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Thread Number: 43439
3 generations of Hoovermatics to restore |
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| Post# 638754 11/13/2012 at 12:49 (4,180 days old) by sesteve (London, UK) | ||
Now I've got my Hotpoint top loader up and running I'm turning my attention to my 3 generations of Hoovermatic twin tubs - a 3314L, a T5024 and a T5090 - which all need some TLC. If anyone has some service information for any of them or instruction books for the T5024 and T5090 then I'd love to hear from you.
In the meantime here are some photos. First up is the 3314L which I rescued from being turned into a bio-diesel reactor of all things. The rust is mainly superficial but I'm not sure what the best way is to sort this out as a DIY respray would not look good so any advice from members is welcome 
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| Post# 638756 , Reply# 1 11/13/2012 at 12:53 (4,180 days old) by sesteve (London, UK) | ||
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Bits
The machine was in bits when I picked it up but everything was there except the spin can, castors and fill hose. As luck would have it I had a spare spin can from when I picked up the T5090 as the seller had a whole load of spare parts from previous Hoovermatics that they had owned - spin can next to machine. I managed to track down one of the last fill hoses too :)
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| Post# 638757 , Reply# 2 11/13/2012 at 12:58 (4,180 days old) by sesteve (London, UK) | ||
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Works | ||
| Post# 638761 , Reply# 3 11/13/2012 at 13:01 (4,180 days old) by sesteve (London, UK) | ||
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T5024 | ||
| Post# 638763 , Reply# 4 11/13/2012 at 13:03 (4,180 days old) by sesteve (London, UK) | ||
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Scratch | ||
| Post# 638766 , Reply# 5 11/13/2012 at 13:08 (4,180 days old) by sesteve (London, UK) | ||
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Pulsator | ||
| Post# 639054 , Reply# 7 11/14/2012 at 14:24 (4,178 days old) by sesteve (London, UK) | ||
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Me too
I think the orange trim was about as colourful as these got here! None of the yellow or turquoise ones to my knowledge although I think there was a hotpoint twin tub with a wood grain finish!
Your's looks great and hope you manage to get the leak sorted out. Hopefully it is something easy. I'll do an update once I get them sorted out and some videos too. Cheers Stephen | ||
Post# 639063 , Reply# 8 11/14/2012 at 14:55 (4,178 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoovermatics
Hi Stephen, congratulations on your Hoovermatics, washdays fun to use machines, plenty of spares still about although not quite as many about as per years ago!!
The fill tube pipe on the 5024 was problematic and only lasted in that setup (corner fill) for one series run...also those orange interlocks are a complete pain to get to and repair IMHO.. Will scan some pages of service info and post on here I`m sure someone can do the same with the manuals etc... Heres my 5054 taken for a spin by Jon Jetcone whilst on a visit a few years ago!! | ||
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Post# 639108 , Reply# 9 11/14/2012 at 19:42 (4,178 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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That was fun Mikey! | ||
| Post# 639248 , Reply# 10 11/15/2012 at 13:54 (4,177 days old) by sesteve (London, UK) | ||
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Fantastic
Thanks Mike
I'm sure the info will help. I had a 5024 years ago before I left home and took it with me to my student digs! It was great to use but the spout on the spin dryer always used to move back to its rest position and you would end up with water coming up from under the lid. Apparently it blew up one day when I wasn't there and my housemates threw it down steps outside the house. So glad to have another one to play with although living in a town house has its issues with taking the machines down to the kitchen!! Your 5054 is in great condition and not too dissimilar to the 5090. I think the metal lids were far more superior than the plastic ones! Fingers crossed, the interlock seems ok on mine although you do have to mush the lid down quite firmly for it to engage. Overall, I don't think this machine has seen much use as the back panel is totally rust free which is unsual for these given the amount of splashing!! Cheers Stephen 
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| Post# 640267 , Reply# 12 11/19/2012 at 16:26 (4,173 days old) by sesteve (London, UK) | ||
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