Thread Number: 50296
Bendix washer dryer |
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Post# 725235 , Reply# 1   1/5/2014 at 13:43 (3,755 days old) by chanceskydiver (West Linton)   |   | |
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Now for picture when it was in service |
Post# 725262 , Reply# 2   1/5/2014 at 14:52 (3,755 days old) by chanceskydiver (West Linton)   |   | |
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Picture 2 |
Post# 725263 , Reply# 3   1/5/2014 at 14:54 (3,755 days old) by chanceskydiver (West Linton)   |   | |
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Looking in |
Post# 725265 , Reply# 4   1/5/2014 at 14:55 (3,755 days old) by chanceskydiver (West Linton)   |   | |
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Still looking in lol |
Post# 725267 , Reply# 5   1/5/2014 at 14:57 (3,755 days old) by chanceskydiver (West Linton)   |   | |
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Checking door seal |
Post# 725293 , Reply# 6   1/5/2014 at 15:54 (3,755 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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I remember seeing pictures that looked like this machine in Which? years ago. |
Post# 725298 , Reply# 7   1/5/2014 at 16:08 (3,755 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 725303 , Reply# 8   1/5/2014 at 16:20 (3,755 days old) by Dimitris (greece)   |   | |
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Post# 725307 , Reply# 10   1/5/2014 at 16:39 (3,755 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 725359 , Reply# 11   1/5/2014 at 19:01 (3,755 days old) by robliverpool (england Liverpool)   |   | |
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Post# 725443 , Reply# 12   1/6/2014 at 04:19 (3,754 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Glad you managed to collect it Mike, thought it was going down to Chris for you all to work on? Spares still available as Jon mentioned and as the bearings are imperial they can be sourced from suppliers as well, the hoses probably would need to be changed anyway, you can still get red and black hoses from suppliers (same as pneumatic, firmens hoses etc)these would have to be fitted onto the brass connections
I would say give it a good clean, does the drum sound rough like bearings are rough or is it making a catching noise? If you laid it on its side to move something could have slipped and moved, take the back off and check everything!! Like Al and others have said, Ricky has a great example of a fully restored washer dryer but it takes effort and a lot of patience to get them up and running again!! Heres a link to some of his threads!! CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK |
Post# 725444 , Reply# 13   1/6/2014 at 04:21 (3,754 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 727130 , Reply# 15   1/12/2014 at 05:53 (3,748 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain)   |   | |
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Hello Mike and Chris |
Post# 727131 , Reply# 16   1/12/2014 at 05:55 (3,748 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain)   |   | |
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Post# 727134 , Reply# 17   1/12/2014 at 06:05 (3,748 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain)   |   | |
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the fan belt can be replaced with a car one if its the same width to fit the pulley groove or easily adjusted by unscrewing the idley pully in the centre and moving it into a new hole. The main drum belt is a bit more fidly and should be adjusted first, you need to acheive about one half inch free play at longest flattest part. to adjust you will see there is a clamp that holds to motor in place slacken the nut and bolt slightly so the motor will turn , then you will see a long nut with a rounded end as you turn this it will rotate the motor and gear box around either towards or away from the drum pulley, as the pulley from the gear box is on the right if the gear box moves down away from drum the drum belt will be tensioned more and like wise if it moves up it will be slackened. once your happy with the tension re tighten the clamp to hold it in place. |
Post# 727135 , Reply# 18   1/12/2014 at 06:19 (3,748 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain)   |   | |
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It would be worth removing the top also, this is easy when you know how, you need a thin steel ruler or even better the fish slice thingy that you use to turn over eggs in a frying pan etc, dont use a screw driver as it will chip enamel. in the centre of the gap between the top and front you will see a clip push the fish slice against that dont lever up just push slightly back, this will relase the top and it should pop up. lift it only a few inches and put you hand in to squeeze the flexible pipe that goes from soap powder shute to drum, this is tucked on top of drum and should pop out, they can be fragile and need to be water and air tight so be careful. Lift the lid off and slide towards you, there will be a green earth wire to remove as well. Mine suffered corrosion around this soap powder hole and needs to be air tight (see later) when the lid is off check all springs and hangers are tight, you will see the heater box on top of drum at left handside its worth hoovering the inlet end as this is where is sucked in and the mesh grill can get a layer of fluff on reducing the efficicney of the machine. to the right handside there is the water inlet a small tube sits above a funnel ( see vid ) this acts as an air brake to prevent syphoning, the nozzle of this tube should be wiped clean of limescale etc as the scale can cause the water to spray in all angles and perhaps on electrics.
