hi, i have just changed the element on my 447 yesterday and to be honest its pretty straight forward. Lay the machine on its front, this stops the drum from moving out of line and then take the back off, then write down which wire goes where,there is about 5 or 6 to disconnect and then simply replace with the new element.(mine cost me £28.50
Thats all there is to it!
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del
January 2005