[saxmaniac]

The earlier bendix machines were obsolete before they all wore out as I believe there a fire or some similar disaster with spares warehouse. We had to turn down repairs on these unless we could bodge some alternative part in. This doesn't apply to the latter Philco made ones which were quite reliable till the outer tub rotted out. Later models had stainless tubs which also failed due to spot welding brackets to them without allowing for the increased fatigue cracks with stainless. Bendix were merged into Electrolux empire which rebadged Zanussi models and descended into the modern era of unrepairable junk!