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Good old Hotpoint, the first machines I saw that intelligently put the motor at the top of the machine, above the drum, out of the splash zone, if it sprung a leak. I once had a Hotpoint Ultima WMA63 1600 spin, the ting was like a jet engine when it spun, what a beast.
These old hotpoints are really good machines (they’re not my favourite but still better than modern ones none the less imho) and providing you can get all the parts for them, they are 100% repairable. If you turn the dial to in between G and H, the timer will go solid. This is your hidden silk programme at 30°c. The only thing I don’t like about this machine is there’s no rinse hold option
Definitely worth spraying over that rust and cleaning that door seal, I personally would sell it to a friend for £20 - £50 after taking some time to get it in much better condition
It looks as though your soldering iron is too cool to do a quick and neat job, and your "bell wire" was a bit of overkill. When you soldered it initially, it would have been better to solder it at the other end first, as that point was strong enough to hold it without damage whilst you then soldered the other end, which as you found was much more delicate. It would have given you the opportunity to shorten the piece of wire before it tore more of the trace off the board. BMSs usually refuse to charge lithium batteries below 2V per cell or thereabouts, for safety reasons, obviously that one trickle charges very slowly until the cells recover to an extent. There's a fair chance that the cells are damaged to some degree, and will fail anyway. Nonetheless, interesting fixes, thanks for sharing.
Owen, you and I would use such a machine for years, if only there was less choice and the general populace weren't sheep. The old theory of washing machines raises its head again, cheers
There's a manual for this machine over on manualslib. I've often wondered why more manufacturers don't place the motor above the drum, like Hotpoint. That way all the electricals are far less likely to get splashed with water, if it springs a leak, and it also keeps the motor up out of the way of any moisture on the floor under the machine.
Those are the old ITCL symbols, a bucket with no bar denotes maximum agitation the temperature in the bucket. A bar under the bucket denotes medium agitation, temperature in the bucket. A broken bar under the bucket denotes minimum agitation, temperature in the bucket.
The joys of simple machines back in the day, well made and done so repairman have easy times swopping parts out... i would think its been sat for along time, due to being outdated and not the most features / programs.. But yeah the rust always a nightmare. but could try respray them with cheap paint.. but yeah overall there old and retros now.. hotpoints when not used. the motors basically dry up with dirt and will take awhile to come to life... But there do run forever... these will of been probs the last of it kind to be actually built in UK... after these they all became whirlpool disasters... I wouldnt replace the haier with this... id just keep it outside under a rag or something.. Today, Hotpoints are crap made, but look nice. heavy and just a pain to fix. more rust pron due to there crap design and build But test wash should bring up any demons it has, but have a feeling its just to old and they updated it with newer model..
Hotpoint had sub brands basically creda knockoffs. you also had the austrailians with "GE General Electric" also there was Electra to... Servis never were involved with hotpoint... Hotpoint was the big brand in the 1980's! they just ran wild and gave Hoover Logics a real run for there money! But once hotpoint basically were bought out by whirlpool it went down hill... You also have Indesit, terrible brand and rep but cheaper then hotpoints... all hotpoints today are using Indesit tub/drums and motors to... probs another reasons no one wants hotpoints especially after the recalls and problems to...
A is a completely seperate prewash, after that you can select any program you'd like. for example if you want 60 or 40 but with a prewash, you select A, let it do tis thing and then, select desired program
13:12 If memory serves the dash under cycle means a gentler cycle, as it it won't agitate the laundry as much. The double dash under Wool means a very gentle cycle.
Try and paint the front panel and then it might be worth a bit more. I’m sure a vintage washer collector might want this machine. Run a citric acid wash at its hottest temperature and paint the front panel rust to make it look nice again
You had a wm11p once which was slightly older but similar to this. They’re great repairable machines and pretty sure the parts are really cheap to buy, shame it’s rusted
door locks somtimes need the door to be slammed on these models, if the door lock blows it takes a track off the timer, but you just solder it back & put a new door lock onit, the motor on this model is more reliable than the old gec ones that were on earlier models
I ll have a crack at that but I won t bother taking the red lever out from the spring as it was a pain to get back in .Glad I watched this or i would have given up
When you have finished with the lamp turn the wick right down and bunch some old rag and cover the top of the chimney thus smothering the flame, never even gently try to blow out the flame, also when installing the mantle, like the others advised, don't fit the chimney , light a match to burn the mantle only then fit the glass to the frame, light with and assemble the whole thing.
This machine is very rare from what I was able to figure out. My neighbor just last week in Lithuania trashed this same machine onto a sidewalk ready to be taken away. I grabbed it and decided to restore it so I can use it for very dirty things in my home such as the work wear etc and I started taking it apart jesus bloody christ how many problems it had. firstly the drum bearings were shot so I started to take the whole thing apart and was somewhat successful. Then once it was time to put it together I almost shat my pants doings so but was successful. Then the heating element needed to be replaced. Then the forsaken detergent drawer hose that connects to the side of the outer drum... the original ring clamp was turned into dust because the last guy who took it apart was drunk and put it kinked on the lip and it was leaking detergent for many years and corroded the motor, the cast iron fork, the motor bearings and the hose clamp. so I spent 2 hours trying to reinstall the bloody thing correctly with all the help I could get from polybutylene sealant because regular silicone detaches over time and that stuff just sticks good. Yesterday the paint was already dry (I repainted the whole machine because rust everywhere) and reinstalled everything and now it works but the motor bearings are seizing... FFS!!! gonna try to rip off the bearing protectors and just douse them with lube maybe it will fix them because new motor is bloody nowhere to be found in Lithuania... BTW my machine is even rarer than yours, my one is OKO_LAVAMAT 72527 UPDATE
Good answer .you are just like me..but better at having a go..I opened up a DC 41 cyclone and was utterly baffled what to do until I checked your video @@bootsowen
this is a tricky situation, generally when you employ someone you assume they are well qualified and competent, however it seems with lots of the trades now, you can do a 5 day course and become a "gas engineer" - i wonder if your guy was one of these? Everyone says get a trusted local tradesperson and if you can find them they are great, they service collect the £60+ each year and all is well but they are hard to find. I think I would be concerned if the gas appliance was in a living area and not a garage due to CO risk but this can be mitigated. Is it still working OK now?!
