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I have no idea regarding compatibility but I do know that all Kenwood Chef appliances have been made in China for some years now and are nothing like the quality of the original equipment.
Model number would help but it looks like it could be July 2002 or July 2012?
However as Indesit machines rarely last that long they may have changed the serial number format.
Sounds very suspect, it’s like writing off a top of the range Mercedes and offering you a Fiat as a replacement.:o
Hi Alex, I retired fully just over 4 years ago at the young age of 70. Must admit I don’t miss it at all. Still playing squash or racketball 2 or 3 times a week. Season ticket at Man United and full member at Lancashire cricket club, large gardens with lots of vegetable beds and granddaughter also keep me very busy. Martin did pop his head over the fence a few months back but is rarely seen these days. Did loads of those stats, a bit of a fiddle but never managed to lose the wiring.;)
A capacitor failure usually leads to a humming noise not a rumbling one. When you say the motor is not turning do you mean the drum is not turning. The drum should move when turned by hand but not freely, there should be some resistance when trying to push it round. I am wondering if you have got the belt back on correctly? These motors very rarely burnt out and you would be able to smell a burnt out motor.
I find a little bottle of loctite comes in handy for all sorts of things, the tiny screws in the hinges of my glasses for one. Often use it when assembling certain ‘flat pack’ items if I deem it necessary.
I was always aware that a lot of engineers didn’t use Loctite. I’m just old school. Loctite was used during manufacture, it’s how I was taught at Hotpoints training school and it is in the official repair manuals. See #8 on bearing reassembly in the manual I sent you. 981009 was the van stock number for Loctite. If it stays on great, if it comes loose again you have a belt and braces back up.:)
The nuts where always fitted with Loctite applied from the factory. A sharp knock was usually enough to break the seal, sometimes I would apply some heat with a blow torch to the nut if it was proving difficult to remove.
It is recommended by the manufacturer and something I always did, you should use Loctite Nutloc on the thread after you have tightened the pulley. Only use the Loctite for the large nut, not the pulley.
Early plastic trims had small pegs secured by push on clips on the inside. Double sided adhesive tape was used later and also issued for replacement trims.
The belief that anyone over 50 is not tech or IT savvy is a bit of a myth. I got my first PC, a BBC B model made by Acorn in 1981, over 40 years ago. A large number of blokes in their 60’s and 70’s will have cut their teeth on Sinclair Spectrum ZX or Commadore 64 computers. Less so the ladies amongst us I would guess.
I’m somewhere between 73 & 75.;) Started for Hotpoint in May 1969. Left after just over 11 years and went on my own. Finally hung up my screwdriver at the age of 70. Now spend my time watching Man United, Lancashire cricket, lots of gardening, occasionally looking after our granddaughter and into my 50th year of playing squash. I still manage 2 or 3 games a week, thankfully most of my regular opponents have slowed down at the same rate as I have.:)
