Operation Matchbox Rescue! - Hoover 3236H

[electron1100]

OOVAH! OO BETTAH!

At last Paul we can see this lovely machine in action, when you think where it came from and where it probably would have gone if you had not moved heaven and earth to rescue it.

Makes me smile watching the video, just an excellent machine doing what it was designed to do, it would make a great daily driver

TOGGLESWITCH
PAT testing is the standard method of safety testing electrical products in this country, it checks for earth leakage, insulation breakdown on the appliance basically so when you plug it in it doesnt electrocute you

PAUL
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[chestermikeuk]

Hoover - Who Better..!!!

Great to finally see the transition machine from the earlier wide bodied machines to the ones we are more familiar with!!

Was the module box in white at the rear only on this matchbox machine?? and not on Garys 3243 keymatic??

 

[hotpoint95622]

hotpoint 95622

Fantastic, so lucky not to have washed the floor while doing the water test, motor sound perfect.

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Richard
Will deffo be sorting the door, as its the major thing that lets it down.
Have been sorting other appearance issues out over the last two weeks, but am keeping those piccies for later.

Hi Steve. Really appreciate the comment - cheers.
Were I/we to be able to get our machines into a long term home, I would insist on them all being PAT tested - always nice to know that machines are on top form.
Businesses require electrical items to be tested. My employers computers are dealt with annually, whilst the appliances are dealt with bi-annually.
Mr PAT-man comes round, plugs em in and sticks a sticker on them if they pass.
If they fail, then they generally disappear!

Hiya Gary.
Glad you like the vid - more coming soon.

Hi Mike.
Just been back and checked Garys keymatic - the keymatic doesnt appear to have a cover, though cant make out where the module is on his machine.
The 3236H's cover is a thin piece of plastic there to act as a shield, should the solonoids drip.

Perhaps the module was moved on later machines, away from this danger? Can you confirm Gary?

Hi Lee.
we were relieved too! and surprised - we had expected floods, although there is still time. The application of water to seals may have made them realise that they are perished.
We may have been living on borrowed time - the next plumb in will tell.

Paul

 

[matchboxpaul]

Harry apprecaited the machine too....

 

[matchboxpaul]

higher water level now....

 

[matchboxpaul]

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[matchboxpaul]

further into the cycle...

 

[matchboxpaul]

further still and we have reached the rinses and the water is clear already....

 

[matchboxpaul]

even when the first water was passed into the machine, hardly any rubbish came out in the way of muck. For some reason, all the years lying dormant hadnt manifested themselves with the machine being internally caked in rubbish.

consequently putting loads of real washing into it wasnt much of a worry.

begs the question whether it saw much use at all really.

CLEAN

 

[electron1100]

Motor control boards

Hello Paul

yes on the keymatic the motor board was moved to the left hand side of the machine away from the water inlet side.

The solenoids on mine were sticking aswell but with a bit of patience and a sharp craft knife they can brought back to life if you want to keep them original, there is a spring loaded rubber bung inside the solenoid valve that swells with time and then cant move up and down inside a metal tube all i did was slice of the over sized bits so it slid freely up and down the tube......no problems to date.....so job done! ;-)

anyway MORE MORE

 

[electron1100]

motor board

here it is lurking down there

 

[matchboxpaul]

Time for a second video....

This time we catch the end of a wash period and the start of the fast kick into dsitribute.

This is how my mums machine distributed - split second and everything is plastered to the sides of the drum.

Memories.....

 

[paulinroyton]

Great Machine

Hi Paul.

Great video of your new baby. Love the deep rinses. They dont make machines like this any more.

Regards

Paul