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Hi thanks for the quick response, yes I am considering polycarbonate... I am not sure I understand your explanation and how the glass/polycarboanate can be fitted with the felted roof. Can you show me a picture or diagram where your idea is depicted?

Hi all, I am building a Wendy house for my little one and I am considering adding to the roof a square strong thick piece of glass that I have got from a unused shelf so that she has got more light. I was planning to put two pieces of plywood together as a roof and felt them over but adding a...

Hi all, i want to tile up the reminding of a chimmney breast that was left by the old owner of my 1930' s house. I had to remove some blocks of concrete and i have been left with what can be seen in the picture. I had to cover some gaps with bits of timber screw down into the beams. I was...

Hi I am planning to start building a Wendy house for the little one. I have treated timber for the frame and decking for the floor but would like to know what would be the best and cheaper wood for the exterior bearing in mind that I would like to paint it in a bright colour i.e. sky blue/green...

Hi All, I bought recently from Gumtree around 37 spindles plus hand bar for my stairs Project. The base of the spindles is 38mm x 38mm and I found out that there are no spindles these size in any regular dyi store i.e. B&Q etc. Does anyone know where can I get some as I need a few extra to...

I will try that. if tou do not hear from me anymore it means that i burned down the bloody thing with a blowtoch. Thanks for your help

yes with the belt attached it makes attempts to move the drum but it cant then i take off th belt and starts spinning quite fast, sparks and stops. I assume changing the motor with new brushes will not do? shall i bury it in the garden and get a prist to give it the last blessing?

Hi i just changed the brushes and it still have the same sympthoms. Without the belt attached the motor starts spinning very fast and sparks before stopping....

Hi I checked and the motors are not that cheap on ebay but my local waching machine second hand spares supplier should have one for a reasonable price if needed. Besides you reach a point where you start thinking it is not worth spending £20 here and there to make an old machine working only to...

Good morning. I ordered new brushes in a desesperate move but they are only £5.65 on ebay so not a great loss. I tested again with the tester and got around 110 which moves down to around 70 and then up to 130 when spinning so it seems to work. The brushes are quite scratched so I have a small...

yes i can see sparks when it happens. will dismount the motor again..just out of curiosity, if the brushes do not contact the armour properly could this be a cause? would it be worth changing them with new ones?

It is at the lowest range, not sure about the scale. got same reading when moving motor manually. Have also polish gently the end of the brushes I have put back the motor and set a different program, belt not attached to drum. The motor spins fine for a few second but when its starts spinning...

I get 109

Ho do i check the resistance? i have a tester but dont use it normally to test resistance....

I noticed that the brushes are slightly scratched where they contact the armour and are not shiny as they should be. Perhaps grit went into the motor during the leak and scratched them. is it worth trying to polish them back to their original condition?

Have done that but still the motor can not manage to move the empty drum. The brushes seem to be ok and the axe moves fine so i have no idea what else can it be..........

Yes the motor is now mounted, i turn the waching machine on with the belt on and the mottor attempts to move the drum but a few seconds later it stops and the dial starts turning. Without the belt on the motor spins very fast for a few seconds and then it stops.

Thanks, drum is not jammed. Will check for continuity tomorrow with tester, shall i check between brush - rotor or brush- brush? the motor starts spinning at normal speed for 2 sec and then speds up like an electric drill.

hi thanks, the motor seems to turn when i remove the belt but it spins quite fast like out of control for a few seconds. i tilted the machine forwards to have access to the motor that is it? i suspect the leak afected the brushes somehow....?

Hi all, I had a leak in my waching machine afew days ago. The motor got wet so i waited a couple of days for it to dry as the rcd kept tripping. Now the motor does not seem to run, it makes attempts but it has like no power. I dismounted it and the brushes seem ok so i have no idea what else...