May 2006

Refrigerator Noises

May 29, 2006 Refrigerator Repair

Hearing something funky going on with the beer box? Chances are it’s nothing to freak out about. This diagram explains many of the most common noises– click it for a bigger view and put your mind at ease. To learn more about your refrigerator, or to order parts, click here.

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Defrost Drain Cup Keeps Freezing Over in Older Model Whirlpool-built Refrigerators

May 29, 2006 Refrigerator Repair

Whirlpool has issued a service bulletin to repair this persistent and annoying problem. Fortunately, the defrost drain heater kit needed to correct this problem is inexpensive.

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Replacing the Hub Seal Kit on an Amana Washer

May 29, 2006 Washer Repair

If you’re contemplating taking on this repair, welcome to HELL! Some wise appliance techs (hey, is that an oxymoron?) discuss their experiences with this trial-by-fire in this topic and this one at the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum. You’ll need the hub seal kit, which you can buy here. It comes with complete instructions. The Amana [...]

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LG Front Load Washer Squeaks in Spin Cycle

May 29, 2006 Washer Repair

This is a known issue with these otherwise fine washing machines. There is a repair bulletin out to have the door latch shimmed to alleviate this noise from the door when it is in spin. Pegi, one of the Master Appliantologists and the Moderator at the repair forum, explains more fully in this forum topic.

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Maytag Dishwasher Detergent Dispenser Won’t Open on Second Wash

May 19, 2006 Dishwasher Repair

Trying to Help, one of the distinguished Sublime Masters of Appliantology in the repair forum, explains how to troubleshoot this pesky problem.

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Kenmore SxS Refrigerator, Beer Compartment Warm… Mayday! Mayday!

May 18, 2006 Refrigerator Repair

This applies to the Whirlpool-built Kenmore refrigerators, the three-digit prefix on the model number is 106.xxxx. The situation here is that the freezer is at design temp, defined as 0F, but the beer compartment won’t get cold no matter where you set the temp control. There was a service flash out on these units. Condition [...]

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Appliance Repair Radio: Appliance Service Calls

May 13, 2006 Appliance Repair Radio

Samurai Appliance Repair Man and Mrs. Samurai take you on a wild romp into the seedy underbelly of the appliance repair world. In this episode, we explain what to look for in a decent appliance service company and how to avoid getting screwed in an appliance service call. Listen to this episode | Podcast homepage [...]

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GE Refrigerator Ice Dispenser Door Not Opening

May 9, 2006 Refrigerator Repair

Jedi Appliance Guy explains what’s going on with this annoying ice dispenser problem and how GE is trying to sleaze out of doing the proper repair on their typically-shoddy products. Yanno, you people who go shopping for the cheap GE crap at the big box stores, like Home Depot, deserve to be burdened with these [...]

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Still Blogging After Six Agonizing Years!

May 8, 2006 Website Updates

Just realized that this month marks my six year anniversary of blogging about (mostly) appliance repair topics. How do I do it? More importantly, WHY do I do it? I still wonder that as I swill cheap beer and pick black flies out of my nostrils. I mean, sure, making two-bits a day and all [...]

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No heat in Maytag model MDE9700AYW dryer

May 8, 2006 Dryer Repair

Hot tip on this problem from our friends at Maytag: A poor connection between the wire terminals and the heater relay causes high current draw and damages the terminals on the heater relay on the main control board. The correction is to replace the main control board as well as both 1/4″ female tin terminals [...]

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Kitchenaid Built-in Oven Blowing Thermal Fuse

May 8, 2006 Oven Repair

If your Kitchenaid built-in wall oven keeps blowing the thermal fuse, there’s a service kit out to fix this problem. Parts links and detailed discussion of this problem here.

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Disassembling the New-Style GE Washer

May 8, 2006 Washer Repair

If you had the extreme misfortune of purchasing a newer GE top-loading washer, then sooner or later you’ll need to tear down this feculent machine. These tear-sheets from the service manual awwta hepya.

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