hi guys and thanks for the replies.

we feel like we have been let down a little buy the ebay seller as we have tried to contact him several times and left several messages with no replies, we payed for the system on cash on collection basis so we are obviously protected by usual paypal protection (lesson now learned).

The brushes was the first things we checked on the spindle they seemed ok but to rule it out we replaced them anyway with no success.
We have since took the spindle to a local company who deals with this kind of thing and have been informed that the motor armature has gone along with the high speed switching which would require a whole new rewind with a total bill of £250.00. This is totaly out of the question.

We are now looking into the 0.8kw or 1.5kw water cooled versions offered by the guys down in portsmouth, would these be suitable for the 3040 table we have and would the stepper motors have to be re tuned to accommodate the extra weight of the spindle? If anybody has any advice on this it would be greatly appreciated, also some advice on sufficient water reservoir, tubing and pump would help aswell.

Many thanks Matt