optima
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Collected this wonderful machine today. Please can anyone put an age to it & possibly tell me what the maximum spin speed is ie 740 or 850rpm.
SERVIS 303S Autowasher
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optima
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It just requires a new set of carbon brushes & then it should work just fine.
It just requires a new set of carbon brushes & then it should work just fine.
optima
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SERVIS 303S
Can anyone tell me what motor brushes i should need.
Can anyone tell me what motor brushes i should need.
optima
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SERVIS 303S
Lovely drum shot.
Lovely drum shot.
optima
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Under the lid.
Under the lid.
optima
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Timer wiring.
Timer wiring.
Servis Compact 303S
Hi Craig, well what a little beauty you have there, February 1979 is the introduction date of this model although it is somewhat of an puzzle as the S usually stood for Stainless Steel drum, I wonder if this is one of the first changeover models or they had run out of older fascias, very interesting.
The spin speed should be 850rpm for cottons and 460 for delicates, is the door release button on the rhs of the timer?, a very sturdy machine with all that cast iron and vitreous enamel...will check the carbon brushes book in the morning, still available so we look forward to seeing it in action!!
Cheers, Mike
Hi Craig, well what a little beauty you have there, February 1979 is the introduction date of this model although it is somewhat of an puzzle as the S usually stood for Stainless Steel drum, I wonder if this is one of the first changeover models or they had run out of older fascias, very interesting.
The spin speed should be 850rpm for cottons and 460 for delicates, is the door release button on the rhs of the timer?, a very sturdy machine with all that cast iron and vitreous enamel...will check the carbon brushes book in the morning, still available so we look forward to seeing it in action!!
Cheers, Mike
optima
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SERVIS 303S
The motor on it looks so much like an early Hoover one it's huge. The weight/feel & the build quality of the enamel drum is just so unreal unlike any other drum i have ever come across. I'm well happy & excited about this classic machine.
The motor on it looks so much like an early Hoover one it's huge. The weight/feel & the build quality of the enamel drum is just so unreal unlike any other drum i have ever come across. I'm well happy & excited about this classic machine.
optima
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Thank you for searching for the correct carbon brushes for me Mike
It's very much appreciated.
Craig
It's very much appreciated.
Craig
Servis
Hi Craig, Ironic you posted this classic Servis Compact 34 year old machine as today 32 years ago the Servis Quartz was launched....
http://chestermikeuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/servis-quartz-is-32-years-old-today.html
Hi Craig, Ironic you posted this classic Servis Compact 34 year old machine as today 32 years ago the Servis Quartz was launched....
http://chestermikeuk.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/servis-quartz-is-32-years-old-today.html
optima
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SERVIS 303S
Would have loved having you at work this afternoon Mike when we had a telephone call from a customer saying that they had a 30 year old Hotpoint Autowasher that needed to be replaced but it was only 22" wide. ( A 30 year old Hotpoint @ 22" wide) That journey to the customers house was mixed with me not getting my hopes up but with a tad of excitment, i could not believe my eyes when we walked into the utility room only to find a bloody rare classic compact Servis Autowasher. Put it this way they was far more care & attention made getting the old one out than installing the new Indesit one.
Would have loved having you at work this afternoon Mike when we had a telephone call from a customer saying that they had a 30 year old Hotpoint Autowasher that needed to be replaced but it was only 22" wide. ( A 30 year old Hotpoint @ 22" wide) That journey to the customers house was mixed with me not getting my hopes up but with a tad of excitment, i could not believe my eyes when we walked into the utility room only to find a bloody rare classic compact Servis Autowasher. Put it this way they was far more care & attention made getting the old one out than installing the new Indesit one.
30yr old
Hi Craig, well my first reaction would have been purple Hotpoint toploader!!, you must have had a very nic surprise then...It looks a complete hybrid of a washer, the earlier MK72 model is different and the taller Slimline 308s is different on the back brace -
Have looked at the parts book and it looks like in the Qualtex list they are the long shaft brushes, CAR02, (DA2 / SA11) can you get spares through work?
As the motor is out do you have a local repair shop you can take it to?
Hi Craig, well my first reaction would have been purple Hotpoint toploader!!, you must have had a very nic surprise then...It looks a complete hybrid of a washer, the earlier MK72 model is different and the taller Slimline 308s is different on the back brace -
Have looked at the parts book and it looks like in the Qualtex list they are the long shaft brushes, CAR02, (DA2 / SA11) can you get spares through work?
