March 2005

Replacing the Motor in a Maytag Dryer

March 28, 2005 Dryer Repair

Bucky wrote: How do I change the motor in a Maytag Dryer Model# MDE9306AYA, oh great Samurai? And also, oh great one, which side of the belt goes against the dryer drum, ribbed or flat side? Domo orogato!! You are ichi bon. I love you no shit. Fried or steamed? _______________________________ Message sent from IP: [...]

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Rich Repairs on a Maytag Neptune Super Stack Washer

March 28, 2005 Washer Repair

minnownj wrote: Your website is absolutely fabulous! THANKYOU! I am one of those unlucky idiots who purchased the Maytag Neptune Super Stack model MLE2000AYW. My machine died yesterday and I had the “lonely” Maytag repairman over to take a look. The $%#%^*&^ computer board is fried. The repair quote is $900. Since the machine broke [...]

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Whirlpool Duet Washer Giving Some Not-So-Good Vibrations

March 28, 2005 Washer Repair

rgterzian wrote Have a Whirlpool Duet HT Washer Model GHW9200LW0. Dryer stacked using Whirlpool kit Banging or knocking at low speed spin only, noise stops as spin speed increases. Minimal vibration in all cycles, unit near perfectly level. Performs well- clothes clean, undamaged, relatively dry after spin. Can you help me, wise one? _______________________________ Message [...]

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Burner Flame on Gas Stove Won’t Shut Off Completely

March 28, 2005 Range Repair

Doug wrote: Please help! On my gas stove, one burner will NOT turn off. When the knob is in the off position, a small blue flame is just barely visible at the burner. It does not go out. Ever. Please enlighten me! Doug _______________________________ Message sent from IP: 64.91.149.236 This is a bad burner valve, [...]

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Black Smudges Left on Clothes After Doing Laundry

March 28, 2005 Dryer Repair

I had a call from a customer complaining of black smudges on her clothes, she thinks from her washer. She also reported that her dryer needed service because it made an awful noise. Now, whenever I get a call about black smudges on clothes, I know it’s usually one of two things: 1) A chemical [...]

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Hunker Down for the Hard Day

March 28, 2005 Gubmint

I teach my kids to prepare for the Hard Day. No one knows exactly what form the Hard Day will take, but it seems certain that we, as a nation, maybe even as a species, will face a difficult period of privation and hardship within the next five years. We call this the Hard Day. [...]

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Hillstomping Update: Mt. Liberty

March 26, 2005 Hillstomping Update

As they used to say in Rome, “Et tu Beautay!” The beauty of the scenery so moved me that I pooped stuff I hadn’t even eaten yet. Yeah, check it out… the scenery, that is (click the pics for the full-size view): The Northerly View Along the Franconia Ridge from Mt. Liberty Mt. Garfield from [...]

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Big Brother Moves to Squelch Political Speech on the Internet

March 26, 2005 Gubmint

Big Brother can’t handle it when people are able to connect with each other freely and effectively outside the constraints of Big Media. So they’ll fix it the way they do every other threat: make it illegal. That’s right, Big Brother in DC has made it illegal for private websites to convey information about political [...]

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Washing Machine Drain Pipe Backin’ Up Blues

March 26, 2005 Washer Repair

Well, well, well… I got me an old washer It’s makin’ me blue It spits up out the drain pipe I don’t know what to do. Can someone help me, with my scummy water blues? I got water in my basement, Oh, Samurai, tell me what to do! I say I got me a washer… [...]

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Let’s Call a Spade a Spade

March 24, 2005 Gubmint

Parents, students and teachers at Berkeley’s Thomas Jefferson Elementary School will soon vote on whether to rename their school because the nation’s third president was a slave owner. The question of whether to rename the school has been debated for more than two years — since several teachers, including an African American mother of three [...]

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Hillstomping Update: Smarts Mountain

March 22, 2005 Hillstomping Update

I’ve hiked this mountain many times in the past. It’s a moderate eight mile (round-trip) hike to the summit which has an old fire watch tower that you can climb for tremendous 360 degree views. In the photo below, we’re about halfway up; that’s the summit of Smarts Mountain in the background, behind Bubba. If [...]

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Appliance Repair Mania

March 22, 2005 General Appliance Wisdom

Fixitnow.com Can Help You Take an Abnormal Pleasure in Fixing Your Own Appliances

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A New Pinch off the Old Loaf

March 22, 2005 Karaoke Lounge

New, Organic Bagels Sold Under the Brand Name, “Sphinctels”

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Three Easy Steps to Total Washing Machine Flood Prevention

March 22, 2005 Washer Repair

I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard from clients who’ve told me about a washing machine flood horror story. In one case, my client had an upstairs laundry and the washing machine overfilled. Naturally, she had left the house and came back home to over $20,000 worth of water damage to her home. [...]

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The Appliance Repair Hotline Assumes Room Temperature

March 20, 2005 Website Updates

If you’re a regular to this site, you know that one of the features I offered was a Toll-Free Appliance Repair Hotline. I decided to pull the plug on the Hotline. The reason for having it in the first place was to help grasshoppers find the appliance repair help they needed here at Fixitnow.com. Turns [...]

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