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Re: Make do & Mend
Great minds think alike. Done same several times. Only yesterday, used inner from washer knob on t/dryer knob. Only difference between washer and dryer is dryer uses springy bit of metal on clip whereas washer uses solid bit of metal.
Often repaired broken knobs in the past by drilling small holes and tying bits together with cable ties. Works on door frames too. Even repaired broken hinge once by threading thin wire through holes drilled strategically and twisting ends together.
Stuff learned in the days before the internet and only weekly spares delivery.
Mike.Re: AEG LAV6050DIG – CARBON BRUSHES
I don’t know if it’ll be much help really but have you tried looking in Masterpart’s “yellow pages” – the paper home laundry spare parts catalogue? Mine is dated 2005 but I’m sure I only received it last year or this. There are some pics which might help a little if you have the old brush in your hand. Similarly, the old Connect paper catalogue gives OPN’s. Then there’s Qualtex’s “Carbon brush assy ref manual”. Could keep you out of mischief for hours poring over that lot. 😆
Mike.Re: motor temperatures
lee8 wrote:
It`s amazing though how many motors fail and require repplacing when all you went for was a door seal replacement. 😆Sometimes they just need taking off and giving a good clean to get the excess carbon dust out.
Mike.Re: Servis M301W allegedly “groaning”. V belt?
Thanks for that Lawrence, I won’t bother carting my bearing tools out now. Yeah I’ve seen those pumps before. Not bad really to have lasted so long considering what a budget model they were. Wonder how many other people thought, as I did, that they were just a heap of junk when they first appeared.
Mike.Re: Samsung j1453s
LJDomestics wrote:
This kinda thing has happened to me too in the past, seems u just need to “look at it2 and it works, customer then says.. eeeeeee it wasn’t working i promise! “never mind love” £30 for my trouble lol.If it was 20 miles away maybe I would have the heart to charge that much, usually I halve my call out charge; or even waive payment altogether if it’s a vulnerable person. I expect you do the same; in the long run it’ll probably pay off. I can’t imagine many customers round here calling me ever again if I charged them thirty quid for stepping in the door and out again. I give the machine a quick once over taking five or ten minutes to check the obvious, explain that it may be intermittent and that I may have to call again etc. I only leave when I’ve made this quite clear so that they can’t subsequently think I failed to spot a fault.
Mike.Re: Samsung j1453s
As long as you don’t mind uplifting it and bringing it down to Penzance, I’ll have a go for you. 😆
What’s a San Georgio, anyway? 😕
Mike.Re: Servis M301W allegedly “groaning”. V belt?
robbra wrote:and bloody heavy
Not what I wanted to hear! It’s jammed into a utility room hardly wider than itself and sat on a raised plinth under a worktop. 😡
Get your tenner ready, I’ll have earned it. 😆
Had one similar last week, just the door catch broken. Luckily the common type you can get a pattern spare for, Servis door catch kits seem to be shooting up in price.
Mike.Re: Britannia RangeSI10T6
Probably this one
http://www.elementman.com/proddetail.as … 63&cat=181
Just copy the measurements and you’ve probably got one in your van.
Mike.Re: AEG LAV6050DIG – CARBON BRUSHES
have you tried the electrolux spares website http://www.electrolux.co.uk/node302.aspx
You’ll need the product number. They give you exploded diagrams.
Mike.Re: How to seperate sealled Drum
Wilf is talking about labour only. I think it may well happen that as time goes on the production of complete sealed drum units will become so normal that they’ll be almost as cheap to buy as a spider and bearing kit.
We’ll be able to wear suits to work when that happens and not get our hands dirty. 😆
Mike.Re: Servis M301W allegedly “groaning”. V belt?
Well, I bow to your superior experience. Not going to bet against you on this. I was going to take the pump along anyway (Thursday); maybe it’s safe to leave my bearing tools at home, job’s obviously not urgent anyway. I use the switch on the wall to check pumps in the same way you use the on/off switch, cause I figure the on/off switch will probably burn out if I give it too much work 😆 . Pity you can’t do this so easily with electronically controlled machines.
Mike.Re: Samsung j1453s
timdowning wrote:I find cleaning, levelling, poking, adjusting, jabbing, staring & SERVICING does work on many other makes.
🙂
Often, I just walk in the door and it fixes itself. 😆
Mike.Re: Servis M301W allegedly “groaning”. V belt?
Still not been back yet (bit out of the way) and she called today to ask if any progress. Discussing it with her I discovered that it only makes this noise when it’s on its second load in succession; first load no noise at all. I think some people don’t have enough to worry about but that aside, I’m thinking it could be the main bearing beginning to go. Had one like that a while back. Cheap as chips as far as the kit’s concerned so I might go prepared to do that.
Mike.
