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Post# 332231   2/25/2009 at 09:54 (5,533 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        

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Look what I collected today




Post# 332232 , Reply# 1   2/25/2009 at 09:59 (5,533 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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Found it in the scrap yard at the back of an electrical retailer in Ledbury, so I had to going in and ask if I could have it.

Looking much better for a scrub.

Post# 332234 , Reply# 2   2/25/2009 at 10:03 (5,533 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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I had to put a load in the minute I got it out of the car, it could have flooded the garage (would not have been the first) or could have fried myself (also would not be a first) all seems fine needs a new door seal as it has gone sticky and dripped on the edge of door.

Post# 332235 , Reply# 3   2/25/2009 at 10:08 (5,533 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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But then the first interim spin and a loud banging sound, my first thought was the spider may have cracked, blood hell; the bearings are sound and will have to strip down and fit new spider and bearings.

Post# 332238 , Reply# 4   2/25/2009 at 10:12 (5,533 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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Turns out that the weight at the bottom is loos and smacking the bottom of the enamelled tub, so will sort that out when I fit the new door seal. Just hope the the enamel is not damaged as the tub look OK.

Post# 332240 , Reply# 5   2/25/2009 at 10:16 (5,533 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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The timer click so loud just like the Liberator I had, Dad says that a skips on order, so I have changed the lock on the garage door and have the only key.

Post# 332242 , Reply# 6   2/25/2009 at 10:18 (5,533 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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Ser No 57 3 12142
Model No 18680
Group 1

Post# 332243 , Reply# 7   2/25/2009 at 10:22 (5,532 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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Can anyone till me the year of manufacture please??

Post# 332247 , Reply# 8   2/25/2009 at 10:54 (5,532 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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And being a cheeky git, dose any one have the service manual or the instruction book, photo copies or scans please?

Post# 332266 , Reply# 9   2/25/2009 at 12:47 (5,532 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        
Yippppppeeeeeee

 Congratulations on a superb find! I am so pleased that nother 18680 is in good hands and that it is in such good condition.

It scrubbed up really well and it is great that the facia has retained its perfect shine. Beware what you use on the facia as they have a tendency to 'fog up' if given the wring treatment or are kept in the wrong conditions.
The 18580 facia below is a case in point:

Post# 332267 , Reply# 10   2/25/2009 at 12:52 (5,532 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        
KEEP YOUR FATHER AWAY FROM IT LEE!!!!!

 Dont want him to get his Must Scrap a Hotpoint 18-series urges again. LOL.

Your machine came off the production line only a wee bit after the 18680 that mine and rob's mate found and was produced the same month - September 1982.

Here is the info on the back of our machine (date code is 57):

Post# 332270 , Reply# 11   2/25/2009 at 12:58 (5,532 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        

I dont quite know what the difference is between the 18580 and the 18680.
Indeed it seems to be a very confused model - a mate has some replacement facia stickers for this model and they are in brown (see piccy below)!

I had always assumed that the 18680 was effectively the brown variable from the last series.

Whether our machine and yours are effectively prototype machines (as they were from the same month of production), employing the last remnents of the 18580? I just dont know.

Will have to amend my hotpoint 18-series spreadsheet to include two versions of 18680:

Post# 332271 , Reply# 12   2/25/2009 at 13:03 (5,532 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)        
Question for you Lee...

 How did the guys in the store react to, what must be to them, a rather unusual request of a scrap machine? How did you approach them?

I am really so very pleased for you and really pleased for the machine too. It is in really good condition.

Have fun restoring, playing with and caring for it.

Best regards
Paul
p.s for future reference for people - below is the 'Hotpoint Date Code Decoder - Super Plus'

Post# 332273 , Reply# 13   2/25/2009 at 13:38 (5,532 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)        
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The lady owner of the shop was lovely, did not bat an eye lid,

She has promised to keep a look out for any other old Hotpoint’s for me.

She kept it for me for over a week, and even covered it with a plastic sheet, and then she help me lift it in to car today.

I asked if any one else had ever asked for scrap machines which she replied no, she also told me that she had never seen a machine like this and remarked on the build quality.


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