# Fixed my washer, fixed my washer, fixed my WAA-sher! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525 "2007-10-04T18:43:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525/1 "2007-10-04T18:43:15Z")
Be very quiet, I’m fixing a washer. NO COLD WATER! CLOGGED VALVE! FIX THE WASHER! FIX THE WASHER! FIX THE WASHER! (Fix the washer?) YO HO HO! YO HO HO! YO HO . . . (Oh mighty housewife of great frugal stock Might I inquire to ask eh… what’s up doc?) I’m going to fix the washer! (O mighty housewife, 'twill be quite a task How will you do it, might I inquire to ask?) I will do it with my drill and socket wrench set. (Drill and socket wrench set?) Yes, socket wrench set, and I’ll give you a sample! Remove console screws! Disconnect lid switch terminal block! Flip, pry . . . TILT!!! Drill, socket wrench, replace the clogged valve! . . . Look what I’ve done . . . I’ve fixed the washer . . . saved me some money . . . Well, what did you expect me to do, pay a repairman? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525/2 "2007-10-04T20:09:24Z")
\ Bra-vo…you even got me to channel _What’s Opera, Doc_ just from the title, before I even clicked in. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525/3 "2007-10-04T20:12:51Z")
Outstanding! I am ever thwarted by the broken washer, I gravel at your feet! ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525/4 "2007-10-04T20:41:37Z")
Awesome…I saw where you were going with that just from reading the thread title! ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525/5 "2007-10-04T20:53:21Z")
Thank you, thank you. Truly, this was a big deal to me, the chick who was terrified at the thought of _pumping her own gas_ not so long ago. So I was thinking about what I’d accomplished, and dramatic, heroic music seemed called for, and then I just got silly with it. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525/6 "2007-10-04T21:26:46Z")
Pretty cool. I on the other hand, would have called someone. I hate hate \*hate \*DIY projects. Right now the cold water is off on my kitchen sink because the handle broke and I am too lazy to call a plumber. Congrats on the victory. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525/7 "2007-10-04T21:57:48Z")
[QUOTE=Unauthorized Cinnamon] Thank you, thank you. Truly, this was a big deal to me, the chick who was terrified at the thought of _pumping her own gas_ not so long ago. So I was thinking about what I’d accomplished, and dramatic, heroic music seemed called for, and then I just got silly with it. [/QUOTE] Congratulations! Isn’t it great when you go to do something you’ve always thought of as way too hard for you, and it turns out you _can_ do it? ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525/8 "2007-10-04T22:18:55Z")
I missed a company picnic replacing the lid switch in my washing machine. But it was worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525/9 "2007-10-05T04:34:01Z")
[QUOTE=rhythmonly] I missed a company picnic replacing the lid switch in my washing machine. But it was worth it. [/QUOTE] Missing a company picnic to have your teeth drilled without anesthesia would be worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-washer-fixed-my-waa-sher/421525/10 "2007-10-05T14:27:34Z")
Oh, I should give credit to the [Samurai Appliance Repairman](http://fixitnow.com/), where I found a diagnosis of the problem, and detailed instructions with diagrams of how to open the machine and get at the faulty part. I would have had absofrigginlutely no clue where to even start without that info. I’m washing some clothes right now. Laundry has never been so fun!