Got this plea from a nice neighbour this afternoon, so here I am with her DC05 Absolute. I easily removed the one visible torx screw (needed an extra long T15 torx bit though), but as expected that didn't help me any!! I'm loathe to risk wrecking anything by prising of the wrong plastic bits, anyone done one of these before?
Actually I have a strong suspision its just the mains plug parting company from the cable, as the cable is on a self-wind reel which is unwound against years of friction build-up by catching hold of the plug (molded on of course!) and heaving. There is evidence that the cable has shifted 3-4mm out of the molding so suspect thats the problem. But before cutting it off I want to get at the machine end to test continuity.
Thinks... perhaps I can do that with a needle to pierce the sheathing, but if its ok i'll still need to get inside the beast for further investigation.
Oh yes, the fault is that it worked fine this morning but then wouldn't start.
Ta
Phil