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Hi I have a Hotpoint WD71 the suspension legs had gone, on there failure the drum / motor hit the side of the washer and cut out, so i have replaced them {the legs!} on putting it back together and trying to test it, the washer fills with water then goes straight into a spin of which that lasts 3 seconds then cuts out giving error code 30, indicating motor! the motor seems fine there is plenty on the bushes no pitting no shine or excess sparks, I have checked and cleared the filter of which it had a little debris but nothing substantial to stop it or restrict it, i have looked and blown down the pressure switch, water level pipe of which is free easy flow i am now exhausting myself of possible options of what the problem may be and can not get it to drain, i have tried resetting it, opening and closing the doors multiple times x-6 in 12 seconds, along with turning off and leaving off but still no joy at all. every time upon start up no no matter the program it instantly fills up then goes into spin then cuts out 3 seconds in, all cables and connections seem fine and attached… could you please offer further help or advise.
thank you in advance
The machine is probably bursting into spin because it has no tacho speed control ( the magnet / generator coil at the back of the motor ) so that is either it is at fault OR a pcb fault ( probably obsolete or certainly not cheap ) OR its wires where plugged into the motor are naff. But these machines were also quite famous for chaffed wires. Follow the loom from the motor to the cable tie on the right hand side of the chassis. This is were they used to fail and since you had duff suspension it would no-doubt happen there. Just as a going off tangent note, but only from memory so could be totally wrong, there was a fuse holder with a quick blow fuse which protected the motor / main pcb and that, if indeed fitted, was within the bundle of loom wires heading off to the motor but near the pcb.
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