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Re: Bosch Neff Siemens WM motors for sale

iks this still available G??? we have a wae24165 that needs a motor :):):):)

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Re: aeg dishwasher

its the board. emw might be able to sort it for you, tis usually a dry joint somewhere. wouldnt tell me where tho on last 2 lux boards 😀

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Re: Qualtex tub vacs

sold the odd one to the hardcore trade cleaners who blow numatics up within 3 years… but annoyingly the next to nothing margin henrys are still well outselling them…

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Re: bdc bust????

can no one run bdc properly ???

is this where all the cheap stock in the last fortnight from portway is coming from then?

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Re: april fools day…..ive a washer in my shower room ..!!!

ease off guys – pretty sure teh bog seat would not shut fully if you shoved the i/shit down the pan. even the best bogs will baulk at too much crap!

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Re: How should i deal with this?

Martin wrote: Dragging it back to the shop and Beko might turn funny regarding fixing it from there?…in my day f4rting about with new machines, Hotpoint (I was a “Hotpoint Centre” at the time) were less that co-operative fixing m/c’s brought back to my shop….more hastle I didn’t need. :rolls:

this would be the same beko that authorised us to repair a w/m still under their warranty even though we arent contracted. why? because the machine is in a mobile road groundworks caravan site (not pikey travellers) and said their engineer wouldnt have a clue where to find them, as the site didnt actually have a postcode, or adress! we told them what parts we needed they got sent and we fitted them f.o.c (we did sell the machine mind)

ive never had problems with any manufacturer doing a rtb repair, except with service force who are well awkward, basically call centre refused to fill out the form unless i gave them the customers details i told them it wasnt relevant but they HAD to have them because the t/d had been delivered. anyway, tell them customer refused it on delivery cos it was noisy so the t/d will be in our shop as customer rarely at home and didnt want to be bothered till we were delivering the replacement.

so service force were told it was on our premises, we get rung day before call out stating engineer would be with us before 12, 12 comes along and no arrival. phone service force, engineer couldnt get a response, missed call bill left in the door, then they claimed it was our fault because we werent at the customers house to let the engineer in. HELLO, you told us you were visiting our shop the day before, why did he go there? anyways, customer rantign and raving on phone about the missed call out bill, and then finishes the conversation with “forget about the replacement im going to >local rival<" so THANKS Zanussi.

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Re: wf conversion problem

solenoid connections mixed up????

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Re: Hotpoin WF320 not playing

iadom wrote:The thermistor is slotted into the back of the heater which is in a well below the drum, can’t see the drum ever touching the thermistor on one of these. 😉

for some reason i thought it said WD 😳 tired eyes…

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Re: Reasons not to DIY (or let your friends repair)…

TVM562P. UNDER WARRANTY! (well… it was)

Call out to it because it was tripping out occasionally, and now constantly tripping the fusebox (i wonder why?)

1/ stats were replaced and still tripped. and so they were bypassed.

2/ hole drilled in top of the casing (for ventilation? or maybe just where he originally planned to route the additional mains cable)

3/ heater cut apart – theres only actually half of coils left, and one bit of mica is missing

4/ inside the plug, 4core was used, 2 wires to live pin, but only one to the coils of element, one neutral to neutral, and earth wasnt connected to anything at either end

5/ you cant see it in the pic but where the cable enters the outer case, its been cut into buy the sheet metal from the hole.

And the actual fault????

one of then (f) spades in the plastic snap-on heater loom joint was a little too open and loose, so was shorting across it. noticeable by the burn marks. a quick crimp with LNP, and a £50 new element and a £30 back element case and it was working good as new.

daft this is it shouldnt have cos anythign to sort!

