Vintage 1961 Hoover Keymatic 3224 Washing Machine In Action
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Hello, at last I’ve got my 1961 Hoover Keymatic up and running again, I think it’s the only working preserved slant front 3224 too..! Apart from the time line being out of sync in this video, since sorted! Video has a bit of everything really; washing, rinsing, draining and spinning with clips of the machine working inside too. The machine has had a new tub seal, sump hose, timer resistor, pump, heater had to be re sealed in and other various hoses replacing as they’d perished with age. There’s a full cycle video to follow. Many thanks to those who were able to offer me technical advice and help rebuilding and renovating it.
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Love the way old washers just get on and spin . none of this endless fannying about like modern machines that take 30 minutes before it can decide to spin a handkerchief lol
The motor reverses the the pins and rollers run up
The slant in the brakes disc so you get the spin speed, and yes, am an x hoover engineer, th is machine was way ahead of its time
So good to see and hear one of these working. What a rare machine you have !
Back when hoover was a good brand of washing machine
Yes Hoover seem to have really lost their way. They even made small industrial induction motors in the 60s (the vertical drill in my secondary school Metalwork shop had a Hoover motor with the characteristic red Hoover logo). 3/4 HP IIRC.
This is what I call a REAL hoover 😍
I'm not a fan of front loaders but this model is a gem. It runs very quiet too, however I like the sounds of a hard working machine watery and whizzing sounds to sooth the psyche.
So this is technology from 64 years ago?
It does what the modern crap won't!
Nice to see vintage washer when Britain made appliances
Wow! Takes me way back to my childhood where we had this exact machine I I used to lean on the front when it was doing it’s final fast spin to feel the vibration lol! I remember most vividly the key that my mum used to take out and turn! Love this thank you!
It is not the only one,I have a fully working 3224 too complete with pulsate
working
Several people do apparently... they are hard to find machines but they aren't like Apex Wash-A-Matics or Frigidaire Pulsamatics. Those are far rarer.
Still going strong most washers made today won't be here in 60 years time😮
No they won’t!!
@@TheLaundryCentre My 2005 Candy lasted 19 years! Not bad for a modern machine!
I'll be 122 🤣
@@marcse7en I wonder if a modern day Candy would last that long?
Those washing machines were the best
Thank you for the heart
They certainly were better than the stuff produced today!
@@TheLaundryCentre that’s for sure
Want something else that's sick?
How about the 1959 Frigidaire MultiMatic -
with a top spinning speed of?
1,140 RPM!
Any questions?
I didn't ever expect to look at a washing machine and say 'that's a good looking machine!' but here I am.
This is really soothing and fascinating unlike washing machines of today that are loud and abrasive and "efficient". Mine does an hour wash at 30°C. Ridiculous! Thanks for keeping these beauties going. 😌
Loud and abrasive? ... My Hisense Inverter is so quiet, I no longer put the detergent ball in the drum, as it rattles around too much!
Back when hoover was hoover 😍
Instead of posver
Lol when candy was candy
@@carolinebarrie8988 instead of cramdy
@@danandlaundry These vintage hoover washers are awesome!
@@ignatiousmary8413 the last acceptable machines from hoover were the nextras then there was the vision HD with the explosive drum
this machine have a really relaxin' sound, soook zen❤
Finally new Hoover came out.
I swear i can smell the clean laundry through the screen♥
Soo cool!
you bet. excellent porcelein drum(I think), agitator like in a top loader... ticks all boxes!
and it's also not a shittily built washer either despite being complicated as people say.
This and the Samsung QuickDrive are the only front loading washing machines with agitators like how top loaders have.
So glad I filmed this at yours! 😍😍
This will run another 60 years😊
I hope so. I’ll be 80 odd at that point!
