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Other thing that causes intermittent motor action on this model, and quite common is the yoke cable.
Update - stripped the vacuum down and eventually found the white wire on the yolke had been severed.
I forgot i did a step by step procedure on this... https://manchestervacs.co.uk/DysonForum/index.php/topic,3685.0.html