When we moved into this place 8 years ago, I went up to a used appliance/repair shop that has unfortunately since went away and bought a matching set of refurbished Maytag washer and dryer for $450, delivered and installed.. After a week we found out the dryer actually worked a little too well, you could smell hot clothes all the way around the house. One phone call, they sent a guy out and he used a hand held temp sensor and confirmed my suspicions that it was actually running way too hot.
An hour later the thermostat was replaced and we have not had one single issue with either one of them other than the plastic switch actuator on the dryer door that always breaks off.
No electronic anything on either one of them, just the old twist and pull knobs.
My Mom has been dead for at least two years now and she went through two sets of washers and driers in 6 years. Samsung expensive as fuck models.
Like $1600 just for a POS washer that didn’t last a full 2 years.
If either one of these units we have shits the bed for any reason, I will pay a premium to have someone fix them.
I absolutely refuse to have electronic appliances.
Why in the fuck would I want my toaster to be able to tell me what time it is in Tokyo or to be able to access my purchase history on Amazon?
I sure as shit don’t need my refrigerator being connected to the internet for any reason whatsoever either.
Keep It Simple Stupid is my operating principal for just about everything I have to deal with and will be until I take the Dirt Nap.
It’s why I drive thirty plus year old vehicles too.
I just posted up over at Irish’s place about my buddy who was thinking it was about time to replace his old truck, so he went down to look at the new Chevy’s. Got in one for a test drive and discovered that the seat belt had to be latched before the shifter could be moved out of Park.
So, he left the shifter in Park and drove the old truck home. BFYTW.
I rented a minivan a year ago. I tried to pull forward with the door open and the thing applied the brakes. It would not move until I closed the door.
Have been a fan of LG appliances and electronics for 20 years. Always been reliable and their return policy was the best. No returning a burnt pixeled out monitor and waiting six weeks for a new one. Return it to the store and they give you a brand new one. Good policy by them imo.
Three years ago we moved to where we are in AB and bought a new fridge, gas stove/oven and microwave. All delivered the same day and installed on the same day.
Two years later the fridge went for a shit…just died. Last week my oven stopped working. A few weeks ago my son pointed out the microwave digital read out was flickering
LG!! What happened to you guys?
Thankfully the fridge had a ten year company warranty and I jumped thru the right hoops and got a full refund minus two years use. Fair enuff. Forgot about one final hoop and couldve got up to $300 for all the food I lost. Got another LG fridge (french doors) and the left side door flap never quite worked right for the last year.
Two days ago the repairman shows up to replace the ignitor in the oven. He used a $60 Fridgedair part instead of the $300 LG ignitor. My fridge had 16 days left on factory warranty and the fridge flap was replaced for free and works properly. As far as the digital readout goes on the MW…$212 for the part. Costco has the same microwave on sale for $200. Ill live with the flicker for now.
Steve in Alberta
Speed Queen, expensive but just knobs…
Plan ahead for those treasures.
Locate a wiring diagram and a service manual for both. Some of them actually had the suggested parts inventory list – use that if you have it.
Purchase a seal and impeller kit for the washer, a couple of those special bearings would be in order. Those idiot plastic door hinges are also a nice touch.
For the drier, grab a temperature sensor, a set or two of the drum rollers, a couple belts and a drive pulley.
I may have missed a couple things, but having them around will also act as a Talisman to ward off the evil repair demons.
Ten years ago I wouldve fixed the oven myself. Watched on Ewe toob how to do it and get the ignitor from Amazon.
I dont bend certain ways anymore and if I tried to stick my body into the oven to remove panels etc, would have to call neighbours to help me get back out of it. I am 67 and beat up from years of working heavy construction.
Having repairman come by cost me $170 bucks. Im sure he got equivalent amt from LG to do a warranty repair.
You are not alone, good sir. Lot of thoughtful people discovering there is an option other than The Next Big Thing That Will Do Your Taxes While You Defrost Something…
Why won’t the SMOD just show up and get it over with????
washer went out Christmas a year ago with family coming. Lowe’s and Best Buy were selling the latest Korean junk, which had just died. So I took a chance and went to a locally owned store that sold everything. They had Speed Queen which I didn’t know. Bought the commercial brand and it arrived the next day. Big box store best time was two weeks. Nothing fancy on this machine but it is the best appliance I have had in 30 years. Even gets the clothes clean, without a computer.
Go to Repair Clinic for how to videos, they have a symptom cause list as well.
The best place to get parts is Marcone Appliance parts.
Been a multi family service tech/manager for more than 30 years.
Obama started this mess in the name of energy efficiency.
My neighbor has been in business for over 30 years repairing appliances. He’s fixed our old mechanical washer and dryer multiple times. Always tells us not to buy the new electronic crap, if he can’t get parts to fix ours he’ll find us working appliances that can still get parts for.
The ice maker in our fridge quit working. Looked up symptoms on an appliance parts website, ordered replacement ice maker and installed it myself.
Good for you. I fixed the ice maker in my GE a couple of years ago. Lots of help on the internet. It was a fairly easy job.
s everyone has pointed out, fix it, and if I can fix it, I’m real sure you’re more than capable of it.
My dryer conked out two years ago. Did some research and found the needed parts online. The repair was not technically difficult, just a pain in the ass in close quarters. Repair before replace. Watch out for those interior sheet metal parts, they are sharp!
Bought both a .washer and dryer for the new house in 1983, Maytag. As long as I can find parts I’ll keep repairing them. Parts are starting to dry up so that’s a challenge. They are simple to fix unlike the other appliances that I’ve had to buy since then.
Good choice. A friend had a fancy custom home built with state of the art everything, most could be controlled by your phone (WTF?!? Why does anyone want to turn their oven on using their phone?!?)
Anyway, about a month in, the oven wouldn’t turn off. You had to go to the fuse box and throw the breaker to turn the oven off. Turns out the oven needed an over-the-air software upgrade. WTF?!?
So here she is, in this over priced breadbox, where some bored teenager in Ufuckustan can turn her oven on and off at will. Which ever genius at the factory thought that was a good idea should be shoved feet first into some good, old fashioned German ovens.