Old Hotpoint Washing machine - for repair (Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21)

This front-loader from 1989 needs new bearings. The parts are easily available (bearing set about £10) but none of the repairers I've contacted are interested in the job, which I guess is quite time-consuming.
If you know what you are doing you could do this yourself - there are quite a few instructional videos online. The ones I've looked at are for more recent machines and I could not work out how to take enough of the machine apart to get at the bearings. It can be done, though: the bearings on this machine were replaced about 6 years ago.
Why might you want this? Well, you could get a working washing machine for £10 + your labour. It's from the days when robust engineering wasn't ditched to reduce production costs. It's much simpler than modern machines, so less to go wrong. It still has 7 basic programmes, + choice of spin-speed, half load and prewash. You can fill it from the hot water supply, which might be cheaper than filling with cold and heating in the machine.
Why might you not? Although it's worked with very few problems for over 30 years there's no guarantee that it won't develop another fault. Maximum load is 4kg on a cotton wash, which is much less than most machines today.
Model is 9533.
Note the picture is taken from the internet. It's the same model, but much newer-looking than the one I have.
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