A front loader with top loading washer mechanics. The drum is slanted, the small impeller (at the back, middle of the drum) is for additional wash action (like the jet spray in modern front loaders) and the door has no interlock 😟⚠️. This washer looks like the transition from; twin tubs/top loaders to fully automatic front loaders with the latter technology 😉. Liked seeing the rear of the machine with the back panel removed and, seeing how it works/the mechanics; motor with main + reduced gearbox outputs - slow for inner drum (washing) main/fast for impeller/inner drum (spinning). Pulley/clutch assembly on rear of outer drum, pump looks like its been replaced. Not impressed with slow, short spin cycle, would have retained, bought a top loading spin dryer - 2800rpm, to further spin dry the laundry, if I owned this washer, how wet/damp is the laundry when you take it out? ☹️
The Keymatic spun at 750 rpm. Pretty good for the time. Laundry came out damp dry without too much creasing. Twintubs and single spindryers spun much faster but in so doing creased the laundry badly resulting in more ironing. Not everyones favourite task. My own machine is a Bendix 7147. @ 50 years old now. Spins at 800rpm. Quite adequate as no more water can be rung out of towels or jeans. As i always line or rack dry ironing is rarely necessary. Result.
Awesome, I stand by Hoover Products.
The first automatic I cut my teeth on , only one flaw, the bearings where below the water level, also on the suspension wire had a habit of snapping , this caused the drum assembly to drop and smash the terminal block to bits,we had to
Use purple connectors to sort it out
Yes I’ve heard about the cable snapping and smashing into the terminal block. Didn’t they do away with it on the later 3226 model?
This is confusing to look at but also really cool
OMMMGGGGGGGGGGG thaat baalanceee is incredibleeeeee
Wow chris its washing away at last
Did you see how that jumped into spin any modern machine would have jumped or the motor would blown up
Teeny bit of exaggeration there!
Front loaders where weird back then they tried making it a top loader in the way the clothes move
This put me to sleep as noises were so relaxing
new tub seal .. ! must have been hard to come by .. i would imagine even new old stock would be perished.
Wow!!!! My first ever washing machine that I remember!!! Any chance you could do a full cycle on her sometime please?
Full cycle coming Christmas Eve 😀
The Laundry Centre thank you 👍 I remember this machine when I was 5 years old. Same sounds (almost) except I suspect a new motor perhaps or drainage mechanism? Was awesome back in the day, the unpredictability of when she would start spinning & also the clicks of the key 👍
Wow!
This was when hoover were good unlike todays shitty ones
Ok bro we get it, you like vintage stuff but you don’t need to exaggerate and call them shitty
@@ericn.5263 modern hoovers are pos
hi there , i get that you probably dont want to use this much given the age but could i request a full load of towels on this, with the corresponding cycle for towels , just curious how well it would handle a bigger load
Hi yeah, can do in the future we’re just in the middle of packing down and moving house so might take a while but yes, I can do that
@@TheLaundryCentre thank you so much, this is my favourite machine so it means alot
Could you film a boilwash with this washer, please? ❤️😍
no doubt that this is the absolute best washing system, gentle on clothes rough on dirt, they really were good times. but unfortunately todays water and electricity is so exspensive :(
Surely the pulsator should be running by now unless it didnt run on a delicate wash which i never used. I had one of these machines when i left home in 1980 aged 19 and my parents neighbours gave it to me after they bought a Phillips Slimstar. They gave me THAT 10 years later when they had their kitchen refitted and had a front loader. Cant remember what make it was though
Wow! 🤩
Nice
I'm confused by the wash action. Is there an impeller in there, or is it tumbling like other front loaders? Forgive my ignorance, but it looks as if the clothes are being turned horizontally in the water. Or is it an optical illusion. Either way, I'm impressed. I didn't see any drum veins in it.
There are paddles in this like a normal front loader and an impeller at the back too. The drum rotates one direction only unlike modern machines and the impeller goes against the drum direction on some cycles (Won't use the impeller on delicate cycles.)
@@TheLaundryCentre Thank you. I learned something new!
No problem. A very complicated design I’ll give it that.
Absolute beauty!!
I'm really thinking how much value do these old Keymatics from the early 60's have..
