Washing Machine

[Tynan]

yes, I have an old Bosch machine that I've managed to repair for the last five odd break downs and the friendly engineers a few times before that when I could afford them

twice it's ben the water level/pressure 'sensor', all it is is a plastic chamber clipped to the lower rear of the drum, it gets filled with gloop, I'd imagine on all machines it'll be accessible if you take the back off

there's a few forums that are excelent on this sort of thing, just google the model number and the symptoms, there's always repair types lurking on thos places

 

[jay clock]

from experience a common problem with washing machines is the wire from underwired bras..... may not be in your case though!

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Hey guys - thanks for all those tips. Cheesney - the pipes I referred to on my machine are air pressure linkages to switches I think - one stops you opening the door if there is water in the machine and the other tells the controller that there is water in so it can do it's thing. The thermostat is a thermistor so would look open circuit on a short circuit test.

I tried several more things as suggested above (and by the club run yesterday) and decided it was the controller - the main power switch in there. At which point I did some Googling to see how much for a new one. Mine is obsolete but I found one on ebay . So I started to take the controller off the machine in preparation for the new one. Only to find that there was a spade contact had come loose (impossible to see before taking the controller out) and the contact was linked to the door catch. Press it back in and - whizzo it seems to work . I'm now reassembling for a test run. It'll be a heavy duty test run with a pile of festering Y fronts...... Not too mention Mrs 26x25's contribution

Chalk up another success for Cycle Chat and Know How

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Excellent the job sounds like a good 'un. Always nice when you can save a bit of money on repairs, or the planet with another unnecessarily dumped appliance

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Excellent the job sounds like a good 'un. Always nice when you can save a bit of money on repairs, or the planet with another unnecessarily dumped appliance

Yup - I don't like to chuck stuff in Land Fill if I can avoid it . "Consumer" goods

You wil be pleased to know that my very niffy cycling gear from yesterday is now lovely and fresh and ready to be made niffy all over again

 

[Globalti]

Rejoice! Some muppets would have gone out and bought a new machine!

 

[Cheule]

Rejoice! Some muppets would have gone out and bought a new machine!

Hey, there's no need to talk about me like that

 

[GrumpyGregry]

whilst others bodge the repairs - not in this case - think they've done a grand job and then have to find a new home when the dishwasher burns the old one down.