On the Summit of Little Haystack Mountain

Coming Down From Mt. Lafayette on the Old Bridal Path

Check out all the pictures from this glorious hike.

One sure sign that the drive coupler is bad is if the washer will fill with water and pump out ok, but it just won’t agitate or spin. Replacing the motor coupler is the most common repair task on this washer and is a pretty easy job, even for appliance repair virgins. How […]

On Mt. Garfield Summit

Back Down, at the Famous Shell Station in Lincoln

On the Drive Back Home

See all the pictures from this hike.

Jeannie Avery wrote:
Hello,My belt just broke on my Whirlpool, belt driven washer. I bought the belt for it today, glanced at the instuctions on it, but my daughter ripped the package open(so all the instuctions got stretched and distorted) when I wasnt looking so now though I have tried and tried I cant get the […]

I dunno, she looked pretty good when I was slamming down the suds at the brewpub last night. 

Took my little samurai guys hiking up Mt. Flume this past Wednesday. Mt. Flume is one of New Hampshire’s 4,000-footers. I was prepared for them to turn back along the way but, by Gumby, they made it all the way up to the summit. Their first 4,000-footer–woohoo!!!
We got underway at the Lincoln […]

I often mention Mrs. Samurai in the pearls of wisdom I post here at The Samurai School of Appliantology. Many of you have emailed me wanting to know more about Mrs. Samurai. And several people have told me that they don’t believe there really is a Mrs. Samurai, that I’m just a sad […]

ignitor problem wrote:
I read your information on how to assess a problem with ignitors on gas cooktops. I have a KitchenAid KGCT305EBL0. Power to plug is okay. Gas is okay and lights manually. When knob is turned to Lite position there is no clicking sound at any burner. It seems I need to replace the […]

On the Ragged Mountain Ski Area Summit

On the Main Summit

Ragged Mountain hike,
swattin’ skeeters, pickin’ ticks.
Makes me miss winter.

Tom Kern wrote:
Hello,
Ref: 13 Year old Maytag Electric dryer……
My dryer has just started making a noise / rumble only duringstart-up…. The noise go’saway one the dryer comes up to operating RPM’s…..
– The belt, Tension pulley, or wheels have never been changed…..
Can you advise what maybe causing this noise on startup ? I can thenorder the […]

I got back home late last night from the hike from hell. I grabbed a Sapporo and checked email to read about the latest broken things in the world only to find my inbox jammed with emails from irate Icelanders who had mysteriously discovered my dossier on my web server. The weird thing […]

I did this hike three years ago with some friends and remember it being long (17 miles), exciting (on the open summit of South Kinsman in pouring rain with lightning bolts striking all around us) but not especially painful. Three years ago, it was a long day hiking adventure in the White Mountains. […]

As you know, the air conditioner in Hell breaks down with annoying regularity. Many fine service technicians have tried to repair it–many have died. The Samurai’s world-class reputation for his superb repairing skills extends even into the bowels of the underworld. The other day, a low-level demonic bureaucrat summoned the Samurai to […]

Got a Whirlpool or Kenmore Calypso washer that’s giving you an FL or CE or some other error code? Find out what that pesky code means and how to whomp-up on that bad boy in this genuine Whirlpool repair manual for the Calypso washer. This is the real deal written by the manufacturer […]

A fellow appliantologist sent me this list of cool things to do with a sheet of Bounce. And all this time you’ve just been putting Bounce in the dryer. Bounce this to a friend!

It will chase ants away when you lay a sheet near them.

It also repels mice .. spread them around foundation […]