04-08-2017, 05:14 PM
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Ecomodder taught me to repair my dryer
Can I save $800 fixing the 16 year old, free Craig's list dryer by replacing the drive belt mee self? Yup. And can I get the door switch to work again for the dryer light and auto-off? Yup. That's about $1,200 in pretax dollars on my paycheck. And it took only 3 or 4 hours, from diagnosis to parts ordering, to installs. Great hourly rate!
Six years on ecomodder.com and attending YouTube Technical College while doing all car and home repairs gave me almost all the moderate skills I have.
Thank you all.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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04-08-2017, 09:19 PM
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Corporate imperialist
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Check out ecorenovator. There is all kinds of home repair stuff over there too.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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04-08-2017, 11:58 PM
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Can I save $800 fixing the 16 year old, free Craig's list dryer by replacing the drive belt mee self?
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To be fair though, that 16 year old dryer isn't worth $800 now that it's fixed  |
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04-09-2017, 01:44 AM
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To be fair though, that 16 year old dryer isn't worth $800 now that it's fixed |
To be fair, the new dryers that you pay $800 for aren't worth $800.  |
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04-09-2017, 03:33 AM
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Corporate imperialist
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I bought my last dryer from a used appliance place back in 2011 for $150.
From 2006 to 2011 I did not own a dryer. Only a clothes line.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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04-09-2017, 03:37 AM
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Things that are hard to move, gain a lot of value just, from already being in the right place.
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04-09-2017, 05:38 AM
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Corporate imperialist
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Of I'm going to pay $800 for a dryer it better wash my clothes, fold them and not lose any socks.
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1984 chevy suburban, custom made 6.5L diesel turbocharged with a Garrett T76 and Holset HE351VE, 22:1 compression 13psi of intercooled boost.
1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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04-09-2017, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
I bought my last dryer from a used appliance place back in 2011 for $150.
From 2006 to 2011 I did not own a dryer. Only a clothes line.
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We did the clothes line thing for many years. This is my first dryer, and it was free maybe 6 years ago. The clothesline thing can get old when you are crammed for space, neighbors grimmace, and morning fogs dampen your clothes for days. When it briefly looked tough to fix yesterday, we did a quick price check for highly rated, durable gas dryers. $800 was the ballpark (I know there are cheaper units). That gave me renewed motivation!
Also, found $3.18 in change from the 60s through the 00s, most of it from 1980s and 1990s, inside the machine, burried under a thck lint carpet. This thing might be older than 16 years.
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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04-09-2017, 10:53 AM
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we are a family of 4 and dry our clothes in the bathroom. We wash pretty often.
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life itself will be a f*ckup.
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08-17-2017, 02:33 PM
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I once lost my Army ID in the lint trap and discovered a whole pile of change. I felt disappointed when I cleaned out the other dryers and found far less.
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