Recent content by linker3000

Well this talking to myself therapy is fun! I have changed the brushes and now I have plenty of torque in the motor in both directions, but still no effective spin cycles. Are the most likely candidates the motor tacho and the timing unit? Is there anyone out there!?

Ok, I have got a bit further - I removed the drain pipes on the bottom of the machine that link to the drain pump and the box surrounding it - the pipes were full of gunk and sludgy washing powder. One pipe leads from the drum (I presume the main drain hose) and the other leads up the back of...

Hi Folks, The above machine seems to wash OK, but when it comes to spinning it goes through the motions of doing some short spins in either direction to balance the clothes, but for the fast bit it revs up for a few seconds and spins down then off. Very occasionally it works fine. The...