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phantomrip wrote:I can’t upload a photo, i get a message advising the file is too big, could I email one to you?
It’d be better to use a photo sharing site – eg Flickr (many others exist) then all forum members will be able to see it.
🙂phantomrip wrote:Tubafan, thanks for your help, although the numbers seem to match my connections are 1 to 8 and P1 to P8.
Sorry about that – I think we need a photo then to help identify it.
Just found a much cheaper one – https://www.buyspares.co.uk/oven-function-selector-switch-alone-fd103m/product.pl?pid=3910520
Hoover1973 wrote:Thanks ! That’s my post and kitchen. With my earlier colston. But thanks again !
Oops – sorry! Very nice kitchen by the way. 🙂
Another link for you – https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?35009 – Colston 101/303/505 instructions at post 49 onwards.
A quick Google found these adverts if they are of interest – https://manchestervacs.co.uk/DysonForum/index.php?topic=2789.15
Very odd that the pipe was blocked-off as it’ll quickly lead to failure if the defrost water can’t escape. The purpose of the pipe and the pan is referred to in the instructions where it tells you what to do if the freezer door has been left open for too long:
Freezer compartment door was open for a long time; temperature is no longer reached.
The evaporator (refrigeration generator) in the NoFrost system is covered in thick ice and can no longer be defrosted fully automatically.
To defrost the evaporator, remove the frozen food with the compartments, insulate well and store in a cool location. Switch off the appliance and move it away from the wall. Leave the appliance door open. After approx. 20 min. the condensation begins to run into the evaporation pan, at the rear of the appliance. To prevent the evaporation pan from overflowing in this case, mop up the condensation with a sponge. The evaporator is defrosted when the water stops running into the evaporation pan. Clean the interior. Switch the appliance back on again.A photo would help, but it sounds like it’s the drain for the freezer. If the plastic pan you refer to sits on top of the compressor then that is almost certainly what it is. It should be open to allow defrost water to drain into the pan and be evaporated off by the heat from the compressor.
“Metallic slipping noise” is a good description. It was only due to the witness marks on the pulley that I looked at the belt at all, as it wasn’t the type of noise I have ever heard coming from a rubber belt. Very strange indeed.
Hope it’s ok to come back on this one, as I think I’ve finally sorted it. After initially resigning myself to this noise remaining I got fed up with it a few weeks ago and had the machine open again. While heaving and pulling on everything to try and get it to make the noise I happened to notice some witness marks on the drum pulley that looked like the belt had been moving about. I then pulled the belt side to side on the pulley and got a sound very like the one I had been hearing. This was surprising as this really sounded like something in the drum when it was running. I took the belt off, cleaned the pulley and replaced it. The sound was still there but it had changed a bit. Based on this I bought a new belt, which is now fitted and fingers crossed the sound has gone.
The new belt (exact same spec) is considerable tighter than the old one.
Very odd how a slipping belt could sound like it did but there we are.I’ve had a good look at the motor and suspension mounts and all look perfect. The suspension mounts all look good too.
A wire caught in the back of the drum is sounding more likely. If it’s that I suppose it’ll just have to be lived with until it comes free (if ever),Ok, so it seems I was wrong about it totally going away during the rest of the program. It just did it once only on the first turn of the drum after it filled for rinsing. So once again it’s full of water with a lot of heavy washing in the bottom of the drum. As soon as the load is more equalised it stops.again. I tried to record it after filling for the second rinse, but although it made the noise (only a single click) it didn’t pick up well enough to really hear it on the recording. I’ll try again on the next load.
It doesn’t do it when empty.
It was doing it on this morning’s load for about the first 15 mins and is now silent again. It did start quite loud and get mostly softer over that time. The nearest ‘normal’ noise I can relate it to is when you have a washing ball hitting the drum. Sometimes you’ll get just one or two loud ‘clicks’ and sometimes lots of ‘clicks’ in very fast succession, which sounds more like something graunching against the outer drum.
With the top and back off it sounds like it’s coming from under the drum somewhere, but it’s hard to be precise as I can’t really stick my head in there when it’s running! The timing of it makes me think something is ‘warming-up’, but I’ve no idea what it could be.
I’ll see if I can record the sound on the next load – I assume I can upload a short mp3 file if I can get it?It does do it again if you restart the program. I was experimenting earlier with just a dressing gown in there – ie a heavy unbalanced load, and it would stop the noise once it had spread it around the drum. It seems it’s starting the drum with a wet pile of clothes in the bottom that causes it most. This suggests to me that it’s related to the load on the motor as I assume that is harder to get turning than a spread-out load? It does however sound like a mechanical noise.
I just don’t get it!!
