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I wish I knew that when I had a phone call from a friend to say he was bringing a few year old Miele over for me. Thought I'd crack open the end of the hose connector and see what happened. Couldn't undo it by hand so took a mole wrench to it. Shattered the end of the hose connector and the valve was open. Friend said it was worth giving me the washing machine just for that.