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Re: Beko Tacho Coil
leavemetogetonwithit wrote:Got a coil ex Arcelik, yellow wires, if you’re still looking. How do you get a part no. if the suppliers don’t list it?
Mike.It’s on Connect Mediator but if you click on the number it does not recognise it as a part number.
Thanks Mike but I’m sorted now. I’d forgotten, I broke up one of these machines about 2 years ago so I had a spare Arcelik motor. 😳Re: Hotpoint Aquarius – Leaks on hot wash
If the machine has hot and cold fill there could be damage to the internal hose from the hot solenoid valve to the soap drawer housing.
Re: Connect….. again!
Bryan wrote:
I think UPS have been recently bought over or amalgamated with another courier. I too had delays a couple of weeks back but seems ok now.
Teething problems I`d imagine :rolls:Bryan
Would that be Lynx by any chance, Bryan, that’s who finally delivered it late Thursday afternoon?
Re: Another joke.
The Texas Duck Hunt
A big city lawyer went duck hunting in rural Texas. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer’s field on the other side of a fence.As the lawyer climbed over the fence, an elderly
farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing. The litigator responded, “I shot a duck and it fell in this field, and now I’m going to retrieve it.”The old farmer replied, “This is my property, and you are not coming over here.”
The indignant lawyer said, “I am one of the best trial attorneys in the United States and, if you don’t let me get that duck, I’ll sue you and take everything you own.
The old farmer smiled and said,” Apparently, you don’t know how we settle disputes in Texas. We settle small disagreements like this with the “Three Kick Rule.”
The lawyer asked, “What is the Three Kick Rule?”
The Farmer replied, “Well, because the dispute occurs on my land, first I kick you three times and then you kick me three times and so on back and forth until someone gives up.”
The attorney quickly thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old codger. He agreed to abide by the local custom.
The old farmer slowly climbed down from the tractor and walked up to the attorney. His first kick planted the toe of his heavy steel toed work boot into the lawyer’s groin and dropped him to his knees. His second kick to the midriff sent the lawyer’s last meal gushing from his mouth. The lawyer was on all fours when the farmer’s third kick to his rear end sent him face-first into a fresh cow pie. The lawyer summoned every bit of his will and managed to get to his feet. Wiping his face with the arm of his jacket, he said, “Okay, Now it’s my turn.”
The old farmer smiled and said, “Naw, I give up. You can have the duck.”
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Re: Can Hotpoint get any worse
I don’t think it is fair to blame Merloni entirely for the decline in quality of Hotpoint machines. It has been a steady process which started long before the change of ownership. Detail changes like screwing self tappers direct into panels instead of the using clip on inserts, leaving the tails untrimmed on cable ties, leaving a handful of assorted screws, washers etc floating in the base of each appliance; all this happened before the takeover. The wrap around case machines were largely before my time but didn’t they have 3 suspension units, making do with only 2 on the later 95000 range?
Re: THE THINGS CUSTOMERS SAY ?
indespoint wrote:
Why is it when you go a house that is a right sh** hole dthe customers always say either…
“excuse the mess were in the middle of decorating” or “we’ve just moved in?”Had exactly these excuses today when I went to a big dual fuel stainless steel range cooker. There was at least an inch of debris in the bottom of the oven and all outside surfaces were liberally coated in grease. The mains inlet connector block was burnt out and there was not much room to get at it, especially when I needed to re-connect the now shortened power cable. I therefore had to do my contortionist act, getting filthy in the process. There was a tribe of children there, including one who watched what I was doing intently throughout. At one point the little lad said to his mother “The repair mannie will need a hot bath when he gets home from here.” Out of the mouths of babes….. 😆
Re: Connect….. again!
Connect rang me this morning, the usual “courtesy call”. I complained that I’m still waiting for stuff I ordered on Monday. They said it was sent by UPS and were going to chase them and ring me back. So far, no phone call and no parcel 😡 (12.45 the UKW clock is STILL wrong!)
Re: Connect….. again!
Dave_Conway wrote:I must admit, they’re OK for deliveries here at the moment, DHL seem to have pulled their finger out lately.
Do DHL deliver to you or is it passed to a 3rd party ?
Dave.
It varies, sometimes it is DHL, sometimes a firm called Pegasus. I used to have trouble with suppliers who used Lynx, as the Lynx van only came here on Tuesday and Thursday. This meant that if I ordered stuff on a Wednesday I would not get it until the following Tuesday. It would still be labelled “Next Day Delivery” though :rolls:
Re: Guaranteed Repairs
As I said before, I give a 3 month guarantee on repairs and rerely have to go back to jobs but I once did have a fan oven element fail within the 3 months. I was willing to do the repair free of charge but the customer insisted on paying me something. I suppose the worst thing I’ve had in terms of guarantee claims was that batch of yellow Hotpoint brushes. I dare say most of us suffered in this way, not just the cost of replacement brushes and extra visits to fit same but tarnished reputations for doing short lived repairs. 👿
Re: Beko WMA1613
It looks like Beko experts are thin on the ground here so I won’t bother asking about one I saw today that had lots of flashing lights but did nowt else.
Re: Screwfix
No, it’s just an add on timer using full rate electricity. I went in Holland House this morning and picked up something similar but not identical, for about the same price as the Screwfix one. I don’t like the sort with a 13 amp socket as the plug can get hot when working flat out with a 3 KW immersion.
Re: DIY repairs
Most of the DIY repairers are going to have a go with or without advice. If someone can help them to tackle the job safely and point them in the right direction rather than wasting time doing the wrong checks this forum will hopefully help to prevent accidents rather than cause them. I suppose if you have a van full of Merloni spares you can often diagnose by substitution, not possible for us independant repairers who have to tackle all makes. We don’t usually have circuit diagrams available and in many cases, live testing is the only option. For example, you won’t find a sticking pump relay on a module using resistance readings but you won’t need to if you have a spare module in the van.
