Thursday, August 9, 2007
Add Maytag( OK Frigidaire ) Repair man
After only a year and a half to two years of service, my HE washer would not drain. It started gradually at first the clothes would come out a little damper than usual then recently we would have to literally wring the water out of them. I couldn't believe that it was time to buy a new washer already. The man at the store assured me that this was a great washer. Even my old style one lasted sixteen years. Maybe in five years it could have required a couple new parts but not this early. As busy as Mike is he said he would take a look at it so last night at about seven, he headed for the basement. I had some errands to run so I left Cindy to help as needed and was on my way. When I got home Cindy told me that there was a bunch of lint in some pump.Later Mike came up to say that he found tweezers, scissors, lint and a whole host of other things in the pump ( Cindy tends to wash whatever is in pockets with clothing )and he feared that the pump had been burned due to all these foreign objects. I nodded and agreed to call the parts department in the morning to see what a new pump would cost . Mike went back down and at ten o'clock he came back up with a smile and a plastic disposable dental flosser in his hand. Here is the problem he said ! I guess this flosser got caught in some part that spins and got lodged disabling the spinning of this fan type thing that lets the washer spin the water out . ( Hope I didn't get too technical there :-) Thank you I smiled.Mike smiled back as he asked " what do you think a repairman would have charged for this one?" I can only imagine ! Thank God that Mike has a knack for fixing things around here. Now we will have to add Frigidaire repair man to his long, ever growing list of abilities . Thank you Mike for all that you do for us. We love you !