Wilkins SERVIS history in Oz.....for Chestermike & the Maytag lovers!

[chestermikeuk]

And There it is..!!!!

Many thanks Leon, looks a beauty, now do you have a pickof the inside??? sorry just joking!!! you have more than we do and it was made down the road...LOL

Does the MK41 tub have a fill flume?? from the first pics the series 200 look to have a flume at 10past

That pic looks a classic line up of machines although I dont remember the Philco AutoBioMatic...the Kirk is the early Asko similar to the Volund machine and then that all rare widebody keymatic!!!

Happy washing, Mike

 

[mayfan69]

Fill Flume....

Hey Mike,

Glad you liked the pic....i only remembered i had it when i saw you and Keith chatting about it.

As for the fill flume on the MK 41 (our MK 22), the fill flume is actually at about "3.35" at the front of the machine. The "201" and "202" have a "reciculating lint filter"....that is the "flume" you see in the pic....the "Fill" flume is at about 10.00pm on the other side of the bowl. My "206" doesn't have the lint filter.

Cheers
Leon

 

[arrrooohhh]

Loving this thread!

Thanks for posting all the information! I enjoyed reading it.

I must ask though, where did you find all you Mingay catalogues? I have one myself, from 1965, and no automatic Wilkins Servis models are in it, just twin tub and wringer. I found it on Ebay. However I often look in second hand shops and as I work in libraries, the only place that seems to have any is the State Library in Sydney, no doubt they are put away down deep in the building, so I have to go there one day and dig it up.

You have to do a thread like this for Simpson.

 

[paulinroyton]

Servis Model 501/502

Just been reading about these machines and they look quite cool machines. Does anyone know how the automatic suds savers work.

Cheers

Paul

 

[arrrooohhh]

Automatic Suds savers worked by having two drain hoses. In Australia many laundry sinks have a bypass. You put the drain hose in the bypass and the sink is free to use when ever.

With automatic suds save the wash water goes into the sink while the rinse water goes down the drain. With a manual suds save with only one hose, the user had to move the drain hose from the sink to the bypass, otherwise the sink would flood and the washing machine would flood from syphoning the wash water back into the machine.

Hope this is a clear explanation.

 

[paulinroyton]

arrrooohhh

Thanks for the information.

Paul