As the motor is out do you have a local repair shop you can take it to?
optima
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SERVIS 303S
Mike i have ordered the brushes, basically they are the straight forward short Hoover electron/logic ones. Just got to wait painfully till they arrive on Tuesday.
Mike i have ordered the brushes, basically they are the straight forward short Hoover electron/logic ones. Just got to wait painfully till they arrive on Tuesday.
electron1100
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Servis
Good luck with this machine these are little beauties, solidly built.
The electron brushes are shorter than the logic brushes they will both fit though
Have fun with it, small it is but it is a very serious bit of kit.
Gary
Good luck with this machine these are little beauties, solidly built.
The electron brushes are shorter than the logic brushes they will both fit though
Have fun with it, small it is but it is a very serious bit of kit.
Gary
optima
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SERVIS 303S
I found a set of brushes at work today & i have put them in & done a few other little maintenance jobs to it. Well all i can say is what a machine, just sat & watched it go through a complete whites programme. It Completed the programme without one single problem & i'm loving the classic vintage sound of a true Servis & the powerful 95rpm distribution speed is just great to watch.
I found a set of brushes at work today & i have put them in & done a few other little maintenance jobs to it. Well all i can say is what a machine, just sat & watched it go through a complete whites programme. It Completed the programme without one single problem & i'm loving the classic vintage sound of a true Servis & the powerful 95rpm distribution speed is just great to watch.
optima
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Gary
I'm like a kid in a candy shop at the moment.
Craig
I'm like a kid in a candy shop at the moment.
Craig
electron1100
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KIDS
I bet you are Craig I think most of us on this group would be the same, there is something so honest and true about old mechanical machines, what you see is what you get, they get on with the job no faffing around.
I am glad it has been an easy trip for you.
Gary
I bet you are Craig I think most of us on this group would be the same, there is something so honest and true about old mechanical machines, what you see is what you get, they get on with the job no faffing around.
I am glad it has been an easy trip for you.
Gary
matchboxpaul
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Ohhhh Craig, Craig, CRAIG!!!!!!!!!
What an absolutely SUPERB find!
Am totally over the moon for you and I wish I was in your shoes, when you walked into that utility room!
What was the state of the kitchen and utility room? Modern or vintage? Suppose what I am trying to fathom out is, how such a great little bit of kit has survived for soooo long.
AND
you have managed to bag one in superb condition as well.
I had forgotten how solidly built these little beasties were, with drums that feel so heavy duty and thick and everything feeling so chunky and solid. With the cabinet being that much smaller, everything inside feels and looks that much bigger.
An aunt and uncle of mine had the Mk300 version - the one with the silver fascia. Having been painted purple to match the then kitchen, it was dispatched circa 1986 and it wasn't until I saw Mike's Mk72 that I laid eyes on a Servis Compact again.....
What an absolutely SUPERB find!
Am totally over the moon for you and I wish I was in your shoes, when you walked into that utility room!
What was the state of the kitchen and utility room? Modern or vintage? Suppose what I am trying to fathom out is, how such a great little bit of kit has survived for soooo long.
AND
you have managed to bag one in superb condition as well.
I had forgotten how solidly built these little beasties were, with drums that feel so heavy duty and thick and everything feeling so chunky and solid. With the cabinet being that much smaller, everything inside feels and looks that much bigger.
An aunt and uncle of mine had the Mk300 version - the one with the silver fascia. Having been painted purple to match the then kitchen, it was dispatched circa 1986 and it wasn't until I saw Mike's Mk72 that I laid eyes on a Servis Compact again.....
matchboxpaul
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More photos, more photos, more photos Craig! Loads of photos, plllleeeaaaassssseeeee
Your Mk303S is the first one that I have ever seen before and you can't have too much of a good thing!
I am with Mike on the 'S' usually referring to stainless steel inner tubs and its frustrating that no one has quite fathomed out how to date Servis machines.
I am of the opinion that Servis worked on a rough date guide based on production number batches, but as there is virtually no Servis Servicing information out there, we don't have anything to go off:-(
Ahhh well - what does age matter. All that matters is that you have got one.
Mike - you will have to nip up the M6 one day and take your Mk308S with you, to meet its little cousin!
The only colour photo of a Mk300 below.
Where are you Mk300's?
Your Mk303S is the first one that I have ever seen before and you can't have too much of a good thing!
I am with Mike on the 'S' usually referring to stainless steel inner tubs and its frustrating that no one has quite fathomed out how to date Servis machines.
I am of the opinion that Servis worked on a rough date guide based on production number batches, but as there is virtually no Servis Servicing information out there, we don't have anything to go off:-(
Ahhh well - what does age matter. All that matters is that you have got one.