Replacing the lid is a bit trickier as you have to remove the plastic soap hole cover and fit from top. Ill explain later CLICK HERE TO GO TO ricky5050's LINK |
Post# 727412 , Reply# 20   1/13/2014 at 13:29 (3,747 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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if I can turn the machine on the left into the machine on the right, then you will be able to work wonders with your LT... |
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Post# 727446 , Reply# 49   1/13/2014 at 13:54 (3,747 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Post# 727448 , Reply# 50   1/13/2014 at 13:54 (3,747 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Post# 727449 , Reply# 51   1/13/2014 at 13:55 (3,747 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Post# 727450 , Reply# 52   1/13/2014 at 13:55 (3,747 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Post# 727451 , Reply# 53   1/13/2014 at 13:58 (3,747 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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That's your lot for tonight. Will post the rest of the manual progressively throughout the week. Paul |
Post# 727461 , Reply# 54   1/13/2014 at 15:11 (3,747 days old) by sesteve (London, UK)   |   | |
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This is great. Well done Mike on this. I can sympathise about the hoses as I have a penchant for original rubber hoses - none of those grey plastic hoses for me it I can help it. Good luck with the restoration.
Ricky - that's a lovely machine and I'm amazed at the simplistic complexity of it. How did you manage to work it out without the manual? Brilliant. Paul - fantastic service manual - looking forward to seeing more of that and another machine with retractable casters. S :) |
Post# 727468 , Reply# 55   1/13/2014 at 15:26 (3,747 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain)   |   | |
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My machine came with original instructions and delivery installation instructions. I got the workshop manual Paul has kindly posted a few years ago. I was going to try and find a good old fashioned photo copier as scanning and uploading is a faff the way my pic works. I never thought of taking pictures ! Well done ! My machine had not been used and sat in a pantry for 35 years ! So it was easier to bring it back to life. Mainly adjustments and lubrication. It's only needed a new belt and a timer as the timer motor seized , I got a good second hand one. The soap hole has corroded a bit but that's it. It's my daily machine. These are beasts with very strong heavy structures !
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Post# 728468 , Reply# 56   1/18/2014 at 06:17 (3,742 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain)   |   | |
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Hi I fb messaged Chris to see how things were going with the machine and he said it leaked around the filter. Mine did the same. But it's easily fixed. Remove the filter and clean the aluminum hole with fine sand paper. Clean the rubber gasket too. You will see on the filter tray a nut undo this slightly and turn the screw this adjusts the pressure against the locking clamp. Once you feel it's nice and tight and stopped leaking tighten the nut. This machine has so many little extra engineering things like this that make it nice to work on
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Post# 728469 , Reply# 57   1/18/2014 at 06:18 (3,742 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain)   |   | |
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Post# 728675 , Reply# 59   1/19/2014 at 04:34 (3,741 days old) by ricky5050 (Durham Britain)   |   | |
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Thanks I've so far been lucky with my bendix it's not needed any new rubber , I do have an old model d that needs a bit more work though. I think new door seals can be got from qualtex a door seal manufacturer and we've found a appliance spare part supplier that has a huge stock of older parts.
Good luck with the restoration. I look forward to seeing the pics !! Here's a snapshot of another project of mine waiting to start! Link to thread attached Richard CLICK HERE TO GO TO ricky5050's LINK |
Post# 728817 , Reply# 60   1/19/2014 at 16:55 (3,741 days old) by statomatic (France)   |   | |
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Post# 729345 , Reply# 61   1/21/2014 at 12:16 (3,739 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Hi guys. Apologies for the delay in posting more servicing manual pages - here we go! |
Post# 729346 , Reply# 62   1/21/2014 at 12:17 (3,739 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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Post# 729381 , Reply# 82   1/21/2014 at 12:52 (3,739 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K)   |   | |
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that's all for tonight - will post the rest over the coming days. Paul |