Thanks, unfortunately I'm not "on site" this morning but I rang the Washing Machine Queen and asked her to try it. As [bad] luck would have it she was in mid-baby-feeding mode so the tests weren't conclusive; the light stayed on; flashed twice then so fast she couldn't count it, then baby...
I have a similar problem with an Indesit w93 model 233300101 TYpe number LB2000c insofar as it does nothing e.g. fill, but after a few seconds just winds itself round to the "end" position. The controller is an 1865/1/0.02 C23401 28/03/01 - am I right in assuming this is faulty & if so, any...