I've just killed my washing machine.

At the young age of 6 years old my trusty washing machine has just died a sad, abrupt untimely death.

She stopped this morning before the spin, still an inch of water in the drum.

No problem I thought, I'll check the filter for a blockage. No blockage found.

No problem I thought, I'll check the pump.

After an hour of draining her then near stripping her to death to access possibly the world's most inaccessible pump I removed a couple of coins, a button and various child related beads which had lodged themselves in the pump and the outlet pipe. After an hour of carefully putting her back together I finally replaced the back panel then went to move her back from her precarious 45 degree angle to the vertical.

At this point I was forced into performing an impromptu but nifty cat avoidance/failed leg shake get-off-my-leg-you-stupid-moggy dance, I lost my grip and having a split second to decide whether to grab the cat to save potential crushing or let the machine go, I chose the cat.

After giving the cat a quick stroke then putting him outside I thought it best to at least right the machine and see what damage if any an earth shattering drop might have caused. I then did what any self respecting person who hasn't had a decent explosion in the house for a few years would have done. I plugged her in and started her on a speed wash :D

She fills nicely. Too nicely as the waterline is currently above the top of the door glass

The rotating program selector knob is constantly rotating under it's own steam. I appreciate it's supposed to do this as it cycles through the various stages but surely it's not supposed to break land speed records?

It may well be fate as she was purchased pre-children and I've thought for a while it may be nice to have a larger load machine to cope with the extra demands. I've already spoken to a friend in the business who'll give her a quick assessment and if it's economically viable she can be patched up and sent off to a local charity which his company supports and we'll get the larger machine which conveniently saves me doing the supplementary hand washing.









^^^ Too long didn't read? Axl's having a pap Sunday :D

 

Bad luck, Axl. My machine is older than yours and, although it has needed replacement parts from time to time, it has been a faithful servant. It stopped spinning a while back and I thought I might have to send it to the great launderette in the sky. However, it turned out that it had got gummed up with those 'colour catcher' sheets. The repair man said he's always having to deal with them; they don't stay in the drum as they're supposed to do. I still use them but I zip them into a mesh wash bag first.

 

6 years is not bad for having kids washing as well, think i'm on my third in 4 years.

Well done with the cat.

 

My Machine passed away 2 weeks ago but it went down with a fight :D.
I was sitting in the kitchen reading my paper at breakfast time, with my back to the machine, about six feet away. the machine went into high spin action then made a clattering sound and virtually chased me out the kitchen. The machine vibrated/shook/jumped, and moved in my direction by a couple of foot . I was off like a bat out of hell to the doorway.
then the machine terminated. We gave it a good send off to the recycle yard:WINK1:.
The wife has just produced another one ,Hope He Hasn't the same temper as his brother:WINK1:

 

After my delicate and somewhat surprisingly skilled foray into the world of washing machine repairs I did have one final attempt to get her fires burning again.

Percussive maintenance :thumb:

Needless to say it didn't work :D

 

Call me tight but 6 years for a machine which I never service and is used most weeks for less than one hundred loads seems a bit short :D

 

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If it makes you feel any better, one of my fillings just fell out.

 

Poor you, Zig. That is the stuff of nightmares. I'm always glad when the last of the junk Xmas chocs has gone. The toffee ones are instant filling death.

 

Cheers Clare,

No pain, so i'm hoping the nerve is dead.

 

A washing machine stops filling when the pressure switch tells it to.

So if yours is overfilling its:

The pressure switch is in error, the pressure chamber is blocked, the hose that connects the two is punctured.

Depending on make / model determines what they look like / where they are. Sorry I don't have pictures

 

That was my first thought, doesn't look like it though:(

 

What you're trying to say is, your washing machine has broke down?