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hotpoint95622 The rebuild of the motor, the cleaning of the turbine housing was a dirty job, firstly with some sand paper followed by fine wire wool and WD40 to clean and prevent further corrosion. The fans themselves where in good condition.

hotpoint95622 Brush, arm and what is left of one of the springs

hotpoint95622 Brush holder and arm

hotpoint95622 The only problems I could find after a good clean, one, the torsion springs had completely disintegrated to nothing which hold and tension the carbon brushes, I haven’t seen this type before, the spring is inside a plastic arm which pushes on the end of the brush, the second...

hotpoint95622 Stripped down and it’s strange but the bearings hadn’t seized at all, actually very smooth running.

hotpoint95622 You can see the water line in this photo.

hotpoint95622 You can see the water line in this photo.

hotpoint95622 First thing I tackled was the motor, ho boy this was in bad shape, the motor had been sitting in water for some time and had corroded quit a lot.

hotpoint95622 As you can see the usual rusting hulk that had spent it last remaining days in a wet shed suffering terrible.

Well I’ve been waiting some time for one this colour to come along so when it did I had to have it, as if fate did me a great turn the connie was on ebay and even better the chap selling it was just 20 yards from my office at work, fantastic no shipping fees.

hotpoint95622 Fantastic. Very jealous indeed, blue and white is the one I’m missing.

hotpoint 95622 Well, make sure the filters are clean and if it has an outlet filter clean that too. Mine are the same, some don’t float as well as others, make sure that there is no gap between the base ring and the main body, if there is a gap I would fill with silicon sealer also that the...

hotpoint 95622 Yes, both the yellow and the rose (know post office red) Where found in a shed just a short walk from my home.

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hotpoint 95622 Thanks chaps, I love working on the constellations and gives me great pleasure working on them, it’s my stress buster. So rewarding turning a rusting hulk that doesn’t work, back to life, such a great design as well.

hotpoint 95622 I would like to restore a senior, but, the constellations are the ideal size for storing or displaying with easy. I’m also on the look out for the two missing constellations from my line up which is the darker sage green and the blue that would complete it for me. And maybe a...

hotpoint 95622 Christopher I think all the UK constellations are white tops except for the 822 which is the first floating model; it’s off white almost grey in colour. Cord wrapping, I always wrap it around the base, keep the machine running so it if floating and twist it all the way back to...

hotpoint 95622 Welcome to the connie club.

hotpoint95622 Sounds like the bearings are failing.

hotpoint 95622 Ho, a blue one that i'm missing!!