Jo Ann wrote:
On Jan 7, 9:43 am, N8N wrote:
On Jan 6, 12:59 pm, Jo Ann wrote:

I got a new clothes washer yesterday (sweet!) and on taking the old
one out, found one of the leveling legs had rusted and left a very
noticeable stain on the tile. The tile is a matte finish, generally
cleans up pretty well. I've tried a couple of so-called rust remover
products (nothing specific to tile), which have helped, but there's
still a distinct round, rusty circle on my off-white tile (don't get
me started on keeping off-white tile clean in general in a utility
room, don't know what the previous owners were thinking). The new
washer has a different footprint from the old one, so the stain is
right out there to be seen.
Any advice?
Jo Ann
Not directly pertinent to your question, but if your laundry room is a
basement or otherwise damp, I would get some anti-seize paste
(available at any auto parts store) and remove each leveling foot,
smear a little anti-sleaze on the threads, reinstall, relevel. I got
a used washer from a friend that was in excellent condition save that
it had been in the same place for years, when I went to level it for
my laundry room, I had to heat up the feet with a torch to remove
them, clean up on wire wheel, retap threaded holes, then finally
reinstall before I could level it.

If you don't keep appliances for ~20 years this is likely not an issue
for you, but I'm a cheap b*****d.

nate

I just wish I could have kept my last washer for 20 years! It was an
8-year-old Kenmore (built by Frigidaire, I think). The problem that
took it out of service? A FUSE. That was permanently attached to a
circuit board. That was permanently attached to a motor. The low
estimate I got on repairing it was $300, and I decided that was a
pretty good down payment on a new machine. Talk about an idiotic
design. From what I was told, this dawned on someone a couple years
later and the newer ones were built with a replaceable fuse. I have a
"Joe the appliance guy," but he couldn't figure out a way to rig it to
work without the fuse. I suppose someone who knew more about
electronics might have been able to repair the circuit board or
something, but then appliances started going on sale at the end of the
year, I was already fed up with dropping thirty bucks and two hours at
the laundromat every week, and the rest is history

Shoulda kept the one I bought 20 years ago...it's probably still
running.

Jo Ann

It's an easy repair but something made the fuse blow. Bad connection,
power surge, a shorted component, etc. You have to determine what
caused a fuse to blow to start with. I would solder in a fuse holder.

TDD