Re: OT Mini gloat

Gloat accepted!

As for the tossing it out: If you don't have the tools and the know how, do it yourself repairs are a crapshoot. Example: I have a Sears washer that has a troublesome mechanical timer. Give it a whack on the top and it starts right up again. I have replaced the timer once, perhaps a dozen years back, problem shows up again. So do I spend the $90 for a new timer and HOPE? Or tear down the timer with it's 30 or so contacts and HOPE I can find the troublesome lead and HOPE I can get it back together?

And having the repair guy show up is worse. $75 service call to be told "It's old, replace it" And no discount on the new one.

Gary Brady wrote:
Well, this is not a score like the recent Monarch 10 EE for $800, or the welder for $10, but:

Scanning the local craigslist FREE page, I see: "4year old Maytag washer, seal is bad, it's on the curb." I call and find that it's close by so I go by and pick it up. Looks brand new. Take it home, put in the shop, start tearing it down. No prior knowledge of Maytags, but internet helps. When I get to the "seal", I find a small necklace chain hanging out. I take the "seal" apart, it is acutally two mating surfaces that seal to keep the water in the tub. The rest of the necklace chain (about 6" of it) is in a cavity inside the seal assembly. I remove the chain, inspect the seal (one tiny blemish)and put the thing back together. Run the washer through 3 complete cycles and it doesn't leak a drop.

This washer sells at the discount houses for $389. It'll be a good "loaner" while I do some repairs to my 25 year old Whirlpool.

It amazes me how many people send perfectly good stuff to the dump because they don't have a set of sockets and few screwdrivers. It also amazes how that so many "people in need" in this country never take advantage of this sort of thing.

Gary Brady
Austin, TX

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