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Hi, I thought you were the guy that came here and bought some Calypso parts. Is that not correct?

New car features, just pay for what you need, I got a brand new car two years ago. It probably won’t be my last new car. I still want to get an electric vehicle or at least a plug-in hybrid. Hi harvest gold 68, post number 25 your 97 Volvo has lots of electronics in it and sensors. It wouldn’t...

Mini LP gas three burner drop in range I always thought these were so cute and have had numerous chances to get one, but I’ve never bothered as I couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Might be fun if you build an outdoor kitchen or something and you could hook it up and use it alongside a...

Worst new dishwashers I would give my vote to the basic plastic tub GE dishwashers as well. They are just plain cheap a property management company. We work with uses a lot of them. Also tied for poor quality is the basic Frigidaire’s and the basic Bosch dishwashers they’re just cheap. They...

Growing older and becoming an old curmudgeon This was an important life lesson for me as I’m even older than Matt. My first job in the St was working for two really great guys Bill and Bob. They had a good attitude and were fun to work with. As time went on Bill became more and more negative...

Hi JDM, glad you got a water pump. For the record that same pump is used from 1961 through 1995 on GE filter flow washers the same pump fit every filter flow model, the only exception was they made a very few basic models that did not have the lint filter feature, and had only two ports on the...

2019 Speed Queen top load washer. This could be a great deal unless it has a bad main bearing, whether it’s worth an hour drive each way is up to you of course depends on how badly you want. A really great washing machine. You could try to get them to take the front off of it and take some...

Modern dishwashers today Clean better than any dishwashers in history while using less water and energy, this is partly because of the sophisticated enzyme detergent. It is not possible to get dishes, clean in an hour and get rid of all the food residue the longer cycle times are necessary, so...

Reply number nine, it’s very unlikely the bake element is the cause, you could see if it works properly on broil by setting it to 250° for example and see if the element cycle goes off and on when it’s set on the broil setting. The bake element is also extremely easy to check with an ohm...

Hi Lewis, I checked I do not have contact information for him. He was here a year or so ago buying some parts from us and stayed overnight, but I can’t find a number for him. I have not heard from him since he was here.

Good grief Chet First of all with all your time, why don’t you start cooking from scratch instead of eating all that frozen crap. Why would you cook on top of aluminum foil? Why not just put the food on a proper tray, I hope your recycling the aluminum foil at least, a roll of aluminum foil...

Thanks, Cory for another interesting Appliance movie. I wonder where that 12 millionth dryer is today, did that make it to the Maytag museum? Maytag HOH dryers were certainly one of the quieter dryers, but I don’t think anywhere ever as quiet as the Hamilton dryers, it was almost eerie...

Hi Malcolm, I do agree with you. There was nothing more elegant than the Kenmore washers that have the side opening lid that stood up so proudly. When I was younger, I always dislike the machines that had the lid that opened back and conceal the controls when you were using the machine and...

I remember this report well I would call it completely accurate, consumer reports did not rate on construction quality or on repair records so the Westinghouse whirlpool and KitchenAid dishwasher were about equal performance they all worked very well. A family friend of ours bought the...

Reply # 10 If the spin bearings lock-up the machine would still drain just fine. John L.

Kenmore direct Drive washer, My chart says this was made the 12th week of 2007 Build quality on the direct drive machines really started to deteriorate into the early 2000s. It could still be a good washer. Just depends on the condition We started to see a lot more rustic center post and...

Subzero refrigerator- freezershave two completely separate sealed systems in them. For many years, they used a copper tube evaporator in the refrigerator section with aluminum fins. The copper would be attacked by the food acid in the refrigerator, and they had a great problem with leaks, the...

If you can’t find the original one, it should not be too hard to cobble in an additional water level switch set to the correct level needed, you could leave the existing water level switch and only use the high or low level switched depending on which one is still functional. John L

Speed Queen TC five washer problems Reply number eight the Speed Queen does not have an electric drain pump unless it’s a Canadian or Australian edition. There is no clean out port on any Speed Queen top load washer. This model washer has a mechanical pump that’s mounted on the bottom of the...

Reply number 41, the GE rotary compressor, which they built here in the United States, had a defect that used a powdered metal process to make the rotor and they found that it wore too fast. It had nothing to do with oil additives. It had nothing to do with the EPA or the Japanese GE made this...