[Boldy]

Re: F & P SmartDrive 500 GW500B-K, found donor machine

Hi y’all. I’ve managed to find a faulty machine, the same model as mine, that I was hoping to get some parts off. The failure mode on this machine is that it won’t spin. Pulling diagnostics from it I found a 00100100 (water level low light) and a 00000010 (water level low + high light). Possible that I might be able to get a control module from this?

[Boldy]

Re: F & P SmartDrive 500 GW500B-K

oh dear looks like I’ll be breaking out mr visa 😕 Thanks for your help guys

[Boldy]

Re: F & P SmartDrive 500 GW500B-K

riiiiight got the water out ok, took the pressure switch tube off and blew threw it. This seemed to clear a little water out, so I tried another empty wash. This time the water drained, and the machine spun up ok.

I’m still getting a couple fault codes however. The first one has changed to 00000100, and the other one is 00010000.

Also noticed that the drain tube does infact have a hole in it, and it was likely that this had a small leak inside the machine.

Can someone diagnose the first fault code for me? Thanks again
Mike

[Boldy]

Re: F & P SmartDrive 500 GW500B-K

Thanks for the info. One step at a time, how do I empty the machine of water? I take it there is an easy way rather than bucket or siphon the remaining water? Must be some sort of drain valve or something?

[Boldy]

ok now that I’ve got home and checked, the drain hose is ok. I put a empty load on, it filled up ok, but didn’t drain completely and doesn’t spin.

Holding wash temp down and pressing pwr button results in firstly the wash level low light on plus 00100100. If I press the advance button it changes to the wash level high + low lights on plus 00010000. What does this mean?

Also where abouts is the drain valve located?

Thanks for your help guys,
Mike

[Boldy]

Re: F & P SmartDrive 500 GW500B-K

Thanks for the information. Haven’t noticed any water on the floor or anything and I’m pretty sure its not siphoning. Faulty motor controller. Sounds omnious!

[Author]

Posts