April 2023
We have a lot of old appliances that are slowly giving up the ghost after 30+ years of use. As much as I want to hold onto them, I’m always looking out for parts to fix them but it’s getting harder.
Two weeks ago, the dishwasher’s handle became loose so I couldn’t open it. Luckily I found the part for $55. It arrived within a couple of days and today, I thought I’d tackle fixing it.
So I found a TouTube video and followed the steps.
I set up my screwdriver kit (I don’t have any tool that is electric or battery operated as I’m scared of tools in general 🤣)
This was the part that was replaced with the white new one. It was relatively simple but I couldn’t open it wide enough to unscrew it. This took time squashing my hand in the area.
As a result, I cut myself trying to get the part out. I didn’t see it until I saw blood dripping from cuts in my hand. I had to put Band-Aid’s on my hand. Imagine if I had an electric screwdriver! I would have drilled a limb Im sure!
Finally I got it fixed! I was amazed. I screwed the screws in and then turned on the power and…..nothing.
I got the door fixed but now there’s no power to it. Andrew looked at it when he got home and he thinks there’s a loose wire somewhere. Oh crap. I thought I was going to save us $800 or thereabouts for a new dishwasher. Instead, we will have to buy a new one. I don’t think any new dishwashers would last another 30 years.
Oh well. At least I tried!
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