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Hi all, My mum's 3 year old Whirlpool AWM5125/S has a problem with the dispenser. Where most machines have valves to change which compartment of the dispenser is filled, these have a sort of lever mechanism. Well, thats stopped working. I tried to have a go at it myself but I can't figure out...

Hi all, Well for quite a while now I've been suspecting my Hoover has a timer fault or something thats making it do strange tumbles. I include a link to a video of it. Please watch it and give me your opinions, also if you know of any way of sorting the problem any help would be much...

Well after much trouble trying to get my videos to upload I gave up on youtube, turns out my camera was the problem. Now armed with a new camera hopefully the problems will be sorted. Filmed some of my Mum's machine. Will get some of her dryer and the Hoover ASAP! Matt

Hi all, You may recall that in January I bought a Hotpoint 1005 Spin Dryer, well, I went to put it on today, and it just made a buzzing sound, didn't spin. After a few attempts I got it to spin but very slowly. Now it's back to just buzzing again and not spinning at all. Does anyone know what...

Hi all, My parents first dishwasher was a grey fascia Servis from the 80s, which I assume would have matched the 6000 series Quartz washing machine. It was bought second hand from my Aunt in 1996. I remember it having one dial and a big on/off rocker switch. We only had it about 2 years. It...

Hi, We have this machine in the laundry of the flats I am living in. I have a couple of problems with it, firstly the washing action seems quite slow (think modern Indesit) and the rinsing is pretty poor. It only does 3 rinses with the water just to the rim of the drum, and the interm spins are...

Hi everyone, Well I thought to compliment the current washers thread in the modern forum it would be nice to know what people's childhood machines were, the one that started your interest in washers :) For me it would be our Indesit. I'm not sure of the model number (any help with that would...

Hi all, As you may or may not be aware, I had to have a new drain pump fitted on my machine. I thought, oh well, that should keep it going for a while. No, now, two weeks later, theres and wierd noise coming from the motor. It's a sort of metallic crackling/scratching sound, which is very...

Hi, This may be a pretty silly question considering it contains oxygen-based bleaching agents and brightners but is this stuff safe for use on colours? I wondered if it still uses the old formulation from back in the days when one powder could really be used on everything without problems...

Sorry for the poor quality and shaky filming, I had to do them with my phone :( Well, enjoy! :) http://uk.youtube.com/user/electron800

Look what I just got. :D

Hi all, My boxes of Ariel bio and colour are running dangerously low now, I was contemplating buying cyclon as a cheaper alternative next time. Morrisons is the only supermarket I can get to, so it would be the only option for a supermarket brand. Does anyone have any experience of it? How...

Hi all, I've noticed for a long time that on cottons 40 on my Hoover the door has always felt hotter than on most machines, and other 40 degrees programmes on the machine despite the machine having a double glazed door. I'd never thought much of it until today when I went to do a load and...

Hi all, I have two things I need to ask so I thought instead of clogging up the board I'd just ask them in one go. I've recently been noticing that when ironing t-shirts there is a smell of stale sweat coming from under the arms. It's only a problem with coloured shirts washed in a colourcare...

Wow! Never knew these were sold down under too. Wonder how many other countries they were sold in? I take it this means the matching washers were available in Australia too? Love the purple =] Matt...

Hi all, I've just finished my bottle of Persil silk and Wool so I need some more delicate detergent. Which one is best? Any help appreciated Matt

Hi all Just been flicking through the new Argos catalogue and noticed their new brand of entry level machines, HEC. Can anyone tell me anything about them? Who makes them? I can't seem to find a website dedicated to them, they're only on the Argos site. Any idea about their reliability? I can't...

Hi, I'm really getting sick of my clothes (especially towels) coming out stiff and sandpapery. I use persil powder or liquid and a full cap and a half of lenor concentrate softner. I have really soft water and almost solely line dry. Tumble drying helps them a bit, but they still come out rough...

Late 90's Persil liquid! It was in my local corner shop. I nearly died when I saw it! It's the lovely old thick white stuff and guess what it contains? PHOSPHATES!!! My bedding is washing away in the bio version as we speak =]. It smells lovely, like real soap, and it isnt sudsing up too much at...

Last weekend I was rummaging round in my Grandad's loft and found a beautiful 1970's avacado green trimphone. It had the old GPO connector which had to be hardwired. I opened it up and replaced this with a modern plug and socket cable, with the help of wiring instructions I found on the...