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My 0519 is ALIVE! |
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Post# 641850   11/26/2012 at 19:20 (4,168 days old) by barcoboy (Canada)   |   | |
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Well, thanks once again to Launderess, my Hoover Twin Tub 0519 is alive and running great. The pump that she sold me was in excellent shape, and after swapping it out for my old one, I dumped some hot water down both tubs, and other than a small drip that came from a coupler in between the wash tub pinch valve and the wash tub outlet, I saw no other leaks. A hose clamp on the coupler fixed that drip, and I proceeded to do a couple of test washes. Afterwards, I emptied the wash tub, and rolled the washer over to check for drips on the floor... natta!
Just for fun, a day or so later I tried a small experiment. I wanted to see how much more water the twin tub would extract than my GE Filter Flo. Unfortunately, I didn't have an accurate enough scale to weigh the test load properly, so I'm going to repeat the test later on when I can get a hold of a better scale. I did find out that even though two pairs of my jeans will fit in the TT spinner (I'm a big boy at 6' 4" tall), I can only wash one pair at a time, as two pairs refuse to roll at all in the wash tub, and even with only one pair, I can hear it rubbing against the wash impeller quite a bit. Very surprised though at the apparent weight difference after spinning for two minutes in the Hoover versus a seven minute spin in my Filter Flo. Big thanks again to Launderess for not only selling me the pump I needed, but for posting the find of the 0519 that I ended up buying in the first place! |
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Post# 642393 , Reply# 1   11/28/2012 at 20:02 (4,166 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 642432 , Reply# 2   11/28/2012 at 22:53 (4,166 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 642447 , Reply# 3   11/28/2012 at 23:59 (4,166 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 642714 , Reply# 4   11/29/2012 at 20:23 (4,165 days old) by barcoboy (Canada)   |   | |
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Well I certainly appreciate the sale Launderess.
I did unsnap the three clips off the old pump and separated it, and as I suspected, it was full of hard water scale. At some point I am going to rebuild it to have as a spare. And I am certainly going to take care of the new pump! Good job with the caulking bradross! Hope you don't ever have to separate it again though. And BTW, my real name is Todd. Hmmm... I thought that I had uploaded an avatar to the site. Guess I will have to fix that. And if I'm not mistaken, this post will be #100! |
Post# 642724 , Reply# 5   11/29/2012 at 21:00 (4,165 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Am careful to rinse out both tubs then fill the wash tub about halfway with hot water, then pump it out. One does this to flush out any remaining detergent residue and so forth to keep it from setting up home and subsequently drying inside the thing.
The old pump that came with my Hoover TT (which was otherwise minty fresh) was also caked with dried detergent residue/scale as well. Must be a common thing with these machines. Cannot imagine what the insides of those pumps look like if soap was used instead of detergent for washing day. |