Heather this is great news. I'm happy its worked out. Imagine a water hog that gets to 140F. Awesome....ya know that's plenty hot enough for everything. Actually even a tad to hot for some things like elastic. Does it have a heater and gradually heat to that temp so as to give the enzymes time to work? I'm excited and can't wait for you to use it and tell us all about it....congrats..yipeeeee

Yes, MamaP, I am assuming it uses the same amount of water as my old one, but it is 2 years younger. It is a typical compact European machine, it has no computer just a little control board of resisters and capacitors, a mechanical timer and three different types of cycles. What is different is I can set it to the type of wash such as Super Wash (heated to 140) and then pick the spin and that is it. No way to turn the timer ahead to the rinse etc. I will adjust to that. And if it doesn't work out my friend can use the parts to replace anything I want on my machine, like the boot, pump etc..

Sweet when luck brings you what you need. Enjoy the washer. Betting it won't owe you a penny in the end.

Got my new to me Malber last night. I immediately did a load on Super Hot, white towels. It works very well and hot water to boot!!!!! The pump is much noisier than my last Malber and since this is a used machine I am worried. My friend is on the lookout for a new pump, but has had no luck. He thinks the bearings are going. I believe the drum is larger than the last machine, even though the outside measurements are the same. I will measure and compare. In all I like this machine, though it doesn't have the option for a warm rinse. I hope it last long enough till I can get a new pump.