ALERT! Working Hotpoint Microtronic 9550 in Torquay on eBay


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ALERT! Working Hotpoint Microtronic 9550 in Torquay on eBay

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Post# 604110 6/16/2012 at 14:58 (4,324 days old) by ultimafan ()
Checkrate/Likes There is a working Hotpoint Microtronic 9550 (door glass needs replacing) in Torquay, on eBay with less than 24hrs to go... CLICK HERE TO GO TO ultimafan's LINK on eBay

Post# 604246 , Reply# 1 6/17/2012 at 13:10 (4,323 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)
Checkrate/Likes *hotpoint 95622* DAM it's gone, hopfully one of us has got it?

Post# 604247 , Reply# 2 6/17/2012 at 13:24 (4,323 days old) by Hoover1100 (U.K.)
Checkrate/Likes *hopfully one of us has got it?* They have indeed, myself and Marc got it (at a bargain price too!). I'm sure it will make a prized part of our (albeit small) collection consisting of a Hotpoint 9530, Hoover Logic 1300 A3636 (current daily driver) and soon this. Will be interesting to see what programming and performance differences there are between this and our 9530! Matt

Post# 604248 , Reply# 3 6/17/2012 at 13:29 (4,323 days old) by henrypeter21 ()
Checkrate/Likes *Hotpoint?* Ho NO, its gone. Ho Well, unfortunatly most ebay bits listed on this website is 90 miles away from me or maybe more!!! Speaking of Vintage, I saw a Hotpoint 9966 Washer Dryer in British Heart Foundation, and that was my first vintage hotpoint I saw since someone in the house got rid of the WM64 we had... If anyone Sees a Universal Motor Controller TDA1085C on Ebay with free postage, please let me know. Henry.

Post# 604249 , Reply# 4 6/17/2012 at 13:29 (4,323 days old) by hotpoint95622 (Powys)
Checkrate/Likes *hotpoint 95622* Thank God, I�m pleased that it�s in safe hands; I was going to go for it but could not get an estimate from a courier in time. I am pleased for you and hope that you can post some pic�s.

Post# 604254 , Reply# 5 6/17/2012 at 13:40 (4,323 days old) by henrypeter21 ()
Checkrate/Likes *Hotpoint? - 2* Sorry, forgot to say, If anyne sees a 24 pin PIC Chip on ebay, please let me know. Also, what was the best hotpoint from the WM, 95, and 18 Series? To me its the WM64, but unfortunatly someone sent it to the tip when i was young.

Post# 604270 , Reply# 6 6/17/2012 at 15:26 (4,323 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)
Checkrate/Likes *Yippeeeeeeee* Congrats to Matt and Marc on your new old machine. Really pleased that you got it and that it will soon have a good retirement home. The 9550A and W are rare machines, as they were on sale for just over a year - from March 85 through to June 86. Side strips and lid strips are available as new parts still, though an all-round door bowl might be a case of asking a friendly repair shop to watch out for a scrap 95 or 93 dryer, though you could add a later angled door bowl as this will fit too. Door bowl retaining clips are still available as new parts as well. You might have to do some surgery on any replacement side or lid strips, as there were two different methods of fastening them to the machine. Either way, I generally dremmell off the the fastening lugs and blue-tak them on instead of permanently fastening them to the machine. Allows you to remove them from the machine when moving it and also makes it more likely that they will pull off the machine intact, if accidentally caught, rather than cracking and breaking off instead. Final snippet of info - the fascia! Just as brittle as any other 95, but with the added fun of button mounts that snap (remember the 9584X fascia, where I repaired and strenthened the button mountings, by wrapping them in plastic and super glue). Be gentle with those buttons - just enough pressure, or the buttons will finish up inside the fascia. I lied ..... this is the '& finally'.... should the fancy take you to remove the fascia - unscrew around the powder drawer, then gently push the fascia to the right hand side of the machine. This disengages the two retaining catches on the back of the fascia, from the metal groove on the bodyshell of the machine. Dont swing the fascia out from the left hand side, as this will stress the two brittle catches on the right hand side and they will break. If this happens you will have to tape the right hand side of the fascia to the machine, to hold it on. Thats your lessons for today! lol :-) You will have known it all already and sorry if it comes across as rather patronising, but just wanted to let you know the foibles in case you didnt. Great machine and am really pleased that you have managed to take it on. Good Luck with the collection and let us all know how it goes. Looking forward to the videos! Cheers Paul p.s the way we are going, your microtronic will be re-energised before mine and Rob's. All power to you aswell :-)

Post# 604570 , Reply# 7 6/18/2012 at 16:40 (4,322 days old) by Hoover1100 (U.K.)
Checkrate/Likes *Thanks guys* Pictures to come ASAP! Thanks for the info Paul, really appreciate it! Good to know that the side/lid strips are still available, I didn't think we'd stand a chance of getting them! As for the door glass, for the time being it might have to share the bowl on the 9530 and swap them over as and when, don't think I could live with having the sloped later glass in it. Had assumed the fascia would be as fragile as other 95s if not more so, my heart is always in my throat whenever we have to move ours! Will be extra careful when pushing those buttons, thanks for the heads up! Thanks again, Matt

Post# 604577 , Reply# 8 6/18/2012 at 16:50 (4,322 days old) by ultimafan ()
Checkrate/Likes *great news* congratulations Matt (hoover1100) for saving the machine from the scrapheap, especially as it's fully working.

Post# 604676 , Reply# 9 6/19/2012 at 03:49 (4,322 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)
Checkrate/Likes How do Matt. Was trying to remember last night about how i removed the fascia of the 95842. I think I might have had to swing the left hand side of the fascia out by a millimetre or two, to enable me to get leverage on the control panel. Once you are able to get a grip on the left hand side, then push it to the right hand side of the machine and the two retaining lugs should disengage intact. The right hand side of the fascia and this applies to Microprofiles as well, is held in place by two moulded protrusions on the back of the fascia, that are then slid behind a bent strip of metal on the bodywork of the machine. Dont swing the fascia out at the left hand side too far, or you will snap both the right hand side retaining lugs. Its difficult to explain, so have attached the link to the 95842 thread, which details what I had to do to make the fascia solid again. Also shows the metal strip at the far right of the machine. Paul CLICK HERE TO GO TO matchboxpaul's LINK

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