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Going to this tomorrow, complaint of programme out of sync. washing on spin, spinning on wash or dry. Is the control knob on this machine as liable to breakage as most Zanussi timer knobs, or should I be looking elswhere?
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The tacho magnet has come unscrewed perhaps ?
Not an uncommon occurance on these 😉
Dave.
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Timer outer dial lugs most likely snapped, or the runner on the cam is broken very common on built in zanussi’s.
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Dave_Conway wrote:The tacho magnet has come unscrewed perhaps ?
Not an uncommon occurance on these 😉
Dave.
By all accounts it is running smoothly enough, I have always found the control knobs on Zan machines to be prone to failure but they usually just turn around without you being able to move the timer, possible only a few of the internal lugs have snapped.
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built in ones are a bit different, outer dial is sometimes only driven by one lug driven off another small plastic lug on the cam. Only takes a bit of muck between the dial & fascia causes the dial to stiffen up & either jumps out of the runner or snaps. The cam then pushes it around but the cycle indicator no longer lines up properly. If your lucky then it just needs a good clean up, if not a new outer indicator and/or runner.
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i wish I hadn’t bothered. 😀
Timer knob & programme dial seem Ok, selected all 5 separate OFF positions first and switched on, all seem to be in line.
first tried prog F (long spin) drains for a few seconds ( no motor action ) then timer starts to advance, at next step ‘G’ the dryer fan motor kicks in even though the dryer timer is OFF. It continues to step past the OFF position and on through prog H & J stopping just past K. If I set it to a 40 degree wash it seems to fill normally and tumbles fine. ( at least it did once)
Try to set it to H and sometimes it advances past K but on one occasion it started to tumble with little or no water.Set to R ( short spin) drains for 10/15 seconds then advances once then sticks on fill/drain., ( no motor action)
Set to L starts to empty for a few seconds then clicks once and goes dead.Faulty timer ❓ ❓
Not able to get the machine out ATM, fairly dodgy installation requiring major dismantling.Re: Zanussi ZJD1285
Phidom wrote:Motor brushes worn out but just about contacting now & again?
Why would that cause the timer to advance past an OFF position and a couple of programmes, and why did the dryer fan motor kick in when the dryer timer was set to OFF ?
When set to spin the motor does not run at all and yet on the wash I managed to get it to do, it ran smoothly.Re: Zanussi ZJD1285
That’s a weird one, either the module down the bottom is knackered or theres a blockage in the air chamber / manifold / sump hose area. As far as i can remember there are a couple of pressure switches on that one and if one of them stops working it can do all kinds of weird things Also the dryer fan may run for a few seconds even if the dryer timer isnt set, it can even run briefly during the rinse cycle – dont know why but it does.
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I wondered about pressure switches, I hate integrated machines, I have asked the customer to make the machine accessible, there is no way I am removing laminated flooring, side panels etc.
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Just been back to this machine, customer has been away, removed both pressure hoses and machine went into spin perfectly. No large amounts of gunge in chamber but a couple of coins in the main filter/pump assy that had got past the filter cage, wonder if these are blocking the chamber and causing the problems. I think the design and acccessability of the Zanussi pressure chamber/pump filter assy is one of the most hateful ones that I have ever come accross.
Unfortunately the main bearings have failed. does anyone know the Qualtex part number of the bearing kit for these, is it BKT27 or BKT 48 ?
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iadom wrote:is it BKT27 or BKT 48 ?
I don’t think its either? Though the bearings in both kits will suffice the water seal is different I reckon 🙁
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Think you are correct, have brought the bearing spider home and just knocked out the bearings, a Qualtex BKT80 looks more like it with a single seal.
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iadom wrote:Just been back to this machine, customer has been away, removed both pressure hoses and machine went into spin perfectly. No large amounts of gunge in chamber but a couple of coins in the main filter/pump assy that had got past the filter cage, wonder if these are blocking the chamber and causing the problems. I think the design and acccessability of the Zanussi pressure chamber/pump filter assy is one of the most hateful ones that I have ever come accross.?
If the chamber on the filter housing is blocked try this:
Get yourself a tin of compressed air & adapt the plastic tube that comes with it using insulating tape so that the tube fits the pressure hose.
Put a tiny amount of water in the machine then power off & pull off the hose from the pressure switch.
Attatch your compressed air can to the end of the pressure tube & give it a couple of hard presses.
Power back on & drain the machine, then reattatch the pressure hose.
Check the filter, the muck from the chamber should now be in there.
Fill the machine & drain a couple of times to check correct levels.
You may need to repeat the above a few times.
I’ve used this method about 5 times in recent months & its worked every single time for me with no come back at all. So far I’ve avoided pulling out 2 built in zanussis that were overfilling by removing the bottom panel & attatching a hose to the chamber on the manifold & squirting.
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