My grand old lady is suffering again, and before I call out my man (who I'm sure secretly hates me) I'm turning to you guys for advice again.
I have a 30-year old Hoover Logic 1000 which I love and adore, and is normally brilliant - apart from the odd glitch here and there. (The last glitch was the timer, and it was only by coming here was I able to find a new one - thanks Chris!)
- For a couple of weeks, I've noticed a small leak after washes and I identified this as coming from underneath. I didn't worry too much and bought a tray to stand her in. (This may be irrelevant of course.)
- Then the next thing to happen was the spin being missed out of washes (again). I got round this by just running a G spin after the washes, which did the trick. I must admit these spins have been noisier than usual - the last one sounded as if there was a small bag of gravel in there!
- But today - this didn't work! :-( I ran a G spin but although the machine made its normal 'swishing' noise, nothing actually happened - the drum stayed put and didn't go round. After standing watching it for a while, I decided that nothing WAS going to happen, so I ended up just dragging the dripping washing out of the machine, and heaving it outside to hang on the line.
Clearly something must be done urgently, and I most likely will have to call out my man on Monday. (And of course he'll tell me to buy a new machine, like he always does! And I always say, "Find me a hot fill one and I will" - stalemate!)
The first thing that sprang to mind was the timer again (due to missing out the spins - this is why I had to get one before) - but the timer that went in last time was actually a brand new one? It was installed in 2017, but I'm not a careless user and try to wash only once a week (although sometimes twice or more in good weather). Having said that, I didn't use the machine at all while I had Covid, but since then I've been giving her a bit of a hammering to catch up - perhaps I've been overworking her?
I'm not an engineer so don't ask me if I've examined my brushless motors or anything like that (I wouldn't know what I was looking at even if I did get the top off, lol) - but I would very much appreciate some advice off the top of your heads as to what it might be. The missing spins could well be due to the timer, but as I said, it was new when installed? (And I don't like the fact like that running a spin on its own isn't working - I'm now frightened to do another wash!)
Any help gratefully received - and @servischris, are you still out there?!
(PS. The link below is to my previous post about the timer.)
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?73076
I have a 30-year old Hoover Logic 1000 which I love and adore, and is normally brilliant - apart from the odd glitch here and there. (The last glitch was the timer, and it was only by coming here was I able to find a new one - thanks Chris!)
- For a couple of weeks, I've noticed a small leak after washes and I identified this as coming from underneath. I didn't worry too much and bought a tray to stand her in. (This may be irrelevant of course.)
- Then the next thing to happen was the spin being missed out of washes (again). I got round this by just running a G spin after the washes, which did the trick. I must admit these spins have been noisier than usual - the last one sounded as if there was a small bag of gravel in there!
- But today - this didn't work! :-( I ran a G spin but although the machine made its normal 'swishing' noise, nothing actually happened - the drum stayed put and didn't go round. After standing watching it for a while, I decided that nothing WAS going to happen, so I ended up just dragging the dripping washing out of the machine, and heaving it outside to hang on the line.
Clearly something must be done urgently, and I most likely will have to call out my man on Monday. (And of course he'll tell me to buy a new machine, like he always does! And I always say, "Find me a hot fill one and I will" - stalemate!)
The first thing that sprang to mind was the timer again (due to missing out the spins - this is why I had to get one before) - but the timer that went in last time was actually a brand new one? It was installed in 2017, but I'm not a careless user and try to wash only once a week (although sometimes twice or more in good weather). Having said that, I didn't use the machine at all while I had Covid, but since then I've been giving her a bit of a hammering to catch up - perhaps I've been overworking her?
I'm not an engineer so don't ask me if I've examined my brushless motors or anything like that (I wouldn't know what I was looking at even if I did get the top off, lol) - but I would very much appreciate some advice off the top of your heads as to what it might be. The missing spins could well be due to the timer, but as I said, it was new when installed? (And I don't like the fact like that running a spin on its own isn't working - I'm now frightened to do another wash!)
Any help gratefully received - and @servischris, are you still out there?!
(PS. The link below is to my previous post about the timer.)
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?73076
However, since I was here before, I have been trying to wash once a week if I can manage it (there's only the two of us). The only time the machine gets used more than that is if there's good drying weather outside, and then I try and get all outstanding bedding and towels done (because I love line-dried laundry). Over the last week or so, I have given her a bit of a hammering because the weather has been so good - and so now I guess she's complaining! ;-) (Arthriticky old joints - a bit like her owner, lol.)
