Now, at long last, it’s the complete do-it-yourself refrigerator repair reference that you’ve been clamoring for. This post links you to resources for any type of problem you’re having with your refrigerator, from simple control problems to advanced sealed system work. Awwite, grab ‘hold of those two large lumps at the base [...]

Bought a new range or planning to? Planning an addition to your house? Building a new house? These are just a few of the ways you could run into converting from a 3- to 4-wire range outlet. Whatever your situation, this illustrated anatomy of electrical outlets for ranges, ovens, and stove should help [...]

Sublime Masters Trying to help and appl.tech.29501 recently helped a grasshoppah in the Laundry Appliance Repair Forum troubleshoot a no spin problem with his Maytag Neptune 5500 washer. Now for a limited time only, read the inspiring and heart-warming story of this grasshoppah’s struggle and ultimate triumph over his insolent washing machine. [...]

We’ve all been there: 12 minutes ’til Oprah comes on– just enough time to bake a frozen pizza. So you turn on the oven and… no heat! Oh my, what to do? Where to start?
In this pearl of appliantological wisdom, I’ll explain the basic troubleshooting strategy for figuring out what’s [...]

As many of you already know, the Samurai practices a unique style of appliance repair called Fixite Do (pronounced “fixi-tay doh”), shown here (click the picture for the larger view).
My aggressive appliance repair techniques attracted the attention of none other than the Goddfaddah himself! He recently approached the Samurai and “asked” him [...]

This how-to applies to the cheap, GE top-loading washers, like the one you bought at Home Depot, with model numbers like WPSR3100WOWW. Some of the busted-transmission symptoms on this washer include:
- Loud roar like a jet engine during spin;
- Won’t agitate (Note 1: you already checked the belt and it’s OK; Note 2: a [...]

Re-modeled the house and you’d like to spruce up the looks of your otherwise fully-functional appliances so they match the new decor? One way of doing this is to re-paint the appliances. Yeah, it’s tedious, detailed, unforgiving work but, for some, it’s a treasured tradition in the appliance repair martial arts. Here, [...]

This problem is common in the GE Profile side by sides with ice dispensers, such as the GE Profile PSS26MGPABB. The dispensers in these otherwise troublesome refrigerators have been a cause of acid reflux and intestinal cramping for billions of unsuspecting owners of GE refrigerators.
The root problem is that the freezer just [...]

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Whenever grasshoppers have a refrigerator that’s warming up, the first thing they think is that the compressor is bad or it “needs a shot of freon.” In fact, the compressor, copper tubing, or freon (collectively called the “sealed system”) is at fault less than 20% of the time when a refrigerator is warming up; [...]

Watch this video of a Whirlpool direct drive washer and see if you can guess which part is bad and causing that awful racket:

Give up? OK, I’ll tell you: it’s the direct drive coupler. Very easy repair, about two mugs on the world-famous SUDS-o-meter.

Now, just in time for Thanksgiving, you can download this handy, three-page refrigerator repair manual, lovingly annotated by yours so very freaking truly. Links to illustrative web pages are embedded in the manual; words underlined in blue are hyperlinks and you can click them to go to the supporting page. Notes appear as [...]

This is the latest edition (2007) of this very useful primer on appliance repair, Troubleshooting and Repairing Major Appliances. I own a copy of the first edition, which came out in 1995 and it occupies prime real estate on my bookshelf among my more valuable appliance repair references. This latest edition has added [...]

Ever wanted to tear down your brand new Cabrio? This video will show you how. Since this washer is manufactured by Fisher-Paykel for Whirlpool, the teardown shown here will be very similar for the F-P GWL10 and 11 washers. Grab some popcorn and let’s watch a movie!