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Re: AEG 72620 bits
That’s more like it, Connect price must be wrong – I thought it looked WAY too much!! 😯
Re: AEG 72620 bits
Seal = £10.35 +VAT (ssp £17.31 + VAT). Stock at Connect.
Spider = £98.19 + VAT (ssp £144.22 + VAT). 😯 😯 Order only at Connect.Unfortunately it doesn’t say if the spider is 9 or 18 carat gold. 😆
Hope that helps,
Steve.
Re: Zanussi FL812
FL812 is post-washcraft series (grey facia update of the old Z818 and Z918). 16uF capacitor was always under mains filter at top back right of cabinet. Clear plastic shield conceals it at first glance. Look for the 2 x 13mm head nuts one above the other on the back of the machine. 😉
Hope that helps,
Steve.
Re: Diplomat ADP8226 dishwasher facia.
Thanks for the advice Dave, I’m having a run on facias and catches in the last ten days – a fourth set ordered tonight!! What’s going on?? 😆
Cheers,
Steve.
Re: Hotpoint WM54 timer blown
Delaminated motor brushes (white holders) causes brushes to jam in the holders and overheat. Also armature failure.
Steve.
Re: Diplomat ADP8226 dishwasher facia.
Thanks, Dave! 😀
Who is the best Smeg parts stockist? I seem to be coming across these machines more and more each week. I usually deal with Connect but they don’t seem to recognise most of the part numbers you give: all are special orders so no price and availability info is forthcoming.Thanks again,
Steve.
Re: wma tub
If welded tubs are the way forward (and I agree with Jim it’s only a manufacturing cost issue not for reliability or longevity) what happens to the scrap tubs?
Maybe the ‘A’ rating on such machines as Indesit should be replaced by a sticker showing the ‘Enviromental Footprint’ of such a disposable product. Customers should be allowed to know that large parts of their machines are irrepairable and will need to be scrapped fairly regularly and unnecessarily.
Now for the part that blows ‘the manufacturer fixes it free under warranty’ bit out of the water. The ‘Enviromental Footprint’ calculation could be made by taking account of all the parts needed to keep the machine in question running in perfect order for a period of say, 10 years. That would include if it needed to be replaced with another like for like machine inside the 10 year period and take account of all repairs required for that too.
Then another calculation could be made of the resources (gas, electricity, diesel, petrol, oil, water and subsequent pollution from transportation) arising from increased collections and deliveries, recycling of scrap parts, end of life disposal, pollution from recycling plants and landfill that these machines generate because of their design over the ten year period.
Then look at the results. Good quality repairable machines would score best and cost the planet less as well. Cheap modern ‘A’ rated machines would probably be less enviromentally friendly than a Hoover Electron from the seventies given those parameters.
And what will happen after July next year and the WEEE regs say it’s all classed as hazardous waste? How will the independent engineer dispose of the increasing amount of non-repairable parts? Why throw away and have to recycle the whole tub when you can throw away just 2 bearings, a spider, (all small and easily stored and recycled) and just be left with the rubber seal?
Takes a lot of those to make a hill…… :rolls:Steve.
Re: buying a van
That is what I had been led to believe – but the fact is that ALL Citroen vans contracted through the dealers are managed by Citroen Contract Motoring – the dealer is virtually powerless to influence anything beyond the sale.
Three weeks before the end of the contract, Citroen phoned me 3 times ‘to arrange collection of the vehicle within the next few days’. I told them firstly, my contract hadn’t ended and they could only collect my vehicle from me on the contract expiry date. They seemed perfectly happy with the ‘return to dealer’ instructions I was following. They did not question me or inform me to the contrary. Secondly, I called the dealer who said,” Oh, don’t worry about that, they do that for large companies with multiple vehicles so they can facilitate all collections in one go; ignore them and return the vehicle to us as originally arranged”. This, as it turns out is completely untrue as Citroen turn up to inspect your vehicle as and when it suits them – according to them you are responsible for keeping the vehicle at your premises after the contract has expired, fully insured and safe until they choose to collect it. (even for the 3 weeks that it took them to get to the dealer). 😯 To add to that, neither Citroen nor the dealer contacted me to inform me of the engineer’s inspection, so I could agree/ disagree with his findings; in my absence it was noted that ‘I chose not to attend’. So I said “OK then, take me to court”.
I contacted a solicitor through the FSB helpline who, at first had a ‘Yes, no problem, bang to rights’ type response; but support withered to a ‘Well, if they produce photos in court it would be difficult’….etc, etc. Citroen refused to supply me any evidence saying that I wasn’t entitled to any evidence as their engineer’s report was full and final and would be the only document needed in court.
The only option I was left with was to pay the half figure they finally offered me – it was the cheapest option. My concern was, if they were doing this to me, and I’m fighting it; how many large companies with say 150+ vans, have bursars just signing cheques without question? Nice little earner, eh?
Just had to put it down to experience and hopefully help others not make the same mistake I made – that mistake being to trust people to tell you the truth and stand by you when things go wrong through their incompetency.Steve.
