On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 05:35:14 -0800 (PST), adder1969
wrote:

On Jan 22, 12:26*pm, T i m wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:47:23 -0800 (PST),adder1969

wrote:
p.s. I just spoke to the spares place I got my tumble dryer parts from
.. *£317.99 for a new motor ...

On mine, I managed to find the same motor but for a different model
and had to swap over the belt pulleys. *Otherwise I think mine was
more like £120.

Sfunny, I was just wandering around ebay and you can buy a new motor
for other brands for about 60 quid and that got me wondering ...



I think with mine it was something like the actual replacement model
was old/obselete/expensive and the newer ones were for faster spin
machines but had exactly the same frame and connections.

Ok ..

The only
difference was the pulley.

The 'pulley' on this one is just a slightly enlarged 'nose' on the
motor spindle, probably 20mm diameter?

I spent quite a bit of time looking on the
internet for my model *and* for others to see what fits what.

I've done a bit of that this morning but there doesn't seem to be a
wealth of that model or it's counterparts about. I think it comes from
an era when an AEG Model X was about the only version they made and
everything else was different? Now with most models of everything made
by just a few big manufacturers there is a lot of cross usage hence
compatibility?

That
meant I could search on more terms to see if there was anything out
there.

Understood and what I found with the Zanussi tumble dryer:

Part 1234, "Also fits insert huge list of makes and models here"

I think my replacement was something like 55 quid.

I think I'd go for that. The last time I fixed this machine (bearings
/ seal) we had a very local and very old-school domestic appliance
shop where you could rummage through wooden draws with him till you
found something that looked right. Now it's more "the computer says
no" :-(

All the best ..

T i m