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Re: Van Stock
I try to keep one pair of every type of carbon brush but you still get the odd ones where you have to solder a loose carbon into the old holder. Had one like that the other day, ancient Indesit with holders that had flanges/mounting holes top and bottom. Also try to keep one of each size of tumble drier belt but the sack seems to get fuller all the time as new ones appear.
Re: Happy Birthday Ted!
Thats a new one, I’ve never heard Kevin abbreviated to Ted before 🙄
Phil (short for philanthropissed) 😉Re: WMA Spider
The original bolts are stainless anyway and although the nut plates do rust I’ve never had any that were not still usable. Now if they gave you new screws with the WMA spider, that would be useful…
Re: hotpoint wm spares kit from connect
I would suspect the tacho might not be right for the 95 series, which also had a different motor plug. I’ve used the WMA kit but I doubt whether many folk round here would want to pay for a new motor on a 95 series. There are still a few armatures around so this is still the most cost effective route on the older machines.
Re: Zanussi Carbon Brushes
I just looked at 9894 on the Homespares website and they look the same as those in the 2003 catalogue. I only carry the white holder brushes for sole motors, Homespare 3141 or similar but have used them to replace the other types, the only difficulty being the larger spade size. What is the problem with the current Homespares ones?
Re: Stolen tools, mega meter and whirlpool spares
I don’t think your motor insurer will cover that lot. You either need proper tools of the trade cover or do what I do, take the important stuff out of the vehicle overnight. Fortunately we have hardly any crime round here so I get away with being quite forgetful, sometimes leaving the workshop unlocked all night etc.
Re: WMA Spider
I would certainly try the WM ones. The quality of OE spiders does not seem that good as I’ve replaced quite a few on the later WMs which were cracked at only 3 or 4 years old.
Re: PUBLIC LIABILITY INS QUOTES
Martin wrote:
To be part of repairs@ you must have £2million cover anyway! 😉
Yes I noticed that when I was going through the forms last night. I also noticed the bit about taking away scrap parts. At present I leave these with the customer to dispose of since it saves me having a licence to transport waste materials. On balance I value the freedom to run my business my own way and therefore do not feel ready to sign the UKW Charter.
Re: PUBLIC LIABILITY INS QUOTES
At present I have £1 million cover, which seems quite a lot to me but it looks like the concensus is that I should have £2 million? ❓
Re: Look at what you’re missing
Do I have to fill in the call charges section on the form or can I leave this blank? I have a callout charge which varies with distance and covers the first hour, an hourly rate after the first hour and set prices for certain jobs so would not want to commit to a simplified pricing structure.
Re: Look at what you’re missing
I was just wondering if it would be worth me signing up so I have gone through this whole thread to see if my principal postcode areas (AB56 and IV30) appeared but I did not see them, despite there being no coverage in these places. Is there a full list I can access somewhere to check properly?
