HOTPOINT LIBERATOR TOP LOADER

[garn]

HI GARN HEAR
IV HAD A CALL FROM AN OLD JENT
HE IS LOOKINK FOR A GEARBOX FOR THIS PARTICULER APPLIANCE.

HPT LIBERATOR 1509/10 SUPER DELUX.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A DIOGRAM FOR THIS PARTICULER MODEL?
HE SAYS ITS ABOUT 30YEAR OLD.
HE INSISTS ON REPAIRING IT HE IS 73 AND HIS MATE IS 82.

MYSELF NEVER DONE ANYWORK ON THESE BEFORE

there asking for a new gearbox
because its leaking water :rolls:

myself id like to point them in the rite direction it A genuine query the guys are semi retired farmers.

id like a diagram to see the seal set up for some reason there’ committed to the gearbox.

thanks paul

[iadom]

Re: HOTPOINT LIBERATOR TOP LOADER

Almost all parts for this machine are obsolete. Gearbox has not been available for some years now.

Last published price for the power unit ( gearbox ) was £282 ex vat. 😯

About all you can get is a clutch, a pattern copy of the pump and very little else. 😥

This type of top loader has been out of production for over ten years now.

[garn]

Re: HOTPOINT LIBERATOR TOP LOADER

thanks jim
the gearbox is not listed with hotpoint any more . Masterpart have it listed as a special order At £149.99.
these guys wont pay that anyway
thay have an second hand gearbox .

? would A gearbox out of a 1050 delux model be the same.

paul..

[iadom]

Re: HOTPOINT LIBERATOR TOP LOADER

Don’t recognise 1050 as a Hotpoint top loader model number, gearbox has been basically the same for donkeys years.

1050 was the spin speed. Model numbers used to begin with 15** then changed to 96**

Is the part listed at Masterpart just the gearbox, a 151214. If so then that has nothing to do with any leaks. It is just the gearbox without any seals, chassis, drive tripod etc.

The only real changes over the last 25 years were in the controls, the mechanics hardly changed at all.

Most of the leaks from the top of the gearbox/power unit area were from the bellows seal. The top of the alloy support tube rots away just like alloy drum supports do in front loaders. The bellows seal may still be available but is unlikely to cure a leak if the top of the drum support has corroded.

If you are in a soft water area then the support tube will like as not be corroded on any Hotpoint top loader now, given that it will be at least 11 or 12 years old at the least.

[garn]

Re: HOTPOINT LIBERATOR TOP LOADER

THANKS JIM
YES 151214. IS THE SAME PART.
I HAVE TOLD THE TO GENTS THAT CANT BE THE GEARBOX IF ITS LEAKING WATER

THE BELLOWS SEAL IS IN STOCK ABOUT £19
IS THIS THE ONLY SEAL SET UP FOR THIS MODEL ?
THERE IS SEVRAL SHOWING

THANKS PAUL..

[iadom]

Re: HOTPOINT LIBERATOR TOP LOADER

No point changing the bellows seal , it will be the top of the support tube that has rotted away.

What I am really trying to say is, walk away from this, great machine in its day but the complete lack of most spares and the possibility of only being able to stop the leak with glue or sealant will mean a very suspect repair .

Jim.

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