Recent content by wendyp

Burning Smell - could it be this part? So this washer has been running well for almost nine years now but just yesterday I ran a load and it started making a horrible burning (possibly rubber) smell. Does anyone know what could be wrong? Also there is one part that might be the problem...

Thank you so much for all the help! It's refreshing to find people that don't buy into the materialistic, throw-away mentality. This is an awesome site.

It worked! My roommate kept moving the tub around and now it works again. Thank you so much!! Do you have any idea why the matching dryer snags towels and sweaters?

Hi, I moved in to a flat in North Oakland this summer and bought a washer and dryer set from my landlord. It's a sears kenmore 800, yellow, probably from the early 70s. I've been perfectly happy with the washer until it stopped working a couple days ago. It was doing a load just fine, washed...