|
Thread Number: 78431
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !! |
[Down to Last] |  |
Post# 1024530 2/14/2019 at 02:01 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
Well after the winter hibernations, log fires, theatre sets, long distance travel and ginger wine its time for a meet up and to start the proverbial list of "Vintage Restorations", so what better than to combine a few birthday,
boxes of parts and loads of determination for our first meet up of 2019. Over to Als Emporium for a weekend of repairs and rejuvenation !! Here we are around the table meeting up on Friday night. The link is to last year celebrations at Beamish. L - R Mike (MikeyMatic), Steve (SESteve) Al (Vacbear58) Danny, Jon (lavamatJon) and Richard (Rickey5050).. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK
View Full Size
| ||
|
|
Post# 1024531 , Reply# 1 2/14/2019 at 02:07 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Next morning up bright and early to sort out what needed to be done. first off the "Wall of Miele needs completely reversing after Al had a birthday treat of his own, the latest in touch control washer & dryer by Miele - Immer Besser !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024532 , Reply# 2 2/14/2019 at 02:09 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Richard works out a plan, a big tip when having to move all these heavyweights is to mop the floor and a nylon fleecy sheet, they then glide across the room, but first lets get all those connections unhooked !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024533 , Reply# 3 2/14/2019 at 02:11 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Spanners at the ready...
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024534 , Reply# 4 2/14/2019 at 02:14 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
It was like a scene from The War Room trying to work out permutations of how many minimum moves to complete the exercise !!
| ||
|
Post# 1024535 , Reply# 5 2/14/2019 at 02:16 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Luckily we had lots of enthusiastic bods to help..
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024536 , Reply# 6 2/14/2019 at 02:26 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Later on in the other room we set about fixing up the 1966 Bendix LT Washer Dryer that had finally come home, it was found 3 miles from me in a vicarage, bidded on by another member and driven up North only to be passed on to a Midlands member and then later of to a Southern guy who then passed it back to us, ha ha, its certainly clocked up the road miles...
| ||
|
Post# 1024537 , Reply# 7 2/14/2019 at 02:29 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
As the main pump driven off the motor is well corroded and needing to be re-built it was determined to stick an electric pump on to water test for no other leaks...Darren (slowspin66) is in the middle of his Bendix LT restoration had lots of hints n tips...
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024538 , Reply# 8 2/14/2019 at 02:36 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
New pump on, water hoses tightened and "Switch On" bearings okay, no cause yet to replace, new water fill hoses done already by southern guy Chris, and then...the proverbial water drip drip drip, was coing from the sump box and filter arrangement, The oblong box that holds the water strainer place under the drum was leaking from one of the 4 mounting screws. So its either drum out or get creative !!
| ||
|
Post# 1024540 , Reply# 9 2/14/2019 at 02:41 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Meanwhile back in the other place the Miele line up had been completely reversed and the New Miele touch control washer and heat pump dryer where being levelled, doors reversed and commissioned by Richard, Jon and Mikey !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024542 , Reply# 10 2/14/2019 at 02:50 (1,895 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
||
All lads together again eh? | ||
|
Post# 1024543 , Reply# 11 2/14/2019 at 02:51 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
The new changes gave us a chance to run the 1970` Miele set that arrived last year, those portholes seem tiny compared to todays uber sized doors !!
| ||
|
Post# 1024545 , Reply# 12 2/14/2019 at 02:55 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Thanks Laundress, yal have to get over someday for some Laundry Fun Britwise !!
And to see just how much water our little spinners can extract ha ha, heres our White Knight spinning at 2,800 whizzing out the water from the Miele !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024546 , Reply# 13 2/14/2019 at 03:00 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Well all that activity took up the Saturday so it was for a welcome drinks and dinner !!, a cheeky glass of fizz with a splash of pink raspberry gin and hibiscus hit the spot !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024547 , Reply# 14 2/14/2019 at 03:03 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Mark flew in from Barcelona to toast the birthday boys, here with Steve !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024548 , Reply# 15 2/14/2019 at 03:05 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Heres Danny, Jon and Ian looking splendid against the new Wall of Vintage Pics..
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024549 , Reply# 16 2/14/2019 at 03:08 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Darren, Mathew and Mikey resting the legs !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024550 , Reply# 17 2/14/2019 at 03:13 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
A Birthday Toast for the Birthday Boys,
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024551 , Reply# 18 2/14/2019 at 03:15 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024552 , Reply# 19 2/14/2019 at 03:17 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024553 , Reply# 20 2/14/2019 at 03:19 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Time for dinner, baked jacket potatoes and veggy chilli ..Yum !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024554 , Reply# 21 2/14/2019 at 03:21 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Steve finds out more red wine is found !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024555 , Reply# 22 2/14/2019 at 03:26 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Time for a birthday wish !! Lemon curd cake topped with toasted marshmallows and lemon drizzle icing !!
| ||
|
Post# 1024556 , Reply# 23 2/14/2019 at 03:29 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
| ||
|
Post# 1024557 , Reply# 24 2/14/2019 at 03:33 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Happy Birthday Richard...including a bottle of his own named ginger wine !!
| ||
|
Post# 1024558 , Reply# 25 2/14/2019 at 03:37 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
And a Happy Birthday to Alistair, week earlier, and a group token from all of us, a "Thanks" for the hospitality he provides !!
| ||
|
Post# 1024559 , Reply# 26 2/14/2019 at 03:41 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Who mentioned "Glasses" of the ophthalmic kind ha ha...
