Not sure the position matters but I would prefer standing up. The most most important thing is that the shipping bolts are placed back into the machine. These bolts lock the drum and suspension so that they cannot move while the machine is being moved.

Agree with the shipping bolts/shipping struts being in place for transport.

I would advise against transporting it in any position other than full upright. Reason being if there is any leftover water in any tank, hose, pump or valve and you position the washer such that the water flows out and moves around, say from the three hours of vibration during transport, you risk having water get into mechanical or electrical components, and you obviously don't want that to occur.

In the manuals for the newer washers (newer than the model you mention) they call out transport upright, although I forget the exact wording. A suggestion, go to the Miele website and get the manual for that model, and read what they say if anything about transport.

P.S: I've picked up old Miele washers and dryers, transported them home and did minor work to clean them up and replace a few parts, and then either used them as spare machines or gave away to friends, Yes, in an odd way it is a fun and satisfying thing to do.

Thanks jarrod and future for your info on transport. Good to know. Wouldn't want to get water where it shouldn't be I'll look in my manual for specifics

Last year I transported my 1st w1918 home upright in a Truck. I tried w3033 struts on my first w1918 but couldn't get them inserted correctly. We traveled 6 hours with no strut. Machine works fine.

Should the shipping struts for w3033 fit?

The trip is 4.5 hours instead. Yippee. We'll be leaving in an hour.

Well we got 30 minutes from home and I had DH drive on some back roads to show him my route to Ames Fitness. Gravel. We picked up a screw in the tire and are. Now at a car dealership getting tire fixed. DH forgot to put the spare tire in the truck bed!!! Thank goodness we had stopped for gas in Ames. So our trip is delayed and I have an email out to the seller to find out if we need to reschedule.

Wow, how did it go, needed to reschedule?

It is so much fun with new things even when getting them used.

Drive safely and take your time.

Ugh that stinks. Sorry Enduring. Hope you get the machine soon.

We got the tire fixed and proceeded to our destination. Got home at 1am. Tired! Couldn't try anything out on the machine due to no plugin for this machine. The owner of the washer used to work in Wisconsin as an engineer until he moved back to Czechoslovakia 3 years ago. His old coworker is selling it for him. The guy was a little surprised that I came as far as I did for the machine. $125. Looks in ok shape and I'm told it was working just fine 3 years ago.

When I get it in the house and set up is there any thing I should do first before I run a cleaning cycle?

@linus, this machine only goes to 170f degrees where as my current w1918 goes to 190f. This is according to the instruction book that came with the machine. I'm thinking it's pretty old because there isn't an email or web address in the book.

Enduring

Even though you came home late you made it safely home.

If it were my machine i would check all hozes inside and out and all electric, inspect carefully. Clean the lint/cointrap, if the detergent dispenser is dirty clean that to and if the inner part were you insert the drawer in bad remove it from the machine and soak it in descaler to get it clean. If you know how check the carbon brushes on the motor and feel the drum amd listnen for bearing failing.

Sometimes there is a date on the manual, also the early ones of your machine here in Sweden did not have the light around the cycle selector.

Enduring, I am very glad you didn't have to turn around and start over another day. I have been watching this thread with baited breath, as I really want a Miele. If you have a good experience I think I will start looking. In NYC. There are many second hand shops and several people on Craig's List who refurbish machines as a hobby. If I knew parts were easy to get I would just buy one and refurbish it myself along with help of a friend.

LInus, thanks for the help. @hmorton I will keep this thread posted of my progress.

@Linus, do I put any kind of lubrication on the threads of the lint/fluff trap? I believe my 3033 has some grease on the threads from the factory. Its been a while since I opened it.

I opened the door to the machine and cleaned inside and out as much as I could. The machine did not smell when I opened the the door to the drum, or to the detergent drawer. There was dried film of something on many parts of the detergent draw and compartment. I scrubbed it out with dawn dishwashing liquid and some bleach. I used some liquid automatic dishwashing solution on the gasket, and ended up using the dawn/bleach mixture. Rinsed all. I opened the lint/fluff trap and used the hose to rinse the detergent compartment out and watched it run out of the lint trap. I hope I didn't ruin anything, lol. I love water and use it when ever I can. Ill post pics later.

We can't get it down the Basement :0 I think last year a 6'8" nephew
helped DH take the other one downstairs. This year he's gone and its
just me and a dolly. The dolly was doing great until we got to the
landing and can't turn it the 90 degrees to get it down the rest of the
way!

You did good on the cleaing and great to rinse like you did as everything came out. Have never seen any grease on those treads, if the are a bit difficult I would use dishwashing or washing liquid, both make thing slippery.

The machine is down the basement now!

Cleaning pics. The machine did not have any scale build up. There were some iron colored grit in the cold intake valve screw thingy. I vacuumed it out and the inner valve of black plastic was clean. The white plastic screen (1st to be removed) were still in good shape. The existing hoses look sound.

this is after a quick wipe down:

This was eventually cleaned better than this, but the gaskets were still stained:

this was after a wipe down. It did come cleaner still:

some scratching on the glass I hope that isn't an indication the bearings are bad. I hope it's from too many unzipped and unbuttoned jeans being washed:

Hosing out the detergent drawer receptacle. I used this dish washing stuff on the boot, but it didn't work well. I switched to bleach and Dawn in water. Much better:

Lint trap draining the water I was hosing into the detergent drawer opening. I hope hosing the area didn't cause any harm.

easy clean!

the dials and buttons are all intact:

ETA: corrections to all my typos made with my iphone.

Congrats on your purchase!

Thanks for the pics, it looks great! I'm surprised none of the plastic pieces haven't even yellowed or anything, it looks like new especially with the sticker on the front.