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My neighbor gave me a Frigidaire TL that's about 10 years old or so when he replaced it with a FL Bosch. It appears as if the spin brake is bad in it. When the spin cycle is finshed, the motor cuts off, but the brake doesn't engage. The lid stays locked for over a minute or so while the tub...

My family has been customers of this store for years, as has been many other Richmonders. They gave a level of service unparalleled by any of the national chains and big box stores, and their prices were competitive with them too! As a fixture of the area,I thought this place would always be...

I spotted the solenoid on that speed queen ad in the screen name thread. I've got one sitting around here. Only, I bought mine from Da-Lite screen company. It's used as a door solenoid in their biggest screens. The projection screen at my church is a good 16 feet long, and the same solenoid is...

Here's 4 really cool looking ones for sale! http://richmond.craigslist.org/fuo/1052776253.html

I went over to the Circuit city corporate headquarters building this evening to purchase a desk for my home office. The place was very weird...I should have took some pictures inside the office. The security gates were opened, and at the receptionist's desk was a cashier. The building is open...

I did a search on Youtube for an old Chevy ad I was looking for and came across a 1984 Corvette ad by Robert Abel Assoc. I then did a search on his stuff back then...he had some pretty futuristic looking stuff back in the day! His work is very distinctive: flying through space, dark backgrounds...

A Maytag repairman submits fradulent warranty claims against washers on the sales floor of hardware stores. You know, if you wanted to commit warranty fraud, Maytag isn't the one to do...It's pretty obvious when the numbers show only ONE of the Maytag men are actually busy! BTW: How on earth...

Panasonic claims that it actually reduces the amount of power delivered to the magnetron on their inverter microwaves, instead of just cycling it on and off like other makes do. Now, here's the dilemma I am up against. I have a 1000 watt power converter in my camper that converts 12 volt power...

Anybody catch the Frigidaire Flair in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation? It's over Eddie's wife's shoulder when they are sitting in Eddie's kitchen talking. It's sort of out of focus, but you can definitely tell it's a flair!

No buyer of the business was found, so they are going to liquidate all the remaining stores and sell off all the asssets. They started here in Richmond 60 years ago as Ward's TV & appliance. Back then, they were known for their bait & switch tactics, but during the eighties, they straightened up...

I hooked up a new stove for my grandmother this past weekend, and the subject came up about many of the family gatherings and dinners we had over there. She mentioned that she never thought when they scraped together their few dimes back in the fifties to buy her stove for the house that she...

Any of you guys checked out this site? Some fun stuff on there for anyone whose a fan of mid-century homes! http://retrorenovation.com/

I disassembled a bunch of old fusers out of laser printers, and found they have a halogen infra-red lamp installed in them. They heat up the fuser roller, and bond the toner to the paper when it is printed on . These are also found in copiers. Back when I was repairing computers and printers, I...

I posted some pictures of the Magnavox stereo, but I forgot to post pictures of this other cool radio I found! It's a Grundig Majestic 2065. It's missing some tubes, including an eye tube (this radio appears to use one of the "V" tubes" and because the tubes are German, re-tubing this radio may...

I was tooling around the neighborhood today on cleanout day, and didn't find the first major appliance...I guess the scrap metal guys are getting to them now before they sit for any time. BUT, I found this nice little stereo...it ain't made of metal, but a nice wood cabinet. It is dirty though...

Not trying to offend, but I found this hilarious when I read it in another forum: 1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed 14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently 7 to caution about the...

I have an old GE fashionette window unit that I used in my shed when I was working out there. The little air conditioner ran great, and got really cold. It made 38 degree coil temperatures, and that did a great job on the humidity because of this. I also used the air conditioner to help dry out...

Reynolds Metals had been based here in Richmond since it's inception. In the late 90's, the family sold out to it's competitor Alcoa. It was only a few years later the corporate headquarters here was vacated. Alcoa however kept some of the plants open in the area. One of them being the foil...

We have been basically looking through the wrong end of the scope when it comes to solving our country’s woes. We are looking to the government to solve our problems, and most haven’t noticed that the government IS our problem! Why is it’s a problem? Well, we’ve basically voted away the...

My neighbor is looking for a heat-pump window unit to put in his attic room he finished off. He's going to make the attic sort of a "kids" room, with one side a bedroom, and the other a playroom. He doesn't want to buy just some big-box store clunker made in China, so he's looking for a Carrier...