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Reply number 15, yes, GE silicone sealants used to have arsenic in them. It was removed a long time ago when I was a little kid we had a neighbor that fixed an aquarium using GE silicone sealant, and it killed all the fish immediately. One should definitely be careful with what they use inside...

Is your machine under warranty or not? Did you register it? If it’s under warranty, call for warranty service otherwise follow the instructions I listed above if you want to fix it yourself. John L

Hi Robert, I would agree of the two dishwashers. I’d much rather have the KitchenAid loading was easier too because the two racks were independent. The kitchenaid also proved to be far more durable than the Hotpoint because it was based on a commercial machine. Also, your KD 12 worked a little...

One of the short seals goes below each bearing these are to help keep the oil in the bearing area, they’re not really water seals at that point because water shouldn’t be in the bearings in the first place. You can use one or two seals at the top whirlpool only used One seal at the top until...

Consumer reports first dishwasher report Based on my experiences and talking with many people who owned these early dishwasher models, I would say they were spot on in their ratings, even though the KitchenAid was a much better built machine. It’s lack of a water heater and the overhead filling...

The small rubber washer is the seal that goes under the agitator mounting bolt. They included it because they want you to replace it to make sure you have a good air pocket under the agitator to prevent water from getting into the seal and bearing area.

1968 GE built-in dishwasher This definitely must not have been used, you may be able to use this for a while, definitely test it out before you get a big load of dishes and decide it doesn’t work put some dishes in that are visibly soiled, some glasses in the upper rack that have peanut butter...

Hi Mark, this type of behavior has been an occasional problem with direct drive washers especially it seems with the two and three Speed motor models. If the extra start capacitor doesn’t work, you can try the motor, but it’s doubtful that it’ll work. You may have to pull the transmission and...

Even if the clock is set properly for manual operation, the clock switch sometimes fails on these Frigidaire ranges, the key is when you turn the oven on to say 350 the indicator light on the control panel should come on showing that it’s heating if that light is coming on Then the clock is set...

Yay Mark I’m glad you got that working as I said in my post earlier between Jason and I we repaired at least 100 boards like that mostly on whirlpool dryers and many other brands. GE refrigerators are prone to the solder connection for the relay failing. I absolutely would not do anything else...

I think the Chinese have enough of our money you can easily get a good used toaster oven at a thrift store. No $150-$350 toaster ovens for me

The first thing to check is to remove the front panel and see if the motor turns freely, as suggested above there may be something jammed in the water pump. If the motor turns freely and still doesn’t start and run properly with the pump and maybe the belt removed from the pulleys you may have...

That’s subzero is more than 30 years old, and it will probably cost more than $30-40 a month to operate and it needs a serious repair.

Those older GE and black and decker toaster ovens were very good durable appliances They’re not easy to fix heating elements and other electrical connections are welded together, don’t know if you can get any parts for them either, when you can get a nice used one for $11 you’re better off just...

Post 124 That’s a ridiculous comparison the modern washer on the right has twice as much laundry in it and it’s being washed adequately when the one on the left is barely turning anything over. Also, the one on the right is doing a better job with less clothing damage. John L

GEP7 self cleaning ovens Hi Ken, why are you reviving this thread? That’s a year or more old do you have the same problem with a GE range ? Mice will get into any range and borrow into the insulation , the wiring does not usually get greasy in a range and I have never seen a mouse chew through...

First frost, free refrigerators The 1952 Westinghouse was probably the first US refrigerator freezer that you did not have to manually defrost. It counted how many times you opened and closed the door and would initiate a defrost heater that would melt the visible frost in the freezer...

The direct drive washers at the fast agitation speed are very aggressive, virtually all direct drive machines offered lower speed options unlike Maytag, if you had a dependable care, Maytag with the power fin agitator there was nothing you could do except drastically underload the machine to try...

Reply number 41, I was mistaken. I was thinking of the 20s even though we were talking about the 19 series since this thread was originally about the 20 series dishwashers. 😎