sue 1 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 My best friend the good old tumble dryer ,has been sounding a little rough lately and some times stops turning .Been clever i took the back off ,and the motor seemed very hard to turn . A bright idea came into my head so i thought i would find some grease out of the shed and put some around the spindle to work into the motor ,hoping that would help it, wrong :wacko: ,the dam thing caught fire ,I have never moved so fast at furniture removal .Its now smoking away on the back garden flames everywhere. The moto to this kind of problem is to leave it to the experts ,or like now go and buy a new one .So im sat here freezing with all the windows open to get rid of the smell.I can laugh about it now but it could have been serious as it was hard to grab hold of it to move the dam thing outside so i could have had the house on fire . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattydski 560 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Oh Sue! That could have been nasty.. http://www.espares.co.uk/search/tumble-dryers/p/1088 I got bits from here for my washing machine, try them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mad al 146 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 I remember someone we know putting the washing machine to go while they were out, the idea being that it would have finished by the time they got back. Utility room was ablaze when they returned Quote Link to post Share on other sites
polecat 1 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 buy a condenser dryer fecking best move i,ve done in while 3/4 washings a day way my teenage daughter and it helps me sad for a man to admit but what the feck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 ASDA had 3Kg tumble driers at the front of the store the other day for £85!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sue 1 Posted January 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 well thanks ss i will have a look tomorrow in my local asda ,But me being me had to just see if it would still work before it went to the scrap yard ,so found the extension out,plugged it in and guess what my blackened hotpoint drier still works ,all i can say is hotpoint make dam good driers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 If you get stuck for somewhere/someone to wash your smalls, you only have to ask ........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
asha 48 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 lol heres me thinking i was the only poor fecker these things happen too. good luck with the dryer, make sure it doesnt live up to the name HOTpoint to much!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest traceyg Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Sue didn't think you had a rush in you . Would have loved to have seen you move so fast No thank god your OK could have been bad well done :clapper: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Timid Toad 18 Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 ha ha always remember my other half trying to fix a tumble dryer and telling me to switch it on for him while he used his electricians screw driver to test it ( only prob was he had his other hand on the metal casing ) needles to say he was half way across the kitchen in a smoking heap by the time id stopped laughing tut norty me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Scuba1 Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 well thanks ss i will have a look tomorrow in my local asda ,But me being me had to just see if it would still work before it went to the scrap yard ,so found the extension out,plugged it in and guess what my blackened hotpoint drier still works ,all i can say is hotpoint make dam good driers All you need now is a press, to take out the old bearing from the motor stick in an new one, get a can of spray paint and some of these flame sticker you find on chav cars and Bob is your mothers brother. ATB Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Halfinch 51 Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Only a woman, could put up a headline like Tumble dryers lmao I'm glad your ok Sue, but feck me did i find that funny Quote Link to post Share on other sites
victor 10 Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 when i read that you put greese on it i started to chuckel and thor fire Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Scuba1 Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Some people will do just about anything to get the house warm Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Sounds like you had a bit of a fright there Sue mate! I remember when we first got a tumble dryer, not long after we moved in here. We got it second hand with a 6 month guarantee from a home electrical place. After the wife had done a few loads, it started smoking like a bitch, filling the little utility room with smoke. As soon as I got in from work the wife told me, so I told her to phone the shop up. Well she phoned them, and gave them all sorts of abuse down the phone, not foul mouthed, polite but fierce as only an enraged Scotswoman can! The shop send someone out sharpish, and the wife bollocked the poor bugger as soon as he got through the door, telling him off for selling things that were dangerous, etc. After about 10 seconds off looking at it, he straightened up, and said to the wife: "It might help if you clean the lint out of the filter every now & then ....!" :icon_redface: :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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