OK so I've had a play, but first a bit of history.
The Bendix Compact was actually made by Eudora in Austria, and was called lots of different names throughout Europe, it's very well built but quite different to most other automatics. The drum is fixed and has no springs or shock absorbers, The motor is an induction type with a variable belt pulley that control's the drum speed, probably why the spin speed is only 550rpm, but also why it is still going strong.
Info plate.
Top off
Back off
Surprisingly clean for a 30 -35 year old machine.
The motor and variable pulley.
This assembly is driven by a cam on the drum shaft and drives the program knob round, not found on other automatics but can be found on some twin tub's
This little gizmo is what stops the machine spinning if the drum is out of balance.
Just look at the size and engineering of that water pump, puts today's crap to shame.
The drain hose is starting to crack up, not bad for its age though.
This was never going to be a full strip, so I just brushed out the dead spiders and fluff, and got to work with the 3 in 1 and a tub of grease. All done, switch on and...........
has someone given this thing an E or something, its gone crazy
It did a wash is 3 minutes and didn't even give the water time to get warm before it went into rinse
Top off, back off head scratch. Ahh sorted, as the belt pulley adjusts the motor also rises and falls on a spring loaded pivot, it was stuck in the high so fast position, a quick poke and hey presto. Its also much quieter, the program mechanism used to tick away like and old clock, not now.
Sorry had camera up the wrong way, I am blond after all
Will post video of motor and pulley moving later as I have developed a dribble
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