Sod`s law....again!!

[speccy1]

Was quite happily browsing ebay for a new workhorse, as mine needs too much spent on it now (BB, cassette, new shifters, brakes, tyres etc). Was quite enjoying the prospect of a new chariot when.............the bloody motor goes in the washing machine and I`ve got to buy one of those instead (machine not just a motor I hast`n to add!!).

Not impressed!!!

Still, another glass of red and I might forget about it, till tomorrow!!

 

[Bigtwin]

Loads on freecycle.

Washing machines, that is, not free cycles. Ironically.

 

[fossyant]

Hmm, our Boiler went up the shoot last month.....£140 mates rate to get a new valve......bugger.......

PS refurb the bike... BB cassette, brakes tyres....all consumables. Shifters do sometimes break.....

 

[speccy1]

Damn I was building my hopes up then!!

Cheers I will have a look at that

 

[speccy1]

Hmm, our Boiler went up the shoot last month.....£140 mates rate to get a new valve......bugger.......

PS refurb the bike... BB cassette, brakes tyres....all consumables. Shifters do sometimes break.....

I`ll have to now, that bike does about 6K a year so it`s not too bad really!!

 

[luplowe]

just sold my old one for £40. it was a go er. im only in bournemouth you could of rode up and stuck it in your ruksack.. nevermind..

 

[speccy1]

That would have been an interesting ride

I did cycle to work with the motor in my backpack this morning, in the vain hope that I could repair it, if that comes anywhere near?!!!! (it didn`t work anyway, I still have spectacular fork lightning displays every time I use it!!)

 

[Noodley]

I was pondering some new bike bling earlier this month...then reversed into a skip (which had jumped out from behind a tree having seconds before been blinded by a bolt of lightning)

 

[Mr Pig]

Can recommend Hoover washing machines. Had/known a few and they always last a long time. Ours is ten-years old, gets hammered every day and nothing has ever gone wrong with it.

 

[speccy1]

Cheers

Could do with some recommendations as I didn`t know which make to go with, will look into good ol` Hoover

 

[Joe24]

My mum just got a Miele and she loves it(shes loves her washing machine)

By the way speccy, i cant reply to your PM cuz you dont recieve PMs from me.
I agree to it though by the way.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

bosch gets my vote, both my and my wife's parents swear by them, as do we…

owt from freecycle that gets you a new bike's got to be better though…

 

[Globalti]

What's wrong with the motor? In all likelihood the brushes have worn out; it's a 10 minute job and a few quid to replace them. Failing that your local repair shop will sell you a reconditioned motor for half the price of a new one. They are really very simple machines to work on; just a collection of bits bolted into a steel case.

My Hoover gave me 17 years of service, it got through several sets of brushes and two motors and I would have revived it again had I not spotted some cables, which had almost fretted through so I decided, with regret, to scrap it.

 

[Speicher]

About three years ago, my washing machine motor packed up/burnt out. Perhaps not surprising on a machine that was more than twenty years old at the time. A Domestic Appliance Repair person ordered a new motor, from the internet, and put the new one in for the princely sum of about £60. I particularly remember this because I thought it would be the same as a new machine, and was surprised that it was not the case.

 

[accountantpete]

Just bought a Bosch from Comet for £ 299 posted - A+ and 4kg load jobby.