Appliances are what we in the bidness call “electro-mechanical devices.” Oh yeah, mmm hmm, we professionals can throw around all kinda two-dollah words like that– that’s why we makes the big money!
Anyway, “electro-mechanical” just means that they have both electrical and mechanical components, any of which can fail and require troubleshooting and repair. So, on [...]

Seems a bunch of houses were built using contaminated drywall during the 2004-2005 housing boom. Confucius say, “I’ll give you one guess where this drywall was made.” Yes, my fellow Ameedicans, China has sent us yet another poison product. This time, it’s drywall, sheetrock, gypsum board, whatever you want to call that [...]

Who Made My Kenmore? Use the Magical Kenmore Model Number Decoder to Find Out! http://applianceguru.com/forum9/3351.html

Small Appliance Repair Manual. Covers 13 different small appliances: http://fixitnow.com/sbrvrs/smallappliance.htm

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Lo! The battle doth beckon!

It’s kinda like porno. Not that I’d know anything about that. Por-who?

I have to cut that cap off so I can make the connection with the hand shut off valve using [...]

WARNING: The Department of Defense has classified the Supah Samurai Search (SSS) an appliance repair weapon of mass construction. This search engine is considered to be the nuclear bomb of DIY appliance repair. Use of the SSS may result in your appliance not being broken any more.
The scope [...]

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Rough day at the Samurai office. TGIF! http://twitgoo.com/1j80
The pic you’ve been waiting for… the trick to removing [...]

Just when it looked like my rehab was going so well, I had a relapse and produced the most important newsletter in history! Thank you for not asking which history this newsletter is important to but, if you must know, it’s the history of Applianchia, a remote, mountainous region in Lower Slabovia famous for [...]

This is such an obvious forum to include; I don’t know why I didn’t think of it earlier! … Anyway, this forum is all about tool talk for tool heads and cool tools for fixit fools.

I’ve started using Twitter to post quick appliance repair tips. These are things that don’t quite merit a full-blown blog post here at the site but are still Fun Facts to Know and Tell (FFTKAT). Seems like the ideal use for microblogging. It’s stuff like pointing out a particularly illuminating post at [...]

So, as a result of a chronic deficiency of vitamin C in my diet, I broke down and joined the Facebook craze. After binging on bean juice all night, I created this Facebook page.
If you become a fan, here are some of the cool features you’ll find:

Keep up with the Samurai’s every [...]

It’s baaaack! Just when you thought it was safe to go out on the web, another screaming issue of our newsletter is prowling around the Internet again. This issue is so jam-packed with appliantological news that I had to put it in a trash compactor just to make it all fit. So [...]

Here’s a handy pie chart that shows the most common expressions for Ohm’s Law. Very useful reference for things like common appliance problems and the Appliantologist Merit Exam. Handy and oh so expeditious!

So, Grasshoppah, you think you’re smarter than the average grasshoppah? You think you got what it takes to be a Merit Apprentice Appliantologist? Or maybe even a Buckaroo Banzai Appliantologist? Well then, come strut yo’ stuff in the Appliantologist Merit Exam and we shall indeed see if’n you got what it takes [...]

And now from our “What Were They Thinking?” Department, the meditation question of the day:
Would you buy this dishwasher?

Tommy wrote:
I have a LSQ9544KT0 whrirl pool washer. I washed a load today wemt down 30 mins later the wsher was full of water. it would not drain out, I messed with the nob when I put on wash the wash gator would turn when it came time for the [...]

Broken appliance? Tired of dealing with know-nothing, parts-changing monkeys? Wouldn’t it be great to find expert service you can trust? If you have the supreme good fortune of living in New London, NH, or in one of the adjacent towns, then, yea verily, the pot-bellied Buddha hath grinned down upon you because [...]

Maytag (owned by Whirlpool) is recalling 1.6 million refrigerators because of a potential fire hazard. Apparently, “.. an electrical failure in the (Start) relay (Overload) component that turns on the refrigerator’s compressor can cause overheating and pose a serious fire hazard.”
From the recall notice at the CPSC site:
The recall includes certain Maytag®, Jenn-Air®, Amana®, [...]

When you join the repair forum and make your love-offering to become an Apprentice Appliantologist, you can get expert help from Master Appliantolgists in fixing your appliances. But we’ve amped the forum up to 11– now it’s one bettah! Daf right, homey– now you can also tap into the vast reservoir of appliantological [...]

If you’ve been too intimidated to repair your own appliances, come read this exciting saga of how Tampa Patty replaced the clutch in her washing machine. Tampa Patty is a stouthearted Apprentice in the Samurai Appliance Repair Forum. She had never repaired her washer before and didn’t even know how to take it [...]