Yeah, I'm a badass like that

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Mrs. Fatdog

Mrs. Fatdog

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Phishing for high fives...

So on Monday I noticed my washing machine was making a noise that it has never made before. I open the lid and discover that the tub is not spinning (it was on the Spin Cycle) :huh: :hmmm: "that" can't be good I say. :sadno:

Ever the cheapskate I clikety click start finding forums and diagnose that I need a new drive coupler. Said part is only $20, waaaaaay better than a new machine, so it's worth a try. :yes: In the same forum I read up on why my auger isn't turning (that's the top of the agitator). Hmmmm new cam and dogs? $18... Hell to the yeah!

So I watch two 11 minutes videos and determine, yep I can totally do that.

FFWD to Tuesday, I purchase the parts. SCORE. I replace the cam and dogs in like 20 minutes. Took me longer to clean the agitator once I saw how nasty the bottom was. BAD ASS Didn't even need help from the mister!

So......last night I decide that I shall fix the drive coupler. Move the washer from it's spot of 14 years....NAS-TY! Spent 20 minutes cleaning the floor under and behind the machine. I mean seriously disgusting. I remove the water pump and motor to get to the transmission. AAAWWWW SHOOT, the old drive coupler is in pieces, I'll be damned I DID diagnose the correct problem. :thumbsup: So very stoked now. Took me a few times to get everything lined up so it went back together (I'm practically laying on the floor...all these parts are UNDER the tub). Everything seems cool, only maybe 15 minutes have passed, so I proceed to putting the cover back on the frame.

:annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed:

Holy Mary Mother of God! it wouldn't go back on. I am trapped in a 3ft space by a dryer and can't get to the laptop to rewatch the video and Bobby can't get past the dryer to help me.

:annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed: :annoyed:

Bobby brings the laptop and I watch the 2 second bit where the pro just sets in on and viola! His cover is perfectly on. Mine, not so much. :nonono:

So...I kick it.

And cuss it.

and kick it again.

And scream at it.

About 40 minutes later, I have the stupid thing back on and start a cycle. (fingers corssed please don't explode)

BOO-YA It works! Fixed my washing machine for under $50 with very little assistance. Why?

BAD ASS EXTREME

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redbenjoe

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:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :yes: :thumbsup: :-O :breakdance:

what an awesome story
and accomplishment

you must be sooooooooooooo
ooooooooooooo

badass PROUD


( chicks rule )
 
blu_fuz

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It wouldn't break if you weren't sitting on it while running the spin cycle..... ;-) :lol: :-P



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Mrs. Fatdog

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blu_fuz said:
It wouldn't break if you weren't sitting on it while running the spin cycle..... ;-) :lol: :-P
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:-O You don't know .... I never said "how" it broke, just that it was. Why do you think I've been hanging on to the same machine for over 15 years ;-)
 
blu_fuz

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Over 15 years of riding the spin cycle on the same machine?? Now I know what to get my wife for Christmas :yes:
 
jaetee

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:lol: :lol:

Awesome job Mrs. FD!!!!

We happen to be in the midst of a shower re-grout project. Mrs JaeTee was on the floor in the shower with my rotary tool, grinding out old grout last night so I could watch football (and because my knees were hurting from doing that same thing...). I don't think I've ever been more proud of her, except maybe when she graduated from university.

I think I'm going tool belt shopping for her today.

Women + Tools = super sexy!!!! :w00t:
 
THAFUZZ

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Hell-to-the-yeah! :thumbsup: Way to go Girl! I think the swearing at it helped. It seems to get me off the sofa quicker when Kathy using these ... 'Sentence Enhancers'. :lol:
 
Mrs. Fatdog

Mrs. Fatdog

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Superduper said:
I don't believe it. Misses are never that handy. I need video proof! :lol: :lol: :lol: :-O
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:'-(

I suppose I could take a photo of the gigantabruise where the lid slammed shut on my arm.

C'mon Fatdog.....tell them your side of it!
 
Fatdog

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Every bit of that is true. However, she left out the part where she was fussing up a storm at me because I couldn't find the repair video in the browser's history. She finally calmed down a little after I found the video. Of course, most of the time, I was just giggling at the ruckus she was making. She was as riled up as a wet hen. Aw man, she was about to kill the washing machine. I heard her fussing at a tab - "You stayed in the same hole for 15 years and NOW you don't want to go back in?!?! BANG! BANG! BANG!" :lol: :lol: :lol: It was quite comical. :yes:

Now, if I could just teach her how to change belts on a boombox. :hmmm: More calmly, of course.


By the way... it's voila - not viola. :-P
 
Mrs. Fatdog

Mrs. Fatdog

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Fatdog said:
Now, if I could just teach her how to change belts on a boombox. :hmmm: More calmly, of course.
By the way... it's voila - not viola. :-P
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Probably not a good idea....I would have thrown the washer if I could have picked it up. Probably can throw a bbx. And since that is a sin.....


voila....whatevs
 
Lasonic TRC-920

Lasonic TRC-920

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THIS IS SUPER COOL :thumbsup:

I agree with Jaetee: Women + Tools = super sexy!!!!

My wife is NOT handy in this way AT ALL. But it could be my fault. I have handicapped her by being SOOOOO bitchen at fixing / Jerry Rigging things that she just relies on me to do it :-/

Nice Work Mrs FD.....I may PM you if my washer breaks down and I need help! :yes:
 
71spud

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Fatdog said:
I heard her fussing at a tab - "You stayed in the same hole for 15 years and NOW you don't want to go back in?!?! BANG! BANG! BANG!"
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Sounds like it's time to spice things up... ;-)
 
MasterBlaster84

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Superduper said:
I don't believe it. Misses are never that handy. I need video proof! :lol: :lol: :lol: :-O
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:lol: That was my first thought. :lol:
Mrs. Fixit Dog challenges the stereo type, I think Bobby needs to put you to work on some boomers. :yes:
 
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