Mike - you will have to nip up the M6 one day and take your Mk308S with you, to meet its little cousin!
The only colour photo of a Mk300 below.
Where are you Mk300's?
matchboxpaul
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and before reaching the Mk303S, is the other missing Compact in the form of the Mk303.
Great find again Craig - photos and videos - photos and videos
Paul
p.s Mk303 image and info, courtesy of Mike's Good Housekeeping magazine collection.
Great find again Craig - photos and videos - photos and videos
Paul
p.s Mk303 image and info, courtesy of Mike's Good Housekeeping magazine collection.
matchboxpaul
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p.p.s below is the dryer you will now of course be looking out for Craig! If I see another Mk203 on my trawls, I will give you a nudge...
Yes, Servis were very well made machines in those days. It reminds me a bit of the mid '70s AEG front loaders. I had one of those EAGs in my shed for some years, just needing an internal hose, which was obsolete. Sadly it ended up going for scrap metal.
optima
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SERVIS 303S
Paul
It was situated in a 2nd floor flat that looked like it had been converted from a large house some time back, old fashioned but clean. I only wished that i had taken my camera with me so you could have seen the room that it was in. I never got to see the person it belonged to because the landlord let us in to connect up the new washer & to take away the Servis.
Thank you for the wonderful Servis pictures & yes a matching Dryer would just finish it off.
Been busy all day touching up the paint work on this beauty. Picture of Fabric Conditioner section, can't believe just how quiet it is when filling up.
Craig
Paul
It was situated in a 2nd floor flat that looked like it had been converted from a large house some time back, old fashioned but clean. I only wished that i had taken my camera with me so you could have seen the room that it was in. I never got to see the person it belonged to because the landlord let us in to connect up the new washer & to take away the Servis.
Thank you for the wonderful Servis pictures & yes a matching Dryer would just finish it off.
Been busy all day touching up the paint work on this beauty. Picture of Fabric Conditioner section, can't believe just how quiet it is when filling up.
Craig
Hey Craig,
Nice machine !! what a great find.
Keith
Nice machine !! what a great find.
Keith
keymatic3203
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well done
Craig,
thats another great british workhorse there, and great you have so easliy got it working gain. That photo with the wash load still plastered round the enamelled drum, great, I bet you were impressed with how dry it spun them too, enjoy many loads to come.
Mathew
Craig,
thats another great british workhorse there, and great you have so easliy got it working gain. That photo with the wash load still plastered round the enamelled drum, great, I bet you were impressed with how dry it spun them too, enjoy many loads to come.
Mathew
matchboxpaul
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Hi Craig.
I really am so very pleased that you have managed to save the 303S. Still can't quite believe it and keep turning on my computer to just do a quick double check
They are, how can I put it, ....erm.... cute? They really do appeal to me and stir memories of my childhood.
My Aunty Madge and Uncle Arnold owned a Mk72, which did good service through till circa 1986, when it was replaced by a 6030 Quartz Plus.
As mentioned previously, another Aunt and Uncle (Margaret & Ed) owned a Mk300 and its matching Supa-Dry Mk200.
They moved to a new house circa 1984 which had a purple kitchen and, with the old Mk300 beginning to look a tad tatty, Uncle Ed repainted it purple to match the units. Of course we all go 'noooooooooooooooo' now, but its coat of purple paint enabled it to survive a bit longer until the kitchen refit occurred and it was replaced by a Hotpoint 95450.
It was then a long wait till 2007, before I saw another in the form of Mike's superb Mk72.
There was never a Mk303 in my family and your Mk303S is the very first image of that particular variant that I have ever seen.
Has helped bring a smile to my face, after what has turned out to be a complicated weekend.
Anyways - roll on some more photos and will keep an eye on Youtube to await the videos. Cannot wait!
Let us know how things progress.
Paul
I really am so very pleased that you have managed to save the 303S. Still can't quite believe it and keep turning on my computer to just do a quick double check
They are, how can I put it, ....erm.... cute? They really do appeal to me and stir memories of my childhood.
My Aunty Madge and Uncle Arnold owned a Mk72, which did good service through till circa 1986, when it was replaced by a 6030 Quartz Plus.
As mentioned previously, another Aunt and Uncle (Margaret & Ed) owned a Mk300 and its matching Supa-Dry Mk200.
They moved to a new house circa 1984 which had a purple kitchen and, with the old Mk300 beginning to look a tad tatty, Uncle Ed repainted it purple to match the units. Of course we all go 'noooooooooooooooo' now, but its coat of purple paint enabled it to survive a bit longer until the kitchen refit occurred and it was replaced by a Hotpoint 95450.
