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Re: Heater Element needed for “Diplomat” 8502 Wash
Great! Is there anywhere on the site an “Idiot’s Guide” to removing the element from the machine? Thanks. MB
Re: Heater Element needed for “Diplomat” 8502 Wash
Thanks for this. I can’t seem to find it via the Shop@ link. Where should I be looking?
MB
Re: Pump needed for “Diplomat 8502” Washing Machin
I’d have thought so, too, but it IS advancing, only much more slowly – with the pump apparently doing overtime! Very confusing.
MBRe: Pump needed for “Diplomat 8502” Washing Machin
An update. I got a new pump today – locally so as to save time.
I put it in, hoping for success. No more noises, BUT BY NO MEANS OUT OF THE WOODS!
I started a so-called “short” wash (with rinses and a spin), which normally would have taken less than an hour, but just over an hour and three-quarters later, I switched it off in despair, a little before the final spin SHOULD have started. It took in water, did the usual wash bit, but after pumping out, continued for ages to “fiddle about”, rotating one way or the other for ages and ages at a time, while apparently dry – yet the pump seemed to be working long after you’d have expected it to have stopped and whatever should have happened next to have kicked in! It’s hard to remember what was “normal” before, but I did notice that at no stage did the round “window” ever feel in the slightest bit warm – even when the so-called “wash” bit was going on – and even though I had the temperature set at 50 degrees. Does that tell anyone anything? S.O.S.! HELP!
Thanks again to everyone who has volunteered an opinion.
MB
Re: Pump needed for “Diplomat 8502” Washing Machin
Thanks for this suggestion, Bryan. Under the sink is fine and water seems to run through the crinkly hose OK, too. I’m still puzzled!
MBRe: Pump needed for “Diplomat 8502” Washing Machin
I’ve done yet another dummy run (wash). Despite all the noise (from what I can only assume is the pump – because the main motor is not always even trying to trying when the noise is still there), the water did drain -but maybe not completely?? Could it be that the pump is working to some extent, but not actually getting right to the bottom, as it were? I keep suspecting that maybe there’s still a small amount of water below the visible level of the inside of the drum. How “empty” does it need to be to “fool” the vacuum switch thingy (apologies for the technical jargon!)?
MB
