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washer keeps spinning?

re.hotpoint wt540.After wash cycle machine empties then spins then spins then spins.it does not stop.It slows down then speed up again.If the power is turned off the machine does stop but when power is resumed it just carries on where it left off spin slow down spin slow down etc.etc. etc. Any Info Greatly Welcome
desperate jenny, March 2010
check the tacho magnet on the bottom of the motor spindle, the screw may have come loose, or the magnet may have even fell off the end of the motor(screw will be on the floor near by .

wirecutterman, March 2010
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