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Thread Number: 87614
/ Tag: Twin-Tub Washers
Our 'new' Hoovermatic 3174 |
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Post# 1121839 , Reply# 1 6/30/2021 at 06:14 (1,028 days old) by Chestermikeuk  (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoovermatic 
Hi Aled , congratulations on your 174 Hoovermatic , the first produced .glad you where able to sort out the issues , it's the hoses that's the common fault on these , if ya don't use them regularly they dry out and crack but you don't need me to explain that from your other washers 👍👍
Your serial number would make production March 1958 an early model first produced July 1957 . Have fun and enjoy , Mike | ||
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Post# 1121840 , Reply# 2 6/30/2021 at 06:17 (1,028 days old) by Chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoovermatic 3174 | ||
| Post# 1121892 , Reply# 4 6/30/2021 at 14:02 (1,028 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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That wash action! What fun too! BBC news on in the background to boot. | ||
| Post# 1121973 , Reply# 5 7/1/2021 at 03:18 (1,028 days old) by keymatic (London / UK) | ||
Morning Aled,
Congrats on getting your "New" 3174 up and running, it's looking good. I watched your clip on Youtube. As you say the hoses can perish really easily but the worst thing to go is the Resilient mount / bearing under the spin can, they are a nightmare to get out, having recently replaced one in my 3304E. These machines just go on, and on. have fun !! Cheers Keith
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Post# 1121979 , Reply# 7 7/1/2021 at 05:19 (1,027 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Hoovermatic
As these get old , near 60+ years old now original parts are doing really well still, we have used replacement car hose for the tub hoses and it works just fine, its about keeping them all used and supple so they dont dry out.
The pain when it does start to wear is the resiliant mount rubber as Keith has mentioned, best to use "Son of a Gun" lubricant spray on them or a smearing of clear water soluable sealant to keep from splitting. Always makes me smile when I see the hand grip next to the wash timer dial, yours looks mint painted grey, mind suffered the fate of a young child using it as a piano keyboard and had scraped into the paint the chord notes ABCDEFG etc so I ended up rubbing off the paint which reveals the lovely chrome metal underneath so not sure why Hoover did that ? | ||
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Post# 1121981 , Reply# 8 7/1/2021 at 05:23 (1,027 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Looking great there Keith and also look forward to see your restore pics of the 3304E , thats one my Aunty had before the Keymatic 3243 stacked set.
Next on my list is my 3309 with charcoal lids , needs a re-spray and a check over after few years of no use !
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| Post# 1121996 , Reply# 9 7/1/2021 at 07:37 (1,027 days old) by keymatic (London / UK) | ||
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Hi Aled,
I herald Mike's recommendation on the "Son of a gun" product for keeping rubber parts supple, although i do wonder if there are any other rubber rejuvenator products on the market ? reason why is i have been plastering my "Thor" drain hose in the SOAG product for ages and it doesn't seem to be doing anything, as a water based product it dries quickly, hey ho !! Mike, the 3304E is "Drying out" so to speak at the mo, i put so much waterproof paint on the inside of the spin can and it pooled at the bottom, having said that it was about 3 weeks ago so i will check it soon, i need to see if will physically work as well as i changed the pedestal over from a short shaft to a long one from a 3301L, i know when i tested it before i was getting a "run on" whereby the spin can was still revolving after the pedestal had stopped, indicating that the bolt was loose. Cheers
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