Recent content by shaunbaird

eeeh, I feel like a pro ! lol... guess I'm just riding the waves of someone elses experience! it's nice though to know that the internet CAN be useful! Shaun

Kipster, firstly, IM NOT AN EXPERT, but FIDo helped to fix my zanussi the past 3 days - this is a great site... saved me HUNDREDS of pounds! :lol: Anyhow, right at the BOTTOM, i.e. underneath the washer is the motor, and on one end is a coil (round plastic thing with wires coming out of it...

A *huge* congratulations, and thankyou on your accurate diagnosis. I put the Zanussi back together after finding the star washer and refitting the coil/magnet. I re fitted the wahser and it runs BETTER than before. Thank you Fido! Shaun p.s. - the hotpoint problem, I checked the...

Hi fido, Thanks fo all your help so far. Ironically, a family member has just given us thir old washing machine which seems to be working fine (Hotpoint Electronic 800 deluxe - it was my grandfather's... so it's at least 14 years old) - the only thing is it hums when the drum turns. My...

This may seem silly, but the screws holding the lid on my washer are like torx screwheads with a thin piece of metal going down the centre. Any idea how to remove these? Shaun

Okay, I tried Fido's idea first, being the easiest. I tried it on the Fabric Conditioner rinse setting, and the water did not rise 2 inches up the glass. It remained below the level of the glass. I let it run on to the final rinse cycle after that, and it tried to fast spin, but was only...

Hi, Thanks for the fast reply :) We've just drained it and tried it again to confirm what happened last night. We've just started it again. It fills up, to a lower level than normally, according to my wife. It is filling to just below the level of the door glass. This time, the water...

Hi, I'm no expert, but am prepared to try anything to rectify this problem we have just had. last night the machine was switched on, and water started leaking from the 'powder/conditioner tray/compartment' Also, the machine won't 'fast spin'. It does the slow spin fine, but when it tries to...