Fancying myself a mechanically inclined girl, I decided to try to fix the thing myself before I call a repairman. First I unplugged it. Beyond that, the only thing I know about dryer repair is this: how to stick a screwdriver in and pop the top.
Ta-duhhhhhhhhh! Now we're talking! See anything amiss here?
Neither did I. Still, these wires seemed to need some jiggling. I did it. I jiggled.
These thingies seemed a bit dusty, so I vacuumed them all off, and did some more jiggling, with some poking and prodding thrown in for good measure.I put the whole thing back together, plugged it in, turned the dial, closed my eyes, said a prayer, and pushed the button in.
The dryer gods weren't biting.
Does anyone know of a relatively inexpensive dryer/appliance repair-person in Champaign?
Personally, I belong to the 'swift kick to the side' school of mechanical repair.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much anyone in Champaign or anywhere else in Illinois.
ReplyDeleteYeah, call Lichti. I think he's in the book. He kept our old dryer working for years. He's very good and reasonably priced.
ReplyDeleteMy dryer decided to take a hiatus last week. It wasn't until I yelled up the stairs "honey, the dryer is broken!" and the hubster came down to see and asked "do you have the door shut?" and I realized I was trying to push the start button with the door hanging ALL THE WAY OPEN. Genius. Pure genius in our household.
ReplyDeleteSome days I think the machines are smarter than I am.
Say, that reminds me of the time Mary C. took apart our dryer. There was a broken belt as I recall. It could be there is supposed to be a belt in there somewhere in your dryer innards. I'm not sure if she fixed it herself or we ended up spending the big bucks for a repair person. I think it was the latter. Sorry I don't know of anyone to recommend...Mary being in Florida now.
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I belong to the same school of Kimber...or the 'swift punch to the gut'....
ReplyDeleteBummer. I took mine apart too - the repairman fixed exactly what I knew was wrong but couldn't access! Good for you for trying!
ReplyDeleteI'm fond of opening it up, staring at it, closing it and trying again. Aside from that, I got nothing.
ReplyDeleteAnother vote for Lichti...used him for my washer a year ago (broken belt) and need to call him for my dryer now.
ReplyDeleteMust be the phase of the moon or something because mine bit the dust a couple of weeks, ago, too. Turns, but no heat.
Kimber: Oo! I'll try that before I make the call!
ReplyDeleteBarry: Google! C'mon, help a girl out!
Amishlaw: Lichti it is, he was referred to me several times.
Mal: Doh! Reminds me of waiting for water to boil when I forget to turn on the burner...
KM: yeah, there's a problem: finding the problem and still not having any idea how to access parts anyway. That MerC can do anything though...
MaryP: That's two votes 'kick it'...I'm going for it!
Wendy: How frustrating; no points for knowing what the problem is, I suppose.
Boston: I swear, some things do repair themselves with a good stare; you always have to give it a shot.
Anon: Lichti it is; I got an outside referral to him also.
Thanks everyone!