Hey guys,
Thank you for your kind comments! I'm very pleased, its now sat in the shed its a tin one but its nice and dry as opposed to 18months of being outside. with enough room for me to get in their with a good view, only downside is my plumbing arrangement, i have to run the hosepipe to it, and fill it until the inlets stop buzzing, and i'm either going to have to get metres and metres of extension inlet & waste pipes all joined together like i used too lol or use a bucket. Ahh this reminds me of when i got my logic and it lived in the shed!
Mike-Yes dog! he is called kilo, he's a puppy rottweiler, well a year old now!
It sounds like the zanussi has a brushe motor. which according to the brochure i have with it in "it takes 8 zanussi machines to produce the same noise as a rival model! (hotpoint anyone?"

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Rob- Nice to catch up with you on the fone! Its nice to have the older traditional model and the newer jetsystem both in my possession!
Mark- I'm amazed you've only encountered one zanussi! How can this be?
Their wonderful machines, they have a special place in my heart, i just love their no nonsense, get the job done style. You can't beat the charm of the old zanussi's so this is why new zanussi struggles to match up i think. though i love em! lol. The new ones, dont use enough water!!!!!!!! well on cottons anyway lol.
I'm going to just go take a picture of the zanussi in its new home and it will be posted shortly
Darren