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Thread Number: 64579
/ Tag: Twin-Tub Washers
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Post# 872459 , Reply# 1 3/14/2016 at 08:35 (2,957 days old) by vacbear58  (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Twosome
Ed,
Welcome to AW and congratulations on your new purchase which has already appeared in our Shoppers Square forum and another member has commented that he used to service these machines some years ago See the link below - you will have to scroll down to reply 49 with the member reply on reply 71 CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK | ||
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Post# 872464 , Reply# 2 3/14/2016 at 09:21 (2,957 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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| Post# 872469 , Reply# 3 3/14/2016 at 09:41 (2,957 days old) by centenialguy () | ||
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Cool! I've not seen these before. thanks for the pics. | ||
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Post# 872471 , Reply# 4 3/14/2016 at 09:48 (2,957 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Twosome
Ed
You will be well advised to see if you can get some Sun of A Gun (readily available off ebay) to help lubricate the hoses. As soon as you get them home, do a visual inspection they will probably need a bit of a clean to get rid of dust, spiders webs etc. and inspect hoses and cables. If you have any S of a G carefully lubricate the hoses, particularly the ones coming off the wash tub and spin can to the pumps as they are hardest to replace. If all well, pour a large jug or half a kettle of really hot water (not boiling) and leave it to sit for about half an hour. If no leaks a bucket of really hot water in the spinner and as much as will well cover the impellor on the washer and leave to sit for a couple of hours. This is important as it helps rehydrate hoses and seals which may have dried out and become brittle. After this time, if no leaks, try moving the pulleys by hand to see if they move freely and, if so, time to plug in and give them a go - don't forget to use an RCD device on the socket to protect yourself - these machines will be upwards of 50 years old. Whilst trying the washer remove the grey hose at the back of the machine rom the left hand stop to allow the water to re-circulate - keep a sieve handy to catch any bits that re dislodged from the pump. These hints will get you started, other with more knowledge will contribute if you have more technical issues. I am attaching another link which is regarding the very similar wringer washer and, towards the end, you will see scans I posted at the time of a brochure for the twosome at that time. Make sure that if you run the washer with the lid off that the impellor is well covered withy water otherwise you will get very wet, very quickly Al CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK | ||
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Post# 872473 , Reply# 5 3/14/2016 at 10:02 (2,957 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Twosome
The Twosome was a very clever Hoover marketing idea first seen in 1958 when they introduced the Spinarinse spin dryer - more or less at the same time as the Hoovermatic was launched. This style of washer has been in production since 1953, first with a manual and later a power wringer.
It had three big benefits - for those who might fairly recently have bought a wringer washer they could "upgrade" to a twin tub at modest cost without writing off the cost of the washer, which they might still be paying for. It also added a sales strand to sell more Hoover spin dryers - economies of scale. And of course, even if you did not have a Hoover washer, if you bought the spinner to supplement another brand of washer that you already had then, chances were, when that washer needed replaced, it would be a Hoover to replace it, to match the spin dryer. If you were someone who did not care for Hire Purchase (buying on time) you could buy whichever part of your washer you wanted help with sooner knowing that you could get the matching unit when you had saved enough for it - so you could get a quality name (Hoover) rather than being tempted to get a cheap and nasty machine for a good deal less. This combo was also significantly cheaper than the Hoovermatic, although it was a bit simpler too. It was also sold as the machine you could divide. Hoover always marketed their machines on the basis of their compact size in the typically small British kitchen - if there was not room for one larger machine in one space you could split it up to store in two smaller spaces. Al | ||
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Post# 872502 , Reply# 7 3/14/2016 at 14:40 (2,957 days old) by kenmore58 (Rhode Island) |
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| Post# 872612 , Reply# 9 3/15/2016 at 06:03 (2,956 days old) by dryclean1 (Walton, NY) | ||
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Love that Hoover!!! congrats on that beauty!!! I have a 510 that has my sweat and blood running it. Its my favorite machine!!! Love that twosome!!! thanks Bill | ||
| Post# 872620 , Reply# 10 3/15/2016 at 06:58 (2,956 days old) by keymatic (London / UK) | ||
Hi Ed,
Nice set - with a little of TLC they will clean up lovely !! I have to say those "Pump tyres" have rocketed in price, they use to be a few quid. Good luck with the project Cheers Keith
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| Post# 872661 , Reply# 11 3/15/2016 at 13:25 (2,956 days old) by decomirror () | ||
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Pump tyres You can still get them at different prices if you shop around. As low as about £6 The hard bit to get is the full pump or the pulley if you break it Alex | ||
| Post# 872667 , Reply# 12 3/15/2016 at 14:22 (2,956 days old) by matchboxpaul (U.K) | ||
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Hi Ed. Welcome to the club and congrats on your newly acquired Twosome. Both machines look to be in nice and tidy external condition :-) Best of luck with the restorations. Paul 
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| Post# 872686 , Reply# 13 3/15/2016 at 15:58 (2,956 days old) by hoovermatic (UK) | ||
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Stoopid question but...................... .....................why did they not design the two units to fit together like a twin tub, washer on the left and spinner on the right in the traditional fashion? | ||
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Post# 872694 , Reply# 14 3/15/2016 at 16:50 (2,956 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
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Spinner
Because the earlier spinarinse has the lid hinged on the left with the link to the switch at the back of the machine where the drain hose is, on the HM this link went to the front of the machine. This was always going to be a compromise - in later Spinarinses the lid is hinged on the right, but then you have to haul the clothes over the washer drain hose to get to the spinner - although by that time the Twosome was nearing the end of its run
Al | ||
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Post# 874408 , Reply# 17 3/25/2016 at 17:01 (2,946 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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