There are as many different ways of installing an icemaker water supply line as there are people doing it. Some are good, most are marginal or just plain wrong. Here’s a handy list of reminders on the correct way to install a water supply line from the source to the water inlet valve [...]

Kazantzakis wrote:
Read the mailbag about error code F7 on GE profile oven. My board on JTP56COD1CC has gone crazy with spurious messages and numbers. Replaced the board.(rip off cost) Worked fine for a couple of weeks and now the same problem. GE has a problem which is now my problem. From Kyoto Meditation Center of [...]

Once upon a time a powerful Emperor of the Rising Sun
advertised for a new Chief Samurai. After a year, only three
applied for the job: a Japanese, a Chinese, and a Jewish Samurai.
“Demonstrate your skills!” commanded the Emperor.
The Japanese samurai stepped forward, opened a tiny box
and released a fly. He drew his samurai [...]

Just in case you’ve had a rough day, here is a step-by-step stress
management technique recommended in the latest psychological texts. After a rough day of appliance service calls, this is one of the Samurai’s favorite stress-management exercises.
1] Picture yourself near a stream.
2] Birds are chirping softly in the cool mountain air.
3] [...]

Official Samurai Reproductive Unit NH 48-4,000-footer Peakbagging Tally:
Ivey: 10Stephen and Sam: 14

If you have a gas oven that’s not firing, don’t be bonehead and automatically assume the valve is bad (hint: it’s usually not). What else could it be? Ah, Grasshoppah, read and learn.
You may even see the orange “glow plug” (called a hot surface ignitor) glowing orange and so assume that it’s OK. [...]

Did you know that 90% of the spark modules in gas ranges and cooktops that are replaced are perfectly good? A statistic like that tells me that this topic is screaming for a revelation from the master. So, my incredulous grasshopper, remove your thumb from your dorsal orifice and come with me now [...]

Samurai Appliance Repair Man wants you to know that even though he spends as much time in the White Mountains as Mrs. Samurai will permit, he’s always thinking of his devoted grasshoppers. Why, here he is at the summit of Mt. Tom on his cell phone, counselling a grasshopper on the fine art of [...]

CharlieChan wrote:
Man, do I owe you a six-pack!!!!Your web site saved me at least $75.00. I had a venting problem(you were right) and when disconnected, the dryer worked fine. After about 30 mins of swearing and shortening the flex vent,IT STILL DIDN’T WORK!!!!!!!!!!
and shut off after 30 secs. Anyways, I did more investigating and found [...]

If you have a Whirlpool or Kenmore washer and post a question about it in The Appliantology Group or call me on the Toll-free Appliance Repair Hotline about a problem with it, the first thing I’m going want to know is whether it’s a belt-drive or direct-drive machine. You don’t have to tear it [...]

Ahh, yes, the infamous ‘residue’ problem. Before you go gettin’ your panties in a wad, ready to sue the manufacturer of your washer, do these two tests to rule out mechanical problems:

Slow Drain Test
Fill washer to the maximum level then advance timer to spin. Time for 90 seconds. If all the water isn’t [...]

Refrigerator Diagnostic & Repair Guide

Problem

Possible Causes

The fridge compartment is warm, but the freezer seems ok.

The defrost timer is stuck in defrost mode. Turn the little thumb screw CW and see if compressor starts. If compressor starts and temperature starts to pull down, replace the timer before your [...]

And you can listen to Ivey’s report of this hike here.

Ahh, Grasshopper, you are about to embark on the artistic side of appliance repair. There’s more to changing a fridge door gasket than just turning a few screws…not much more, but enough so that if you’re not aware of them, you’ll do a crappy job. Finesse, man, finesse, that’s the name o’ dis game. [...]

The Samurai Klan bringing Mrs. Samurai home from Franklin Regional Hospital in Franklin, New Hampshire: