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Hello. My washer dryer generally works fine, but wasn't drying quite as well as usual. As I now have two cats, and their hair gets everywhere, I thought I ought to check the fan for lint. It wasn't too bad, and I bought a new seal, but it's proving really difficult to get the fan back on to...

I've just had the plumber round to fit a new pump. The port valve was also changed. Now the ancient towel rail is cold, having been reliably hot before. I can feel the pipes are hot near the floor. I have unscrewed the chrome covers at the top and tried bleeding it. I'm getting some...

Hi, I have an ancient Ideal e type boiler which works well, except the thermostat is considered to be a bit "iffy" as it does work but not with reference to the numbers on the dial. I managed to get a replacement genuine thermostat and am awaiting someone to come and fit it. He is a young man...

I've recently fitted a new diaphragm to the Torbeck valve in my toilet cistern. It fills quietly, but a few moments after shutting off peace is shattered by a few moments of water hammer. It's only the diaphragm that has changed. There's been a Torbeck in this cistern for 25 years and I've...

Hi, I'm pretty skint and need to get a washer dryer in a hurry. I have the choice of two at the same price. Zanussi ZWD1272W or BOSCH WHT1260GB. The Bosch dimensions are better for me, but I'm concerned about whether the tub can be accessed for coins etc, reliability and mendability. Any...

Thanks to this forum, I have kept an old Hotpoint wd61 going. It is playing up again, so I hope someone can help me with the latest problem. Last week, it stopped heating while the dryer was on. this had happened before and I knew it could be the orange lead near the fan come adrift. This was...

Hi, I have a 1996 VW Polo My electric window regulator has just failed. It was the clips - and I have new ones, but the actual spacer bits on the regulator struts that the bolts fit into have also come adrift. They were just pressed on to the frame. Does anyone know what these parts are called...

Hello again. I'm the owner of an ancient Hotpoint Aquarius WD61, which has been kept going thanks to this forum. After a long trouble free spell, it has now a new problem. The dryer is not heating up. I have tested the thermostats for continuity and they are OK, so I suppose the problem...

Hello to this forum again! My WD61 has developed a new problem. Last wash was fine - it was a load of towels and they had spun very well. I put in the next wash and the machine filled, clicked its way quietly throught the programme, drained, but did nothing inbetween. Suspicion falls on the...

Hi, I have a faithful little Flymo Micro Compact 30, but it surprised me today by having a prolapse! The fan blade assembly dropped down and then the belt came off. I took it all apart and cannot see any broken bits to show how it was fixed in. I've looked on an exploded diagram and can't...

Hello Having had wonderful help from this forum in the past, I'm now asking on behalf of a neighbour who has recently purchased a Hotpoint WDL 540P and has no computer. She was running a drying cycle on hanger dry. At the end of this, the clothes were still quite damp, so she put it on...

I have a Saniplus pump connected to a basement loo and sink. A couple of days ago it stopped pumping and only emits a hum as though it is trying to get going. I turned it off, cleaned it out. Apart from the expected gunge and some silt at the bottom there was no sign of any blockage and the...

My Hotpoint Aquarius WD61 has always been noisy when spinning, but it surpassed itself yesterday with a crash that sounded as though a car had crashed into the front of my house. Now I can hear what sounds like a loose heavy part clunking when the spin gets to its fastest and when I stopped it...

Help! I've just started using my father's old WD61 - it seemed OK but there has just been a load bang and smoke from it at the end of a drying cycle, (a double sheet and a couple of pillow cases). I've taken off the top and the wires all look OK, but the motor is very hot still and I think...