in human history.

I've saved thousands of $$ over just the last 10 or 12 years.

Yeah, those things are rather easy to work on once you get the order of operations down. There’s always some clip that’s hard to figure out until you’ve seen it done.

I taught myself a/c installation by watching and rewatching hours of this guy’s classroom quality instruction and literature:

No need to buy a new one.

yourself handsomely to boot with the savings.

YouTube is my go to whenever I need to repair anything or tackle a project I’ve never done before. It’s never failed me on any task, project or repair I’ve had the gumption to try — and there’ve been tons.

Had a buddy with an obscure washer of some sort. reached out to guy on fb and within 24 hrs he had a complete step by step tutorial from the guy. Was quoted some 265 to fix. did it himself for 27 bucks.
That inter-web thingy aint so bad at times...

YouTube video is a little intimidating!

OEM hitch means removing bumper and trim pieces and cutting a hole in the bumper cover.

Wife tells me to take the project to the nice guys at the body shop. "Solve the problem with your credit card" she says. My thrifty nature (farting buffalo cheap) makes that choice untenable!

What to do?

I'll buy a sixpac of craft beer!

Actually, YouTube has guided me through many repairs...cars, furnace, cell phone. They are great!

YouTube has solved many of my knitting problems. I know people learned to knit prior to YouTube, but I'm thinking it took a whole lot more time and beginners would have to stick to simpler projects.

I also replaced the drum bearing once. Saved a ton of money.

The first time cost me a few bandaids (lots of sharp edges). Finally had to replace it when the motor failed. Got over 20 years out of that old thing.

There are usually rollers, little rubber wheels, that the drum rests on as it spins, & eventually the bearings in those wear out & sometimes make a godawful squealing sound when the dryer runs. That usually happens about the time that the belt needs to be replaced.

After fixing a few dryers for customers I've learned to replace the rollers & belt at the same time, that way I don't end up replacing one & having them call me back some months later to fix the other. It's easier & cheaper for them if I just replace both while I have it apart, then it's good to go for years.

Or until the "door open" sensor switch fails, I've replaced a ton of those on dryers, washers, & microwaves. If you're handy with a screwdriver they're easy to replace & available on Amazon.

Congrats on a job well done.

I also oiled the wheels the drum turns on. I blow out the lint from the bottom of the dryer once a year to avoid fires.

First time was pre YouTube, so did it the hard way.

Second time was easy, been there done that.

Hardest part is to get the dryer off the wall and back on, without giving myself a hernia.

Feels good afterwards, right? Satisfies some sort of primitive male urge. Or something.

Good to know there are videos out there on that job though.

EDIT: This dryer has a drum that runs on felt strips. When I hear metal on metal, it's time for new ones. Fiddly but do-able.

was able to repair a pull cord on my generator. Now I can get it to start, but it will not stay running.

I have chrome book and I cant hear them

And easy to fix. I bought 5 fuses and three heating elements for ours. The heating elements seem to last 18 to 24 months. I change them and it takes 10 minutes.

We've swapped out the guides, the motor (it wasn't necessary) and a few other parts.

You can keep these things together for decades.

My Mother thinks I'm a genius because I can do that and fix her washer (pump, door to drum gasket) and dryer (heating element, heating element, belt), as well as a lot of other things. I google them to find the youtube videos to fix what's wrong, and get the parts. Takes time, but less each time. A friend looked up how to do some obscure repair to his very old truck (very obscure, since he repairs his truck all the time), and they had it!

Now, if we could get the RW to be able to tell the difference between a good source for appliance repair (say, So-And-So Appliance Repair, for example) and a bad source for COVID or other infor (someRandomGuy).

Too many have spiraled into long, multi-step, tedious, endeavors. Anymore, I can't take the frustration.