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Post# 205446   4/21/2007 at 10:56 (6,207 days old) by 74simon ()        

I've now added a second machine to my collection, and it's rather more basic than the HMDL!

It's a May 1976 W7002 Power wringer model - a very rare machine! This model was seemingly introduced in early 1975, and it seems to have been the only 'new' wringer machine that complied with the then new UK legislation which I think states that the wringer drive can only operate while the user is there - a bit like with power tools and electric lawn mowers. So it was probably the last power wringer machine on the UK market. Anyone with a service manual know the production dates for these?

This model couldn't have sold well, as twinnies and automatics were far more common by then - only oldies, excessively frugal folk and people with very restricted space must have bought one! I do think the W7002 is the most handsome of the power wringer Hoovers, though, with the squared up cabinet and all controls lined up on one panel.

I used to own one of these years ago, but gave it to a friend as all that sink rinsing and the wringer were too much hassle for the weekly wash. I seem to remember it struggled with bulky items, and anything that had experienced the Hoover Activator Tangle! I can't remember if it couldn't take jeans, or if I was just worried about the fasteners damaging the wringer rubber. Anyone managed to put jeans through one of these wringers? I do feel a bit bad about getting rid of my first one though, so this kind of rights the wrong I did!




Post# 205447 , Reply# 1   4/21/2007 at 10:57 (6,207 days old) by 74simon ()        
Inside

 The motor on these is laid out differently from the newer twin tubs - on the left is the pump, which is permanently driven (like an early tt), and at the back is the pulley that powers the cable drive to the wringer. This pulley is belt driven too. The motor turn in different directions to power the activator and the wringer - a clutch on the pulley of each means that they can only be driven one way.

Post# 205448 , Reply# 2   4/21/2007 at 10:58 (6,207 days old) by 74simon ()        

The wringer pedal mechanism. I love the use of what appears to be a cart spring in the tensioning of the pedal!

Post# 205449 , Reply# 3   4/21/2007 at 10:59 (6,207 days old) by 74simon ()        

Set up to wash. The tray on the back to catch the wrung washing is a nice touch, and it doubles as a work surface when the machine is not in use. Note HMDL lurking in the background...

I haven't performed a wash yet - I'm waiting until I can get a load of easily wrung stuff together (ie small, no buttons and thin fabrics!), and have checked it for water tightness as I live in a flat and can't have eight and a half UK gallons of hot water pouring into the flat below!

I had to free up the wringer drive pulley, as the wringer drove (backwards) when the machine was set to wash, but she seems to run well enough. That wringer drive sounds like a very rattly chain though - ilke it's a piece of industrial equipment or something!

Post# 205468 , Reply# 4   4/21/2007 at 13:31 (6,207 days old) by seamusuk (Dover Kent UK)        
Hey Mate

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Nice one :)
Dare I ask how it went down lol!!

The Postie got me out the bath with a 6525C from Ebay this morning- gives me something to do tomorrow :)


Seamus


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