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024560 , Reply# 27 2/14/2019 at 03:43 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024561 , Reply# 28 2/14/2019 at 03:45 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024562 , Reply# 29 2/14/2019 at 03:49 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
More drinks, charades, blast of Studio 54 and a great night...
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024563 , Reply# 30 2/14/2019 at 03:51 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Nest day , lots of tea and more repairs, here we are tearing down a Hotpoint top loader of Jons to check for leaks !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024564 , Reply# 31 2/14/2019 at 03:53 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Tubs out, bellows glued, water test and its spinning good...
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024565 , Reply# 32 2/14/2019 at 03:55 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Meanwhile, Mark was delighted with the vintage Miele dishwasher inserted into the wall and had many loads from last night to check out "How It Worked"..
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024566 , Reply# 33 2/14/2019 at 03:58 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Best way to load directions and of course using "Claro" an Austrian dishwasher detergent, Eco friendly and great results !!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024567 , Reply# 34 2/14/2019 at 04:01 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Squeaky Clean !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024568 , Reply# 35 2/14/2019 at 04:11 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Time to wash all the tablecloths and tea towels in the new British Made Ebac washing machine using the new Amazon own brand biological green box washing powder called Presto.
Will do a full report an modern thread. Powder and machine gave great results, love the door and drum jets on the Ebac. CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK
View Full Size
This post was last edited 02/14/2019 at 04:28 | ||
|
Post# 1024569 , Reply# 36 2/14/2019 at 04:22 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
And in the repair room we get stuck into a Philips AWB082 washing machine that Richard picked up for Steve..
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024570 , Reply# 37 2/14/2019 at 04:24 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Looks or sounds like it needs motor brushes..
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024571 , Reply# 38 2/14/2019 at 04:33 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Yes, motor out, this motor was very different one in the day, its a brush motor but has permanent magnets instead of field coils, so reliable Philips gave it a 10 yr guarantee which was unheard of in the 1980`s.
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024572 , Reply# 39 2/14/2019 at 04:36 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
In the other room later we also look at the inside of the 7 series miele from the 1970`s, on spin it developed a "Knocking" noise, thinking it could be a spring or suspension, it was dryer off the top and whip off the worktop....
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024573 , Reply# 40 2/14/2019 at 04:37 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
very mechanical machine, vitreous enamel tub !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024574 , Reply# 41 2/14/2019 at 04:38 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Still knocking...
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024575 , Reply# 42 2/14/2019 at 04:40 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Springs - Check..
Suspension legs - Check Wiring Loom - Check. | ||
|
Post# 1024576 , Reply# 43 2/14/2019 at 04:43 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Then hawkeye Richard noticed the belt had a little shred and the loop of hard belt fibre had been slapping against the base frame on fast spin....so out with the Stanley knife, trim the flap and all fine. new belt to order !!
| ||
|
Post# 1024578 , Reply# 44 2/14/2019 at 04:46 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
| ||
|
Post# 1024579 , Reply# 45 2/14/2019 at 04:50 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Time for a quick clean up before tea and testing out who does the best Freddy Mercury "I want to Break Free" rendition !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024580 , Reply# 46 2/14/2019 at 04:53 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Table set ready for afternoon tea. Freshly baked cheese scones and cake along with copious amounts of teas and coffees.
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024581 , Reply# 47 2/14/2019 at 04:55 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Happy Campers !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024582 , Reply# 48 2/14/2019 at 04:59 (1,895 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
||
|
Bendixxii Restorations, Birthdays & Beyond !!
Until next time, A Big Thanks once again to Alistair for his hospitality and yummy food. More repairs done, more to do but all tackled with great comradery and fun !!
View Full Size
| ||
|
Post# 1024585 , Reply# 49 2/14/2019 at 05:25 (1,895 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
||
Thanks for sharing the pictures of this wonderful event. You certainly know how to party and get stuff done together.
I love that Miele 1970's set (approx. 1975-1977). The washing machine is a bit different than the model that was sold on the European continent. The HLCC numbers are an extra and also the continental model didn't have a 50 degrees setting. It was 60 degrees (including the extra prewash) or 40 degrees. Looking forward to your report on the Ebac. | ||
|
Post# 1024589 , Reply# 50 2/14/2019 at 06:44 (1,895 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
||
|
We only got the W765 and W770 on this side of pond. | ||
|
Post# 1024592 , Reply# 51 2/14/2019 at 08:06 (1,895 days old) by Marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Dublin) |
||
 | ||
|
Post# 1024696 , Reply# 52 2/15/2019 at 13:36 (1,894 days old) by Ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
||
Thanks 
Thanks everyone for their hard work ! I had a lovely weekend!
Richard x
View Full Size
| ||
| Post# 1024803 , Reply# 53 2/16/2019 at 11:12 (1,893 days old) by keymatic3203 (Cardiff UK) | ||
|
A wonderful record of another fabulous weekend. Thanks to everyone for there treasured friendship and of course to all who contributed photos, especially to you Mike, for your wise editing of this thread, I think you've covered the entire weekend perfectly. Can't wait until next time. Mathew | ||
|
Post# 1024885 , Reply# 54 2/17/2019 at 08:54 (1,892 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK) |
||
Rejoice with all my friends
What a great weekend it was, I can hardly believe its been a week already.
Already looking forward to the next time and seeing a great bunch of friends again :) Al PS This old and very favourite track was heard last week :) CLICK HERE TO GO TO vacbear58's LINK | ||
| Forum Index: |
| Other Forums: |
|
|
|
|
|
Comes to the Rescue!
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}
;){kind=link}