Re: Tricity Bendix BS61 single oven.
No, this is hard wired and if you short out the cut out on the back of the oven cavity it starts up again. This is really strange because the cooling fan only cools the top of the cavity and not the back. 😕 I can’t think of an answer to this.
Thanks anyway, Goose,Steve.
Re: buying a van
Be VERY careful if you have a contract van from Citroen through Citroen Contract Motoring – expect to get royally shafted for ‘damage’ at the end of the term. In a nutshell, don’t damage/ mark /scratch or dent your van in any way inside or out during the three years (a virtual impossibility) and don’t mark the upholstery or you will be charged. And don’t believe for a moment you can negotiate with them or dispute their decision.
I contract hired a Citroen Dispatch 1.9 van from my local Citroen dealer back in 2002 and was told by the contract manager, “Don’t worry too much about little scuffs, dents or scrapes; we realise it is a commercial vehicle and so we expect some damage on it when it is returned at the end of the contract. Don’t even worry about cleaning it or removing the signwriting – just return it to us at the end of the contract and collect your new van”. What a complete pack of lies.
So it would look it’s best when I returned the van, I thoroughly cleaned and polished it inside and out; removed the signwriting and t’cut the paint back to match; had the rear door dent professionally repaired and resprayed (cost me a total of £200); and had the upholstery cleaned. Total one and a half day’s work.
On expiry day I returned the van and just as I was leaving in my new vehicle, I stopped and showed the contract manager around the old van and he was suitably impressed how damage free it was and thanked me for maintaining it in such excellent condition. So we shook hands and I left.
Seven weeks later Citroen sent me a bill for £633 for damages to the old van with 7 days to pay in full. One charge was for damage to the very door I had had repaired and fitted 3 days before return!!! I went straight down to the dealers and demanded he contact Citroen Contract there and then to find out why. I even showed him the receipt for the door repair. Well, it turned out that the van had been left out in the dealer’s yard because Citroen didn’t come and inspect it for 3 weeks – and then left it there a further week before it was finally collected. The dealer stressed to Citroen none of the damage stated was present when inspected by him – but they insisted that only their engineer’s report ( 3 weeks later) was relevant. My door repair invoice was deemed irrelevant to the case. I was told that even though I had returned the van to the dealers and the contract had expired, I was still held responsible for any damage incurred until Citroen chose to collect it because I was the vehicle’s last recorded keeper – not the dealer.
Over the next 9 months I repeatedly asked for evidence of this damage. Citroen refused (yes, point blank refused) to provide me with any evidence, photographs, the vehicle itself or repair bills of any damage – they just threatened me with court, CCj’s and spiralling interest charges and penalty charges totalling over £1200 if I did not pay in full. I wrote letter after letter and all were answered with a standard reply threatening court action.
The van was returned on May 18th 2005 and the matter was eventually resolved in late February this year – I had to agree to pay half of the £633 I was supposed to owe SOLELY because it worked out cheaper than a solicitor and days spent in court and not working. 😥 To this day I have never been presented with one shred of evidence to support their claims.
The moral of the story is :- Don’t contract hire a van. I can honestly say that had I known what I now know I would NEVER have taken another contract on. When this contract expires and the van is returned, I will be armed to the teeth with a video camera and a tape recorder and I will capture everything that is uttered by their inspector – I refuse to be treated like a common criminal again. 😈 😈
BTW, while I was fighting this stupidity, I found out that another local company had returned their vans and recieved huge damage bills as well. They had ply-lined their vans and they were billed by Citroen for the screw holes left behind after removal of the ply!!! 😯 I checked that story out and it is sadly true.
I hate driving this van – I’m frightened to park it anywhere and terrified to mark it in any way – that is NOT how it was sold to me. I long for the day when I can return it; and believe me, it will not be a day too soon. 👿Steve.
Re: Smeg DO4SS double oven grill regulator
How do you find that part number on Connections, Dave? I Have tried all the combinations I can think of with no success. 😕 Any ideas?
Thanks,
Steve.
Re: Bosch SGS4012GB/12 dishwasher sump leak.
Yep, it turned out to be a minute salt grain hole as you said, BSHman and Boro – with a very close inspection it was just visible on the side fold of the filter recess. Customer to buy a new machine.
As for Martin – well, ahem, what can I say? :con: I promise I won’t be too in – salted!! :snigger:Thanks guys!!
Steve.
Re: Hoover HNC270-80 drier no heat.
Thanks Martin and Whitevanman – I’m pretty sure it is the PCB at fault; the manual shows no other possible culprits. The relay shown is a door release/ start button activated unit – fitted one of these last week so I recognise it. Although the manual did show a pressure switch!!? 😕 Don’t remember seeing one in this drier. It’s linked to the motor and heater so I’m guessing it acts as an overfill safety cut-out switch for one or both of them. (although I can’t fathom why it would need it).
I’ll go and see if I can find a pressure switch first; just to be 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} sure before ordering the PCB.Thanks again Guys!! 😀
Steve.
