, the half panel was bought about a year ago from East Anglia, as an emergency save purely based on it being so rare and early (December 1970!).
It is a long term restoration, which would have started alongside the 3236H.
Originally, before its condition was discovered, the intention was to immediately strip out both the 3236H and this 3022 to empty shells and get them both resprayed.
Because the 3236H has turned out so well, the 3022 restoration is kind of back on the burner again. Will be done sometime though.
I am intrigued to see whether some hard scrubbing does anything to its appearance. I doubt it would though as, whereas the 3236H was in damp conditions indoors, the 3022 was under a tarpaulin outside.
Its definitely one for keeps.
Paul
matchboxpaul
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Tail end of the initial restoration report now and the 3236H's final challenge (4th load, one after the other), down in Cardiff, was jumpers.
matchboxpaul
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washing away...
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A VIDEO!
followed by a vid of how the machine coped with spinning a heavy load....
followed by a vid of how the machine coped with spinning a heavy load....
matchboxpaul
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wash basket at the ready...
matchboxpaul
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After the wool load, the machine was given a rest and unplumbed in readiness for moving upto Derby the following day....
matchboxpaul
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and the opportunity was taken to do some stacking...
