Hotpoint Ultima WD71 front panel buttons

[Maz50]

What about qer.biz

That's great. To repair my cards(s) is £48 (Non trade). Now I need to decide whether that is better/easier than just buying a replacement card for another £16!
Many tx.

Give Create Recycling in Liverpool a call. They have stocks of WM parts that I think they will sell. They may ask for your old one back if its repairable?

Tx for the suggestion htgeng, but I have now located and ordered a new one off eBay for £43 incl. I have looked at the Create Recycling site and am impressed! I will bear it in mind for future.

BTW I will report here whether my new card has cured the fault. The fault was that part of the LCD display was not functioning so it was not clear what settings were. Of course it may be the display itself and i have not seen any of them on offer anywhere.

 

[rocks1]

That could be the ribbon cable at fault but now obserlete.

 

[Maz50]

That could be the ribbon cable at fault but now obserlete.

ribbon looks OK, but will keep fingers crossed for when new card is installed...

 

[Maz50]

That could be the ribbon cable at fault but now obserlete.

ribbon looks OK, but will keep fingers crossed for when new card is installed...

An update and happy conclusion eventually!
OK, so I installed the new control board (Code 1604282) and it made no difference to anything. In other words, the machine was still working, but the LCD display was incomplete and special wash settings had to be guessed!
So, I managed to find a reclaimed LCD display on eBay. I installed that and it did the trick I have re-installed my old control board, so now have a BNIB one that I will try to sell on eBay - unless anyone here needs one.
Tx for help all.