A doubleheader! Just uploaded two more episodes of our award-winning appliance repair podcast.

First, we completed the dramatic conclusion of the riveting blockbuster trilogy on the Samurai’s 12 Laws of Appliance Repair. You don’t wanna miss this one… unless you had something better to do, like pulling hair outta the drains, or something. [...]

If the dryer runs but doesn’t heat, don’t even think it’s the thermal fuse. If the thermal fuse was the problem, the dryer wouldn’t run at all.

First thing to do is verify your source voltage for the dryer; for those of you in Manhattan, this means to use your multi-meter to measure the voltage at [...]

Every now and then, someone posts a botched repair story that’s just so messed up that it’s worth sharing here. In this one, our hapless grasshopper is attempting to replace the drive coupler in his washer and employs a technique that we professional appliantologists call, “Going around your elbow to get to your azzhole.” [...]

Not that it’s their place to approve of anything that doesn’t belong to them personally, but the bureaucrats at the DOJ anti-trust division have ceremoniously announced that they won’t meddle with the pending Whirlpool-Maytag merger.

If you have a newer-model Whirlpool or Kitchenaid dishwasher (also sold under the Kenwhore label), that’s not washing dishes very well, here’s whatcha do:

First, make sure your water fill level is adequate, should be just below heating element. The proper fill is 1.8 gallons, so if you want to see what a proper fill [...]

There’s a trick to this (isn’t there always a trick?) which is explained in your user’s guide. In case you lost your user’s guide, our gracious and lovely moderator, Pegi, has re-printed it for you here.

Part Deux of the 12 Laws of Appliance Repair podcast trilogy is now online. Find out what everyone is listening to and download it now!
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This washer was made by Whirlpool, so the following tidbits also apply to the Whirlpool Duet washer. But, since it has a Kenmore label slapped on it, you’ll have to deal with Sears if this is a warranty issue– this is a good thang because you’ll learn what good service is by experiencing really [...]

This in not good news and, for the quality and replacement cost of this machine, is usually a terminal illness. Most likely this is tub seal and bearing failure, but wait! there’s more– the problem could also be the clutch or the transmission. Two Sublime Masters in the repair forum explain.

A Sublime Master of Appliantology provides some good tips in the repair forum on troubleshooting this problem.

*Water level on this unit should be up to the bottom of the heating element (using the element as a face of a clock, use the 9 & 3 positions) when the water shuts off if filling correctly. When [...]

I just uploaded another steamy installment of our appliance repair podcast, which you can download here.

With this episode, we’re trying out a new format. Instead of talking about a range of different topics in the appliance world, we focused on one topic.

This episode is the first of a trilogy wherein the Samurai explains his [...]

AFFECTED MODELS:

Whirlpool: DU1050XTP, DU1100XTP, DU1101XTP, DU1145XTP, DU1148XTP, DUC600XTP, DUL240XTP, GU2400XTP, GU2500XTP, GU2548XTP, GU2600XTP, GU3200XTP;

KitchenAid: KUD x 01-6 (where “x” is any letter);

Kenmore: Whirlpool-built models.

All serial codes.

NUTSHELL:
Whirlpool has issued a service bulletin on this problem. Seems the heater fault-detection circuit is buggy. The condition can also apply to a dishwasher that has had [...]

Not recommended because this can cause problems like nuisance trips of the GFI.

One dead giveaway is metal shavings under the agitator. Sublime Master Willie has some tips for installing the new drive block.

Last night, we recorded, produced, and uploaded the fifth episode of our podcast, Fixitnow.com Appliance Repair Radio.

To commemorate our incredibly long tenure in the podcasting craze, we dedicated our fifth episode of FARR to all listener emails. Have a listen and drop us an email at podcast AT fixitnow.com.