December 2007

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2007 Karaoke Lounge

明けましておめでとうございます!(Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu == Happy New Year) from Samurai Appliance Repair Man and Mrs. Samurai. Need a New Year’s resolution? Here’s one: Vote for Ron Paul, President, 2008! He’s the TRUE peace candidate: he has consistently and stridently opposed the war in Iraq, the war on drugs, and all the other loony “wars” that the [...]

Read the full article →

Kenmore Washer Vibrates Like Crazy During Spin

December 27, 2007 Washer Repair

From: Carlos G Subject: Question for the Samurai Your Precious Words: I have a Kenmore Model 80, opened it up to do some cleaning now it vibrates like crazy during the spin cycle. The springs are attached on the bottom. When I move the tub around with my hand it feels unstable, very springy. I [...]

Read the full article →

How to Find Appliance Parts Without Having to Know Much

December 25, 2007 Appliance Parts Smarts

Now it’s easier than ever to find the appliance parts you need using the new pretty yellow appliance parts search box at the top of the page. Let’s walk through a quick example of how easy it is to find parts with the new Part Detective using the Whirlpool Duet Sport washer as an example. [...]

Read the full article →

Merry Christmas!

December 25, 2007 Karaoke Lounge

Samurai Appliance Repair Man, Mrs. Samurai, and our spawn. Picture courtesy of Matushka Galina Tregubov. Thanks, Matushka!

Read the full article →

The Famous Three-Step Samurai Appliance Repair Program

December 19, 2007 General Appliance Wisdom

So you have a broken appliance; you’re trying to figure out what’s wrong and how to fix it. And you’re all flustered because you don’t even know where to start getting help. Well, you just unfurrow that brow and unbunch those panties, Grasshoppah, because the Samurai will walk you through your repair journey with his [...]

Read the full article →

“There IS a Ron Paul Movement!”

December 8, 2007 Gubmint

The LSM (lame-stream media) is finally starting to catch on: there really IS a powerful grassroots Ron Paul movement. Check it out… The Ron Paul Revolution: be a part of it!

Read the full article →

GE Recalls Tens of Thousands of Combination Microwave / Conventional Wall Ovens

December 7, 2007 Appliance Recalls

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Built-in Combination Wall and Microwave Ovens Units: About 92,000 Manufacturer: GE Consumer & Industrial, of Louisville, [...]

Read the full article →

GE Side by Side Refrigerator Freezing the Beer

December 6, 2007 Refrigerator Repair

It happened again: you reach for a can of Old Milwaukee only to feel that tell-tale bulge at the top of the can. The beer froze… again. D’OH! The problem is usually the damper door assembly– these have been a real cash cow, er, I mean, headache for servicers since dayo uno. What usually happens [...]

Read the full article →

Maytag Neptune MAH3000AWW Won’t Run

December 6, 2007 Washer Repair

You’ve done your due-diligence checks and have verified that R11 on machine control board is not smoked. Now you need to do the motor phase voltage test described in your tech sheet inside the control console. Sublime Master of Appliantology Trying to help gives the CliffNotes version: You will want to take the front off [...]

Read the full article →

The Samurai has a Liberty Lunch with Ron Paul

December 5, 2007 Gubmint

From L to R: Congressman Ron Paul!, Mike Faiella, A Guy, Fr. Andrew Tregubov (my priest), Samurai Appliance Repair Man. Not shown: Mrs. Samurai– she’s taking the picture (click to enlarge). Monday, December 3, 2007 BJ Bricker’s Restaurant, Claremont, NH I just found out last Friday that I was going to this lunch. What a [...]

Read the full article →

Working with Electronic Circuit Boards in Appliance Repair

December 3, 2007 General Appliance Wisdom

Most appliances today use electronic circuit boards. For example, many appliances use an “electronic control system” consisting of a dime-store calculator LCD display, a plastic touch pad, and a cheesy circuit board, all made in a Chinese sweat shop. Although these boards are manufactured for pennies, replacement circuit boards sell for big bucks, sometimes hundreds [...]

Read the full article →

GE Profile Refrigerator Leaking from the Water Dispenser

December 2, 2007 Refrigerator Repair

The water dispenser on your GE Profile refrigerator has a case of the drips. So, you do what everyone does and place a cup under the dispenser spout to catch the water. Yet, despite its effectiveness, the spousal unit will no longer tolerate this mode of operation. Thus your quest for appliance enlightenment begins… and [...]

Read the full article →

Bosch Front Loading Washer Nexxt 500 Series Stops Mid-Cycle and Gives Error Code E04

December 2, 2007 Washer Repair

BigChiefNocaHoma, an Apprentice Appliantologist at the Samurai Appliance Repair Forums, owns a Bosch front washer, model number WFMC3301UC. Recently, his Bosch washer developed a problem where it would stop mid-cycle with an E04 error code in the display and he posted this problem in the Laundry Appliance Repair Forum. Sublime Master appl.tech.29501 talked him through [...]

Read the full article →

Icemaker Fill Tube Freezing

December 1, 2007 Ice Maker Repair

This annoying problem can have a variety of causes. Check these four things first: Make sure the water supply is greater than 20 psi. If too low, the water valve won’t seat properly and it’ll “weep.” Common causes of low pressure are gunked-up saddle tap valves, kinked water supply line, and using a reverse osmosis [...]

Read the full article →

Oven/Range Troubleshooting and Repair Manual

December 1, 2007 Oven Repair

Oven/Range Troubleshooting and Repair Manual Problem Possible Solution [Electric Only]The bake and/or broil element never gets hot. It’s not getting any power at the outlet…DUH! Well, maybe it’s burned out. Attaway, Hoss, just go ahead and replace it with the assumption that nothing else could cause a no-bake condition. How ’bout checking the continuity of [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Real Time Web Analytics