Operation Matchbox Rescue! - Hoover 3236H

[matchboxpaul]

and carried on to further up and around the door....

 

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just inside the door...

 

[matchboxpaul]

repolished the door slide and it shone again, so as you could see reflections in it again....

 

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just the bottom right of the bodyshell to do now....

 

[matchboxpaul]

Harry

whilst I was working hard, someone was just relaxing....

 

[matchboxpaul]

top door hinge polished, bittom one to do...

 

[matchboxpaul]

typ alert above

meant bottom one to do.
Dont quite know where 'bittom' came from!

 

[matchboxpaul]

bottom hinge - as good as its going to be...

 

[matchboxpaul]

door bowl cleaned...

 

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and a pristine chrome door trim, on a slightly nadged door...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Even the ratings plate cleaned up too.

An early machine dating from October 1971 - 38 and a bit years old!

Matchboxes were introduced in 1970 and this machine has the earlier style of ratings plate, as fitted to widebody machines - well spotted Simon....

 

[matchboxpaul]

after over 5 hours of graft the bodyshell had proved a minor miracle, with the left hand bodyside looking like this...

 

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and the right hand side looking like this (cant do much for the top right bit - obviously where the weather hit it, but the pitting is much reduced)....

 

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wont do a front of the machine shot just yet - am off for my tea!

More later.

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

Back on the inside now...

view from top

 

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and to the famous.....

....MTH 951 timer...

 

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serial number 480807.

Later machines, in particular the orange machines had GTR timers, with the later Crouzet timer conversion kits being introduced in the 1980s...

 

[matchboxpaul]

the drawer assembly....

...with no option for fabric conditioner! The three compartment drawer was a Keymatic De Luxe perk and not available on the Automatic De Luxe.
Still, better than the Automatic which didnt even have a powder drawer at all!

 

[matchboxpaul]

a descendent of the 3235 is our electra A2E04, lacking the powder drawer...

 

[matchboxpaul]

Back to the 3236H

and here are the hot and cold inlet solonoids...