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Re: Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts
To empty the flood tray of an integrated dishwasher without having to pull it out use one of these oil suction pumps.
A plastic bodied on is better than a metal boddied one as it wont rust internaly. They are available on e-bay for about £5.50 +p&p.
They are handy for draining the sump of a DW too.Re: Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts
Door boot covered in oily fingerprints and gunge after that bearing job? Recon machine with an almost new but slightly stained gasket? Shame to waste it……:wink:
Make door gaskets look like new by wiping round with a rag soaked with cellulose thinner. Make sure the rag is wet enough with thinners so it will slide over the rubber without dragging. All the dirt will come off and the gasket will be a uniform “as – new” grey. The scale can be scraped off from around the drain holes with a blunt knife blade or flat screwdriver then wipe over to finish. The only thing it will not remove is black mould stain. Saves a fortune on door boots and puts that finishing touch to a workshop repair.
Steve.
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Scratches and bloom can be removed from plastic parts with 1200 grade wet and dry and Duraglit or Brasso wadding polish.
Scratches in plastic parts (including clear plastic):-
1) Try rubbing with the wadding polish. (This is the woolly stuff in the tin). Most small scratches and surface abrasions can be simply polished out.
2) Now for deeper scratches, paint spots and bloom. (bloom being the white misty look plastic takes on after accidental contact with spirit cleaners).
First thoroughly soak the wet and dry in water containing a good proportion of washing up liquid. Rub down the scratch or bloom taking care to ‘feather out’ the area you are rubbing to avoid sanding a channel in the plastic. Wipe with a cloth periodically to check the progress.
Once the scratch has been removed, polish out the small scratches left by the 1200 wet and dry with Duraglit or Brasso wadding polish and continue until the area is shiny and flat again.
To remove spirit bloom, rub down the area with 800 wet and dry. Check the area then go over again with the 1200 grade. Check the bloom has been removed. When you are satisfied that the misty look has gone, proceed to polish it back to a brilliant shine with the Duraglit or Brasso wadding.To finish, furniture polish the part and you would never know it had been damaged. 😉
Hope that helps,
Steve.
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aqualectric wrote:The only thing it will not remove is black mould stain.
I’ve found Dettol Mould remover works pretty well on this – £1.50 for a spray bottle in Tesco. Bottles are lime green and in cleaning aisle so pretty easy to spot.
Spray on and leave for a few minutes then wipe off with thinners. Door seal has very slight discolouration but definitely passable for a cheap recon WM or similar, and works even if the seal is really bad.
Quite a nice cheap extra for repair customers too if their door seal is mouldy for a couple of pence.
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Taff wrote:Bosch dishwashers metering chambers blocked. I always carry a spare and take the old one back to my workshop and fill the affected area with Domestos toilet cleaner and leave it for a day. I then blast is out with water using a hose pipe with copper brake pipe connected to it. This enables the pipe to be directed to the blocked area of the chamber.
TaffA Bottle brush or flue brush can be used to clean out the pipe to the metering chamber from the sump without even removing the side panel and is often all is needed but the chamber is better to be checked for blockages.
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bruce118 wrote:
Taff wrote:
Bosch dishwashers metering chambers blocked. I always carry a spare and take the old one back to my workshop and fill the affected area with Domestos toilet cleaner and leave it for a day. I then blast is out with water using a hose pipe with copper brake pipe connected to it. This enables the pipe to be directed to the blocked area of the chamber.TaffA Bottle brush or flue brush can be used to clean out the pipe to the metering chamber from the sump without even removing the side panel and is often all is needed but the chamber is better to be checked for blockages.
I take the side off the machine , fill to wash level and then pour Milton into the unit at the floats. Refit the side and tell customer to leave it soak for a few hours. Always works .Re: Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts
Iv Always Used A Dab of White Grease To Coat The Bearing & Seal When Replacing.
the Past Couple of Years Iv Been Using The Aerosol Type Much Better. And You Can Coat The Bearings Inner Sides When Fitted makes A Real Difference When You Give it A spin.
Also If You Are Using The Original Spider it Will Prevent That Tear Drop Drip you may Find Coming From The Drum Weep hole 😥 After Putting The Thing Back Together 😉 .
Iv Tried The Wynn’s Product To Thin Does not Stick Very Well.
use The 3in1 Oils Product That The best £2.99.Garn…
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puting intigrated washers back in if lying on the dreaded peace of work top.with no room to get it on and under sink work top. i stick a rolling pin under machine. rolls in a treat 😆
Re: Tips, Tricks & Shortcuts
adv wrote:puting intigrated washers back in if lying on the dreaded peace of work top.with no room to get it on and under sink work top. i stick a rolling pin under machine. rolls in a treat 😆
As rolling pins arent always available I use the handles of screwdrivers.
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Here’s a couple of videos I’ve come across with some pretty useful tips for desoldering & soldering.
http://www.youtube.com/v/KIRMON1e93s
http://www.youtube.com/v/P4pIjXo845Y
I couldn’t figure out how to embed them.
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I think this one is worthy.
Tips here on how to deal with washing up liquid overfoaming in dishwashers
Don
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Anyone ever struggled trying to change the jockey pulley on the later Hotpoint/Indesit CTD, stretchy belt dryers.
The last one I did was a year or so ago and I thought it was a real pain of a job.
Today I stood back for a second, had a think about it then removed the inner fan cowling and inner fan, takes seconds.
Changing the pulley was then an absolute doddle. 8)
Apologies to any of you that already do it that way. 😉
Jim.
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Think this is worth inclusion here. Relating to a Hpt WD420 with odd flashing lights but no doubt would apply to many models,
hodgheg wrote:I’ve had this before & it’s usually the PCB. One trick that works sometimes is to unplug the machine & short the live & neutral pins on the plug!! I didn’t believe it but the tip came from a current Hotpoint/Indesit engineer & it’s worked twice for me. It makes the board forget all its troubles & reset.
Mike.
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Washing Machine Door Handle Broken & Can’t Open The Door!!!
Does’nt apply in all cases BUT often as not it will….(Guaranteed with the likes of the later series of E-lux/Zanussi & AEG washers & washer-dryers and many BSH machines as a sure-fire example) 😉
Just slide a short length of fine wire (like thin bell wire or thinner) around the door frame (North to South) then drag it toward the centre of the porthole. It snags on the catch and releases the door….VIOLA! 😀
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