It was then a long wait till 2007, before I saw another in the form of Mike's superb Mk72.
There was never a Mk303 in my family and your Mk303S is the very first image of that particular variant that I have ever seen.
Has helped bring a smile to my face, after what has turned out to be a complicated weekend.
Anyways - roll on some more photos and will keep an eye on Youtube to await the videos. Cannot wait!
Let us know how things progress.
Paul
optima
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SERVIS 303S
Keith thank you i just adore all the old photo literature & what a water hungry washer it is & Mathew for a 850rpm spin machine i can't get over just how well spun the items feel & yes that picture of the cotton wash load stuck to the sides of the drum is a classic.
Keith thank you i just adore all the old photo literature & what a water hungry washer it is & Mathew for a 850rpm spin machine i can't get over just how well spun the items feel & yes that picture of the cotton wash load stuck to the sides of the drum is a classic.
matchboxpaul
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Corr Blimey!
Hi Keith.
Thanks for posting the page on the Mk200 and Mk300 Compacts. Is that an advert or is it ....... a BROCHURE??????
Being hellishly cheeky as always, if the latter - any chance of seeing the other pages?
Craig saves a Mk303S and you Keith post, I think, only the third photo/image I have ever seen of a Mk300.
I am pretty sure that the Mk300 appears in a small black and white photo in a Which report, but the only colour image I have seen previously has been from a Servis history leaflet of Mike's.
Memories fade, but seeing a photo of the Mk300 has seen them all come flooding back.
What great little machines Servis produced.
Paul
p.s staying with the brand, do you have an image of the Servis Mk302 Continental at all in your archives? This is one model that really intrigues - as the black sheep of the Servis family, to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever come forward with an image of one.
It was on sale as the budget end machine, to the Mk300's middle of the range and Mk301 Selectronic's top of the range.
Hi Keith.
Thanks for posting the page on the Mk200 and Mk300 Compacts. Is that an advert or is it ....... a BROCHURE??????
Being hellishly cheeky as always, if the latter - any chance of seeing the other pages?
Craig saves a Mk303S and you Keith post, I think, only the third photo/image I have ever seen of a Mk300.
I am pretty sure that the Mk300 appears in a small black and white photo in a Which report, but the only colour image I have seen previously has been from a Servis history leaflet of Mike's.
Memories fade, but seeing a photo of the Mk300 has seen them all come flooding back.
What great little machines Servis produced.
Paul
p.s staying with the brand, do you have an image of the Servis Mk302 Continental at all in your archives? This is one model that really intrigues - as the black sheep of the Servis family, to the best of my knowledge, no one has ever come forward with an image of one.
It was on sale as the budget end machine, to the Mk300's middle of the range and Mk301 Selectronic's top of the range.
optima
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SERVIS 303S
Paul i have uploaded one video onto Youtube please excuse the shaking camera work i was & i am still excited about this Washer. I have just recorded a second video this time the camera is positioned on a chair in front of the machine, hope you enjoy it.
Paul i have uploaded one video onto Youtube please excuse the shaking camera work i was & i am still excited about this Washer. I have just recorded a second video this time the camera is positioned on a chair in front of the machine, hope you enjoy it.
Servis Compact no 4690
Great machine Craig, such a sturdy compact devil for a full sized load, motor sound great, check the sump isnt blocked or hose connection, it seems slow clearing the water, it should have cleared all the water before it starts spinning, you can hear the water is still in the tub as its into a minute+ of spinning!!
My Aunt Ellen had the first Servis MK72 compact with matching dryer, dryer was in the garage, then it was swapped for a Servis compact 303 with door latch and then later a Quartz 6033.
The white timeline indicator on the fast spin position? has that been added on or is it printed on the brown fascia - never seen that before!! the dispenser is pristine and yes very quiet on fill.
All these quirky little differences, its deffo a special one!!
Great machine Craig, such a sturdy compact devil for a full sized load, motor sound great, check the sump isnt blocked or hose connection, it seems slow clearing the water, it should have cleared all the water before it starts spinning, you can hear the water is still in the tub as its into a minute+ of spinning!!
My Aunt Ellen had the first Servis MK72 compact with matching dryer, dryer was in the garage, then it was swapped for a Servis compact 303 with door latch and then later a Quartz 6033.
The white timeline indicator on the fast spin position? has that been added on or is it printed on the brown fascia - never seen that before!! the dispenser is pristine and yes very quiet on fill.
All these quirky little differences, its deffo a special one!!
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