Landis & Gyr 1987 Central Heating Controller

[Skylark NW]

My house was built in 1987 and still has the original central heating system.

It knows! I'm about 2 months into a major extension which will shortly include a new boiler etc. Today, the control panel started making a "clockwork mechanism" sort of noise and I noticed that the timer stopped rotating. I've removed the unit from the wall, nothing externally, visually obvious and refitted it. Now, it no longer makes a noise but it no longer rotates. I can use the side switches to operate manually.

Any suggestions or recommendation from the forum, please?

Can it be fixed?
Is there a like-for-like, plug-in replacement available?
Is it better to call-in now a heating engineer to fit a more up-to-date replacement?

Appreciate any help, thanks in advance.

 

[Exedon]

Im fairly certain that programmer is on a 'common' backplate.
Any programmer that's on common backplate should fit.
We use E P H controls but lots of others will fit.

 

[gas112]

just use the slides at present till your etc done no point shelling out
once they stop they cant be repaired

 

[Stuart981]

Single screw to loosen underneath and the controller then just lifts away and you can replace it with a Drayton LP722 or similar that uses the same back plate.

 

[gas112]

Single screw to loosen underneath and the controller then just lifts away and you can replace it with a Drayton LP722 or similar that uses the same back plate.

2 screws

 

[Skylark NW]

Brilliant advice, thank you all so much. I bought a Drayton LP522 from Toolstation and replacing the L&G was very straightforward.