From the monthly archives:

January 2010

 

 

Ice bucket empty;
inner Babe Ruth awakens.
Batting a thousand.

 
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How to Test the Evaporator Fan Motor in a GE Profile Refrigerator

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on January 26, 2010

in Refrigerator Repair

Le Procédure:

Unplug the refrigumerator. This resets the main control board.

Warm up the freezer thermistor to 70°F– an infrared temperature gun makes for an easy, quick, and accurate way to tell when the desired temperature is reached.

Set the temperature controls to das middle settings.

Plug the refrigumerator back in.

Use your meter to check for 13 [...]

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Kenmore Side by Side,
sporadic ice, deformed cubes.
Nouveau torque module.

 

 
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… and may have water pooled at the bottom and running out the front, too.
This is a classic case of a plugged condensate drain hole in the freezer. “Condensate” is the fancy word that we professional appliantologists call the water that gets melted off the evaporator during the defrost cycle. “Evaporator” [...]

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Oh, the places the Samurai doth go to service broken appliances. This place had 50 mph gusts and -15°F temps. Can you believe this was a broken icemaker call? And there was no way to get my service van up there– believe me, I tried! No, I had to trudge four [...]

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Kenmore (Whirlpool) Dryer Runs a Short Time then Flashes an F11 Code

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on January 23, 2010

in Dryer Repair, Haiku

Emily wrote:
Hi
Have a kenmore dryer 110.85089400 that will run for a while then flash F11. Please enlighten me, O Samurai!
 

F11 code
on Kenmore dryer console.
Mr. Thermistor.

 

 
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Broken Appliance? Samurai Appliance Repair Man Makes Service Calls!

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on January 21, 2010

in Haiku, Samurai Incarnate

 

 

Samurai at work;
burrito grande´ rumbles.
Customer clears out.

 

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Maytag MDB-model Dishwasher Leaves Food Residue on Dishes

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on January 20, 2010

in Dishwasher Repair, Haiku

 

Maytag dishwasher
Leaves food gookus on dishes.
Clean those dirty slits!

 

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Trail Break

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on January 19, 2010

in Hillstomping Update

All this appliance repair talk is eating my brain! I’ve uploaded some pics from a few of my winter hikes this season. Best viewed in fullscreen mode. Turn your speakers up and click the thumbnail images below to watch the slideshows. Enjoy!
Mt. Cardigan

 
Mt. Moosilauke

 
Southern Saints Romp (Mt. Antipas and Webster [...]

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Loose lug on dryer:
Live and learn or Learn and live?
Meditate with beer.

 
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Whirlpool Duet Washer Leaks from the Front Panel

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on January 18, 2010

in Haiku, Washer Repair

 

 

Duet washer leaks,
dribbling water from the front.
Thy bellows hath blown.

 

 
Wisdom! Whirlpool Duet Washer Repair Manual. Has complete, illustrated instructions for how to replace the bellows, troubleshooting and diagnostics, complete teardown info and much, much, more!

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GE Profile fridge:
freezes beers; dispenser quit.
Frikkin’ flapper froze!

 

 

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Repeated icing
GE Monogram freezer
Band-aid repair kit.

 

 
Instamallation Tips:

 
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Locating the Model Number Tag in a Refrigerator

by Samurai Appliance Repair Man on January 15, 2010

in Haiku, Refrigerator Repair

 
Refrigerator
model number: where art thou?
Hither, thither, yon.

 

 
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