On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 00:11:03 +0100, Grunff wrote:

Mark S. wrote:

Been looking for a cheap washer to get me started when I move in now I
can get broadband.. ;-)

Seen one on Ebay that is local to me for £20.00 - says it needs a new
spider? Assume that's the metal bit on the back of the drum.

Can I fix it myself if I get the part, they've quoted in the advert
£97.00 to get it fixed.

I know it's not new but I don't want to shell out hundreds on a new
machine for a couple of washes a week etc. when I could be buying diy
materials. :-)


Not worth it in any way. It'll be old and knackered, you'll spend well
over £100 on it and still have an old, knackered machine that works for
a while then breaks.

Now if your post had read something like "my parents have an old machine
which hasn't been abused too much but needs a new spider, should I take
it for free", it might be a different story.


Thanks for all the replies. :-)

The bearings have already been replaced it says.

New one it is then. ;-)

I'll get myself off to ebay to list a few notebooks then I can buy a
halfway decent one, buy cheap buy twice...


My parents wreck their machines, the one they have now dances about
and is very noisy and it's not that old.

Mark S.