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Re: Zanussi 1397 spin/no spin problems
You were done Chris, Guinness was £1.50 a pint over here! 😆
Oliver.
Re: 32 year old TI Jackson compact tumble drier.
Thank you very much for your replys Tom and Martin, they are most helpful. At least now I know what I am looking at, its not in bad condition, the cabinet could use a paint, but I was thinking of putting it back into full use as my White Knight 84 AW is starting to give up at just over 3 years old, pathetic isn’t it? The Electra although half the size is a far superior drier in every way, even though the heater is a bit fierce on the high setting!
The apperance parts are fine, and if the filter goes it can be used without an it is on the front, providing the machine with no protection only the hose. The door is the solid metal drop down type, abit like the ISE10 machines. The hinges are as good as the day it was bought and so are all the seals, the timer and heat controls work fine and so does the motor. Its far quieter than the WK and doesn’t rattle.
Thanks
Oliver.
Re: 32 year old tumble drier.
Been looking all over the place and cannot find a thing, dosen’t mean everything is obsolete though. Surely even a belt is avaiable?
Cheers.
Re: Very old junior
Hi Madrat,
From what I can tell the bag looks right, it looks better than your original picture. I haven’t seen one for a long time. Haven’t seen a Constellaton for a while either, there was a remake fairly recently called the Maytag Satellite, looked similar to the original.
Can’t remember anything about the belt or brush roller.
You’ve got me thinking, I have a 32 year old TI Jackson tumble drier in the loft, I’m now thinking of giving that a bit of TLC now, at least give it a lick of paint. I forgot I had it but youv’e got me all nostalgic now.
Oliver.
Re: Very old junior
Blimey, haven’t seen one of these in donkeys years, its not in bad nick considering its age. A work mate has a Hoover Senior and Junior that he still cleans his house with, damn good machines. Who would have thought there were any parts left at all, please post a pic when you’ve finished, should be excellent!
Thanks for the memories Madrat. Are you going to being using it instead of your Dyson when you’ve restored it? 🙂
Oliver.
Re: 8.5 year old IAR Siltal drum bearings and brushes.
Just an update,
Bearings and brushes replaced and the machine runs like clockwork again. Very quiet and the drum shaft was in perfect condition. The brushes are not as badly worn as I would have thought, but changed them anyway as it was in bits all over the kitchen. While I was at it I adjusted the pressure switch so it rinsed with a more sensible amount of water, it fills about 2″ up the door glass instead of the 3-4″ in the bottom of the drum.
When we finished I ran 4 maintainence washes to clean and test it and its on light duties for the next week while everything beds in.
I have heard bad things about Siltal, but it has put up with 10-15 loads a week for nearly 9 years and my Mum (its my parents machine) overloads it permanently, I have had a little word about that as well! It is a really good machine and am pleased it has not gone for scrap unnessercerily, she is much happier now it rinses better as well, towels are not hard any more. She says it washes better now aswell, as I had to increase the wash water level to increase the rinses (rinses are made up of wash level plus a 20 second timed fill), that took some working out but I got there in the end!
Thanks UKW for getting the parts,
Oliver.
PS. Just a saftey warning I would NOT recommend adjusting a machines pressure switch if you do not know what you are doing, you could cause a serious flood, which would not be covered by your home insurance. 😉
Re: White Knight ‘A Class’ cracked drum
Hi PiaMaria,
Just out of interest are you using the 8 hour A class programme? Because if you are your drier is doing 4 times more work per load than it needs to! So will only last 25{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} as long as a normal Crosslee made machine would. Hence the regular faillings.
I also have a White Knight A class (84AW) just over 3 years old, it makes noises it really shouldn’t do so as far as I’m concerened they are not really worth putting great money into, so when mine fails (unless its a cheap repair) its had it chips for something better. They are made about 2 miles up the road from my home, so I thought I would buy locally and put money into our economy, well won’t be doing that again. I hate to say this but I may even consider a Miele.
I heard some of Crosslees employees talking the other day, lets just say quality control has gone out of the window. I won’t say anymore on that as you can get sued for telling the truth these days!
Oliver.
Re: Bosch WFF2000 – no draining or spinning at end of cycle
The instruction book is obsolete, I also tried to get one early last year, Bosch will let you order it then the day after e-mail to apologise and refund your money saying it is no longer available. There are plenty of German ones about though.
Oliver.
Re: which SEBO?
kittyhen wrote:P.S. Its sweet the way you two talk to each other through posts lol
😉
Can’t beat good manners!
Please do let us know what you buy in the end, often we never get to find out and feed back is important too. 😀
Oliver.
Re: which SEBO?
don wrote:
No doubt user Higherwaterlevel will see this and respond 😉
8)
Hi,
Don is spot on, I would have said the X4 as well. Cannot comment on the Felix, never seen or used one however knowing Sebo it will be nothing short of impressive. Upright or cylinders with the electric power head are better for carpetting as they beat out the dust and grit.
The X4 will clean hard floors too as it has a computer guided brush so always maintains perfect contact with any floor you wish to clean.
The K3 is also an excellent machine, I would srongly recommend going for the electric power head though, the best cylinders I have come across.
Overall with what you say about storage and flooring types you have for me the X4 is the winner.
HTH,
Oliver.
Afternoon Don :waving:
Re: Object between drums
iadom wrote:To quote the Oldham Tinkers from their song Owdham Edge.
“An now wi cum t’ yorkshurs line, a can’t si nowt past theer but grime” 😛
Yeah and you know what I do for a living, plenty of GRIME 😆
You know what they say……….”Where theres muck theres money”. Very true :rolling:
Re: Object between drums
Hi Jane,
I’m not a washer engineer but I have managed to remove foreign objects from the outer drum by removing a paddle and fishing it out through the aperture. Don’t know if your model has removable paddles though.
Oliver.
Good evening Jim :waving:
from the Dark Side………
Re: Bosch WAE2416S Water not heating?
Hi,
I have a 16 year old Bosch, just done a 60oC wash and after 4 cold high level rinses the washing is freezing. The main wash was hot so the heater is working.
Oliver.
