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"Front loaders may have a larger drum, but here’s one thing most people don’t realize, you are supposed to only load them 2/3 to 3/4 full"   Nonsense. Front loaders can be loaded right to the top. That's the load they are rated for - loaded up full but not crammed tight. Once the load is wet...

Back to the topic - these are NOT fanless microwave ovens. They are microwave ovens that use the rangehood fan to cool the magnetron. Just one fan doing two tasks, they are not "Fanless."   I have never used one of these microwave ovens nor even seen one, but it is a simple enough concept to...

My mother used to say "some people's taste is all in their mouth."

No Fill - do you mean no solenoid energizes, or no water flows? Check for voltage on the two terminals of each solenoid valve during fill - see of you have 240V across the two terminals. (NOT 240V from one terminal back to a common neutral elsewhere.) If you have 240V across the terminals, but...

Thermostat? What thermostat? If its too cold I put another log on the fire...

well, my power planer has died. It ate the new brushes in about half an hour of use. I opened it up and had a good look - one  bar on the commutator (the sequence of copper bars around the armature, where the brushes rub) is slightly raised, a sign that the commutator is coming apart. The...

If they are just carbon brushes with no embedded wire or spring assembly, then matching the carbon brushes is easy, not sure how to replace the weird cylindrical springs, though.   You can find a similar looking, but slightly larger, brush set from a power tool (preferably a similar wattage...

That crazed pattern usually means that you have applied the second coat when the first coat was half-dry, meaning one coat reacts with and shrinks onto the second coat. It can also occur when the surface hasn't been adequately cleaned and lightly sanded, which means poor adhesion of paint to...

You don't put a video on here. You can post it to youtube or another video site, then post a link to that here. Saves cluttering up the servers for this website.

Not appliance epoxy, I haven't seen that here.   Here is the gloss white I use, Bunnings is the big hardware store here so I've linked to their web page for it.   I have bought a white primer for it before too, but I see the can now says "paint + primer" and the only Rust-Oleum primer on...

I use Rust-Oleum spray paint. I think it is a US brand, but it is sold here in Australia. Not sure if it's the same product, or a local license of a US brand name? I have been using it for years and it seems very durable and quite easy to apply, it is more forgiving of imperfect technique...

I have two suggestions. option 1... Check very carefully that you haven't selected any sort of "no spin" option by accident. See the following page from the user manual so see the symbols that would show on the screen for a no-spin setting or cycle: https://www.manua.ls/asko/w6984/manual?p=20...

Is it critical to use the exact oil? I'd be asking some current oil manufacturers, like Shell, Castrol, Penrite. Penrite have a great reputation and I have heard many times (on a classic car forum) that they have a really helpful technical department. I have done a bit of googling for you...

shame on Gizmo who actually ordered people not to comment... Gee mickeyd that's a bit harsh. Why shame on me for pointing out that a thread was in the wrong forum, and the same topic was continuing in the correct forum, which was the best place to make a contribution to the discussion? You even...

Pressure is important too, not just flow - the water inlet solenoid valves have a minimum pressure required to crack them open.   I live in an area with no town water supply, all homes near here have some form of either gravity feed from a tank, or automatic pressure pump from a dam, well or...

There is significant risk of cruelty when using these devices. In Australia, the RSPCA strongly recommends against them. They are controlled by State legislation here, legal in some States, illegal in others.   In my State, Victoria, they are legal only under specific circumstances: (a simple...

What you have linked is NOT a pump, it is just a pump controller. (a device which switches a pump on and off as required.) It senses water pressure and if the pressure falls too low, it switches on a pump. It is used in systems that provide a whole of house pressurized system from a simple water...

Hi Dom   Sorry I can't offer any info about model numbers. A photo of the control panel might help someone identify, but probably not me. As I said I have never been very interested in these machines.   I don't think your description of the pawl is correct. The pawl engages with the clutch...

Now here's an idea... Here is a website of a man I used to see occasionally who has written a book about repairing Australian washing machines. His name is Lindsay Alford and he is a retired washing machine repairman. I believe he was previously a teacher before that. (??)   He is a lovely...

Sorry Dom but that last photo is very blurry, I can't make out anything useful. Any chance of you taking it again? Shining a bright light in there should make a clearer image.   I suspect the twist tie might be something to do with your problem, either a previous dodgy repair, or just a twist...