When they very rarely pop up on eBay they can fetch anything around £500-600
The Laundry Centre
So expensive....I assume because it's considered a collector's item because it is an extremely rare machine these days or because it has been restored with new parts
CONSTIFF 2.0 Public Beta 2 It’s extremely old and rare, probably one of the most iconic washers ever made and sold here in the UK. And that figure is for ones that don’t know if they work or not. God knows what a working one would be worth, mines the only known working one at the moment in the UK, could be a nice little pension fund in years to come! 😂
The Laundry Centre
Omg...The only working one.. IN THE UK!!! Even if it's considered a very iconic machine there..What a shame people throw away their old things in this sad dystopian society. Washing machines in general are very underrated pieces of engineering & art, and people throw them away :-(( which is the reason these old ones from 1980s, 1970s, 1960s & earlier are so rare to find 😢
@@TheLaundryCentre I Skipped mine over 30 years ago when the bearings went. Not a reliable machine i have to say. Unessarally complicated with the slanted drum so the bearings were constantly under water. Bendix had the right idea with a horizontal drum and a much simpler drive mechanism back in the 50s. Its now one that ALL front loaders use. Economical with water and VERY efficient.
Wonderful
how does the spin cycle work? i see the dial pointer thingy back at the start after the spin. So while it spins, does it put back the thingy back to start position? or what does it do?
The timeline is a tape that has two white indicators on so only one white indicator mark is in the window at any one time. Does that make sense?
@@TheLaundryCentre i see now. It just goes in one direction constantly
There is a clutch that stops the pulsater run as it’s spinning ,
would love one so quiet and cute have a question though why did hoover stop making the pulsator for their washing machines does anyone know
The clothes seem to swirl around rather than tumble, I don’t know if that’s really effective cleaning?
wow - induction motor on it or did it have carbon brushes, so quiet it sounds like a induction/inverter motor on it
Induction motor
It was built like a tank , and I still
Have the indexing tool. To turn the timer one click at a time to check each switch
It’s probably of no use to me, but inf you want to pass it on I’d be willing to pay for it. Do you have any other service manuals etc left from your Hoover days?
Coole Waschmaschine. Das Geräusch hört sich an, als hätte man Sex im Bad...🤭😁
Greetings from Germany 👍
10:40 spin
Bir çamaşır makinesi yazılımla çalışır ve bu makindede de kablolar var acaba 1961'de bu makineye nasıl yazılım yüklediler
Dies this now 63 year old washing machine still work?
Yes it does, although I don’t use it very often
@@TheLaundryCentre That is quite impressive!
Круто! 👍👍👍
would it wash a pair of jeans?
Sounds like a dog drinking its water
How much RPM?
Hello, it’s 750 RPM 🙂
Can you show the key clearly please, including showing round all the edges?
I found one of these excellent washers on eBay for auction with a rotten door seal. Winning bid was £500 on October 31, 2020.
I damn want one of these washing machines. Keymatic 3224/3226 for sale anyone?
When they do surface on the likes of eBay, they go for extreme amounts even with shot door seals and when they’re total rust buckets. I got a German version of this keymatic from eBay, looks like it’s been pulled out of a pond all the rust on it and the door seal is shot on that too, paid £300 for it probably five years ago.
Setting search alerts on eBay and gumtree would be the best way of getting in early if any do pop up, and getting a bargain
@@TheLaundryCentre Obviously, they are very valuable washing machines for their uniqueness and character.
I wouldn't call £500 or even £1000 expensive with regards to collecting. I collect far more expensive things than washing machines. So far none of said things of mine are over £500 but I do intend to spend more than that lol.
It’s strange that it didn’t automatically shut off when the door was opened, but maybe that was only a requirement In the USA.
It’s an old washer they did not have that
Hi sorry for the late reply, it does have a door switch but I have bypassed it
Ve makine hızlansa bile çok fazla ses çıkarmıyor
The pulsator doesn t work
It does. Check out the video of the machine running a minimum iron cycle
@@TheLaundryCentre ok thanks. I had many years ago the same macchine.
@@TheLaundryCentre thanks i will
And probably does a better job then any of the FL available today
Definitely!
10:41*
poor door seal very warpped