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Re: Summer music festivals – anyone out and about???

aclarke wrote:so far im going to sonisphere

dont suppose you happen to have a guest pass going spare for a bit of monetary recompense ???

allan73 wrote:Recons ! Don’t tell the EA…….. 😉

this was before april :rolls: 😈

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Re: How should i deal with this?

have you got any details of the nature of the breakdowns, if the secondary breakdown is due to tenant abuse, then they dont have a right to hold back rent.

there are significantly more tenants who are hell than those who arent for most LAs, and totally pedantic about things who wont accept their actions have caused certain failures. Its the serial tenants who beleive nothing should go wrong and therefore they should be recompensed the minute it does, and depends on how resiliant the LA’s are, and how easy going hte LL’s are. usually the tightest LL’s insist on the highest rents, with the poorest quality tatt appliances and expect them to last, likewise the tenants for these properties tend to be the most demanding and pendantic. We have a good relationship with our LA’s and we have loan machines to go in if theres a reasonable delay in parts – our unwritted agreement is a loan appliance after 5 days since notification. They are aware of it and if thats required there will be a surcharge on the repair bill for it. In their eyes it shuts the tenants up, the landlords dont get threatened with witheld rents and the repairing machine is in our warehouse ready for a service engineer if its under warranty, or ready for the spare part to be fitted as soon as it comes in, it also negates havign to arrange with tenants for access for service engineers 🙂

might be worth swapping hte beko out, and either INSISITING on it going back to BDC (we use the 3 strikes rule of thumb, if its not sorted after that the supplier takes it back or has it dumped in there delivery driveway and we dont move until its received)

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Re: Whats the most annoying thing customers do?

just to let off steam

4.45
C: “am i going to see someone at 5pm tonight?”
Me: “sorry, can you let me know who you are?” (*im not fricken psychic*)

C: “you should know who i am, im the 5pm booking”
Me: “sorry madam, but i have 4 bookings for AFTER 5pm, 2x are deliverys and the other 2 are repairs, could i have your surname please”

C: “oh for goodness sake what kind of a business are you to double book, no i mean quadruple book yourselves like that, can i speak to the owner please”
Me: Im afraid madam, I am the only person here, and all calls for after 5pm are booked as AFTER 5pm calls, and not time specific, due to possible delays during the rest of the day, so if you could let me know who you are I can give you a more accurate time of when we will be with you”

C: “I booked a 5pm visit, i need to be out at 6pm, if i had known it would be this much trouble i would have got hotpoint out, if i do not see the engineer by half 5 i will get someone else out”
ME: So would i be right in thinking this is a hotpoint repair then, in which case I will just check with the engineer to see how long he will be, I will call you back in a few minutes.
C: Hmmph *hangs up*

4.50
ME: calls engineer, hes just pulling into customers road

4:52
ME: couldnt resist calling customer…
“Hi, Mrs*X*X*X*, ive just…”
*door bell goes*
C: “sorry i have to go, your vans here, just as well i was in as hes EARLY…” *hangs up*

Im not normally quite so happy her machine is a BER.
Silly Bitch.

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Re: Hotpoin WF320 not playing

severe bearing failure hasnt led to the drum cheesegrating half the front of the thermister off by any chance? have noticed this several times when i used to harvest useful spares for recons… which is no longer viable

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Re: R.I.P Ronnie James Dio…..

was looking forward to HnH until it was re-dated for next year. now it wont even happen. another rock legend confined to the ground before i got to see them

ah well at least hes in party-loving company now, hendrix, dimebag, burton, scott, cobain, syd, mercury, ramones, strummer, MJ and good ol johnny cash

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Re: Multi Fuel Cookers

as far as i was aware as long as it didnt involve a disconnecting any part of the gas supply (internally or externally) to access the relevant screws/panels you would be ok?!

ALso read on here something about if it was a bayonet connection the owner is entitled to disconnect it and reconnect it for cleaning purposes. if this is actually the case then i guess the owner can suggest he cleans behind it while you look at it. the big problems arise when you have to gain access to the rear but the cooker is directly plumbed-in without a flexi-hose. thats an instant walk away job unless u have a gas safe friend.

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