Indesit W143S Door Seal

[pegasusk7]

I’ve got a W143S needing a door seal fitting which has the wire and hook type clamp band on to the tub. What sort of a job is this to do? Can the band be changed for a sprung type?

Cheers,
Phil

[gandh1]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

easy-peasy ive not ever needed to change anything!
(except the gasket of course)

[wilf]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

well I’ve never found it easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wilf

p.s. the two boots are different sizes and are not interchangeable I’ve tried

[pegasusk7]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

Wish I’d seen your response before I went out this afternoon, Wilf! I’m definitely with you on this, pig of a job!! Not one I’ll be taking on again!

Phil

[iadom]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

A real PITA to fit, very long nosed, bent pliers are helpful.

[bubs]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

Some of the Merloni guys use a spring but this seal just lips on, it could come off again.
I use washing-up liquid on the outside of the seal only where the band fits. Then tie the band with a small cable tie to hold, then use a bent set of pliers. Was swearing on the first one though.

Had a Servis seal i could not fit at all a few weeks ago, it was the correct part number but had to be stretched overnight to fit.

Graeme

[twinspark]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

YEP PIG OF A JOB I USE BENT ENDED LONG NOSE PLIERS AND STILL GET DEAD HAND HALF WAY THROUGH 😕

[goosegreen]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

I use a pair of 11in long nosed pliers with the tips ground down a tad, A liberal coating of WD40 around the grove and position the joint at about the 2 30 position. Works well with the zipper and the hook and eye type.

[bruce118]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

there is a tool to fit these,I worked for Hotpoint and have one. They are a modified pair of electricians pliers with 2 pillers welded@ 90deg at ends which hook in to holes in band. They always worked well for me.

[Martin]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

bruce118 wrote:there is a tool to fit these,I worked for Hotpoint and have one. They are a modified pair of electricians pliers with 2 pillers welded@ 90deg at ends which hook in to holes in band. They always worked well for me.

Any idea what the part number is for a pair?

[Simon46]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

B&Q do a 90 degree pair of pliers. Bought them did the trick on a integrated indesit washer dryer.

S.

[Pigpen4]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

I did one this afternoon on a WE12.

I unhooked the top right tub spring, so that the tub dropped a bit for me – I was then able to use a normal pair of long-nosed pliers to undo and redo the spring clip without too much trouble.

Don’t forget to re-attach the pressure switch to its hose, though, which comes adrift as the tub drops if you don’t disconnect it first!

[washtronics]

Re: Indesit W143S Door Seal

changed loads of these seals on various indesit machines, just use a 3.5mm cable tie in the two rings of the clamp and pull tight-never leak, never had a problem 😆

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