Hi Vortechs,
"unable to get the replacement part for it anywhere in the world as they are now obsolete."
Can you please tell me more about the replacement part you need? It sounds like you've exhausted many avenues of finding the part, but maybe we can come up with something else.
Being in Canada, I may be very limited in the help I can directly offer, but perhaps others seeing what the part is, how it's made, will have better ideas.
This is the part I need:
https://www.partmaster.co.uk/ardo/washing-machine/drum-spider-bearing-support-shaft-thick/product.pl?pid=189528&shop=ardo&path=803768There's only 3 places left selling it and I've bought one from every one of them, but unfortunately they're all selling the wrong part because the supplier is supplying them the wrong part. I replaced this part in my machine from one of these sites 4 years ago so I know what I'm talking about.
I had a similar problem a while ago and spent some time looking at what was available on the market that could use my solar heated hot water. I ended up with a Fisher & Paykel front loader. Best machine I've ever had!!
https://www.fisherpaykel.com/nz/laundry/washing-machines/front-loaders/washsmart-7-5kg.WH7560P2.html
Their website has an 'ie' page so I would expect their products are available.
Thanks, that model doesn't seem to be available outside of AU & NZ.
Yesterday I found a Fisher & Paykel WH8060J1 that has a hot-fill but it's not available anywhere in Ireland, only UK. Today my neighbour who drives back and forth to the UK said he'll bring it over for my in 6 weeks when he comes back, so I'll probably end up doing that.
I also found out these models that apparently have hot-fill's (again not available here):
Ebac various models
Samsung WF80F5E2W4X
Hmmm.... you could pull the thermister out into free air (ambient temp), disconnect the immersion heater, and then select cold water wash ....so it does not bother waiting for the water to heat up, and hook up hose from your hot water.
That way you will defeat it's best efforts to mess with you, and you still get to use your own hot water... it just does not know that.
........oztules
That's a possibility if all else fails. Would be nice to not have to mess about like that if I can avoid it though.
Americans and Europeans wash clothes differently it seems. I dislike front loaders because sooner or later they leak and make a mess. Top loaders can leak, but it's usually underneath at hose connections or the water pump gasket or drain hose.
Europeans like to use very hot water to sterilize clothes. Water that hot would ruin the polyester blends common in the US. Even a hot tumble dryer will put a shine on polyester pants and ruin them.
Americans like chemistry. Enzymes and surfactants, plus bleach or ammonia or peroxide bleach substitutes. Ariel in the UK is Proctor and Gamble's cold water enzyme based detergent.
I personally avoid using powdered detergents because they don't dissolve completely in the hard water here and many times have silica added to prevent clumping. Silica is fine sand and it wears out the inside of the machine and the clothes themselves.
The machine I own has programmable soak delay, to allow clothes to sit for a while if you pretreated stains with a chemical. Hot water will set blood, egg and other protein stains, and hot water will destroy the enzymes added to detergents, so I rarely wash in hot water.
All that environmental pollution!
I have a condition called Multi Chemical Sensitivity. I can only use pure vegetable soap or old fashioned washing soda, all the modern stuff makes me ill, so hot water is fairly essential to get the closes clean.