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Re: Hotpoint/Indesit TD drum support wheels
And you need to replace the belt too for some reason, presumably a stronger one. You are right, they were ridiculously rumbly. There’s a part number for a conversion kit somewhere.
Re: Getting the belt on the tension pulley – Hpt condenser d
iadom wrote:Which models of Hotpoint condensor dryers have a stretchy belt ?
Looking at Partfinder even the 2004 production condensor dryers have a jockey pulley.
In fact most of the diagrams show only one pulley and the parts list the qty as one pulley, but the 1701141 belt I changed on Friday on a TDC30 definately went over two pulleys.The ones made in last year or so have just one pulley and the belt is about 2 inches away from it. It has to be forced over to get onto the wheel and it is very tough to do. The official method in the tech book is to undo the motor and use a tool to lever it but it looks a very awkward method. Using the pipe pliers and a minute heating the belt with a hair dryer is the best method I’ve found (and I’ve tried several)
Re: Hotpoint WF840P sticks with 1 minute on display
Interesting. Thanks for that, however the new pcb and eeprom hadn’t cured it.
Re: Indesit wiring diagram for w123uk please
flash wrote:hi Guys
I have just taken a job on this machine to find the owner has done a DIY job he has removed the module & timmer and thrown them in the bin ..Oh dear. Rather you than me 😯 There aren’t many engineers who wouldn’t cut losses on that one and refused to deal with it.
Re: Getting the belt on the tension pulley – Hpt condenser d
Martin wrote:Andy,
Hotpoint produce the 2 different sizes of special tool, the larger one for fitting WMA belts the smaller for tumble dryers. (I don’t recall the part numbers though? – I’m sure someone can though!)
Martin
How do these “tools” work? Are they any better than a strong screwdriver?
Re: Bosch WFF2260UK/01
andy_art_trigg wrote: Did this one need confuguring?
he he – I meant configuring of course – they are always confugered at the factory 😉
Re: Bosch WFF2260UK/01
I had a Bosch dishwasher module the other day which didn’t work properly when fitted. I also fitted a Hotpoint washing machine display module which did strange things and certain buttons didn’t funtion. It turned out that BOTH needed configuring but no leaflet advising of this (and how to do it) were with the part! Did this one need confuguring?
Re: Which is the best electric screwdriver?
I’ve bought a Black & Decker 12 volt one with adjustable angle. It’s a beast, and it zaps screws off twice as fast as the pathetic pistol-type 4.8V one I had before.
I have realised that (as Martin says) I need a spare battery. There’s nowt worse than the battery dying on you in the morning and having to use manual screwdrivers the rest of the day.
Re: Pumping washing machine water from basement?
Nice one. I rigged up a more crude but equally effective system in my workshop to water test machines. I fitted a shelf about 6 foot above where the machines were to be water tested. I drilled a hole in a normal water tank (found in lofts) in its side as near to the bottom as possible and sealed a sump hose into it. I fitted a Hoover pump at the end of the hose. The drain hose from this pump went a further few feet higher and into half inch waste pipe which went about 20 feet right across my shop and into the waste pipe in the sink in a corner.
The pump was permanently plugged in to a socket with only the neutral connected and the live was just a long lead with a crocodile clip on the end.
When testing a washing machine I just clipped the lead onto the live of the washing machine’s pump, and each time the washer pumped out it also supplied the tanks’s pump. The water pumped into the tank, drained into the second pump and was pumped another few feet up to the waste water plumbing.
I was well chuffed with that 🙂
kwatt wrote:Essentially, so far as I can tell from what I’ve read on it, UK mass production of whitegoods is living on borrowed time. 🙁
K.
At least they’ll always need repairing from the UK 😉
Re: Eumenia washing machine – ever heard of one?
Thanks K. I was gonna Google it meself – but I thought UKW should be my first port of call 🙂
Re: What’s the most illogical fault you’ve had to find?
Indeed 🙂
I always remember the time when I had a Hoover A3260 fusing. It was bang down to earth. In those days I used to test down live and earth on the plug and just disconnect things to see if it cleared the short. I leaned the machine back and unplugged the motor but it was still down to earth at the plug end. Next the heater, then the suppressor. Then I started to scratch my head as no other component was known to me to go down to earth and fuse. I disconnected the door interlock, then the thermostat, even the water valves and pump. I was stumped, the only thing I hadn’t disconnected was the timer and that surely can’t go down to earth.
Finally I tipped the machine back again and saw that the motor plug (which was clipped to the tub weight) was still partially connected! I had pulled the plug out, but it was held in place by the big green clip on the tub weight and as I’d let go it was still partially pushed back into the motor. The short was on the motor all along as first suspected and I’d turned a 1 minute diagnosis into over half an hour of head scratching. Since then I’ve always tested the components directly.
Re: Indesit W161 UK Bearing change
I’ve been told that a good whack with a hammer (taking care not to damage the head) breaks the loctite and makes it easier to undo although I haven’t tried it yet. I’ve so far bust 3 torx bits on this pulley.
Re: Getting the belt on the tension pulley – Hpt condenser d
Yes it’s a nightmare with the WMA belt. I use those special cut resistant gloves to protect my hands. The plastic bag tie sounds a good idea. I will try it with a cable tie and just cut it off after.
The vented dryer belts are very tight indeed, especially in a garage when the belt is cold. I’ve found heating the belt up for a minute or two with a hairdryer works wonders. It slips on (almost) easily. I use a flat bladed screwdriver which I insert theough the belt and force the blade under the motor shaft. I then press down and with a nicely heated belt it goes on fairly easily with a turn of the drum.
