Recent content by phillymatt53

The RCA Victor Studiomatic - I actually have one in a mini console that I restored. For what it is, it's pretty impressive. Click it to see the whole ad.

Hi guys, I hope someone on here can help me out. A good friend of mine has a Hotpoint dishwasher, likely late-70's or early 80's model. It was in the condo since he bought it in 1999, and the condo was built in the 1970's. Recently, my friend told me that it was leaking, and a repairman told him...

Yes, my KDS 19 is built to outlast me! I love it! The dishes etc are always perfectly cleaned. Air drying is good, but tilting glasses or pots so water doesn't pool up helps.

Ok, I'll pitch in on this thread as well..... here goes... Started as a child, 7 years old, I got into everything in the house.... I took apart the family record player - got yelled at for that. The pump belt on mom's Easy Spindrier slipped off, and I managed to put it back on. As a teen, mom's...

Speaking about longevity... A home I once rented back in 1988 had an old early 1950's Philco fridge in the basement. Ya know, the ones with the rounded corners and big old clunky door handle. The dust on it was thick, but when I plugged it in, it fired right up! YAY!......basement cold beer storage!

This reminds me of a neighbor's next door issue I dealt with about 10 years ago... They had a top-of-the-line GE Monogram dishwasher that had a faulty circuit board, and asked me to help fix the machine. I contacted GE customer service about a new board and was told that the cost would be $549...

Good advice! It's pretty well known that Speed Queen has been a popular machine in commercial laundramats for decades. They HAD to be built tough since they were in continual, often rough use, and laundromats relied on them for their income. From what I know, they still use all-metal gears in...

Introducing electronics in things like washers, dryers, dishwashers, fridges, etc - may be attractive to the average consumer, BUT.... look where it's taken it's toll. Same goes for automobiles, vehicles... Used to be that owners could get these things fixed easily. Not any more.... pray for...

Yes, it has become frustrating these days to repair modern devices. Ten years for warehouses to keep parts in stock is in the past. More like 1 or 2 years is the norm today. Because manufacturers want you to buy "new" instead, they gain more of your money that way, and don't like having to...

Wow! When I was a child, my mom had that Easy Spindrier to wash our clothes in. It facinated me watching her do the family laundry. And boy could that agitator churn up the load of clothes! Then in 1963 dad tossed it and got mom a GE Filter Flo automatic. That GE lasted for about 17 years...

Back in 1980 I lived in an apartment, a second floor duplex. It was my first apartment, I was 27 at the time. Down in the basement I found an old dusty RCA Whirpool washer. Looks like it wasn't used in decades. The kind with the black bakelite agitator. (Surgilator?) So after cleaning, I took a...

I tend to agree their sir. Back in 2005, I installed a new GE 18,000BTU air conditioner in the dining room wall to replace an old 1970 Westinghouse unit that was hard on my electric bill. Naturally, the GE was a lot more efficient, and I was pleased with the purchase. However, last July...

Sorry for this long read, but I sometimes must get things off my chest.... Indeed, I've watched for decades the slow, deliberate decline of consumer products. From cars, to home products...the list is endless. I've worked for over 40 years in the electronics service industry as a well-taught...