Found a very cool site for those who have repair all sorts of household items:
http://www.repairclinic.com/check it out. It has manuals, parts lists, etc for hundreds of brand name appliances, yard tools, etc.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Thanks for posting.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)We all need all the help we can get!!!
dixiegrrrrl
(60,175 posts)And happily, the "kids" both absorbed that message and live very low footprint lives, too.
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)so they definitely drilled it into us----and all of us kids learned well. I think it helps to get over some of the phobias about things like expiration dates or drinking the water from the tap when you were raised with all of that. I feel sorry for the people who must throw out the iodine in the medicine chest because the date on it is passed. The money wasted!
Isn't it great that "frugal" and "low footprint" work out to be the same thing??? That is what I love the most about it.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,175 posts)and boy, did she ever impress on me how not to spend money.!
Now I am very grateful for all the "tapes" in my head she left behind.
Phentex
(16,755 posts)easy and quick. I got the link from applianceblog.com. These days, any issue you have means someone else has had the same issue! I am happy my husband could do the repair work himself.
Historic NY
(40,135 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,175 posts)Thank you....will forward it to Mr. Dixie.
Historic NY
(40,135 posts)I'm still waiting for the repair guy. .
simpliest repair I ever done...replaced a few parts for $52 my 1980 dryer is like new.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)like new. I've been repairing stuff for years, but often did that because it was fun, but anymore it's mandatory survival. The labor rate plus the parts markup is outrageous today.
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