No noise is good news when the washing machine is running, right? I replaced the last wobbly block under it a couple of weeks ago and it's been a lot happier.
Until today, when I finished vacuuming and went downstairs to load the dryer...only to discover the washer had filled for the rinse cycle and just sat.
The motor-driven sequencer isn't running, and refuses to run at any point in the cycle. The machine has already got two broken vanes on the agitator, and I know from looking it up when I was working on the dryer that parts availability for these thirty-plus-year-old Amana units is very limited. I've ordered a replacement (a Maytag), which will be here Monday between -- get this -- "8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m." Beats trying to carry it home myself, even at that.
I took the load of work slacks out and they're soaking in the tub. A round of hand-wringing* and rinsing will follow after dinner. It was easy to siphon most of the water out (the trick, of course, is to fill the hose first) and the old Shop-Vac should get most of the rest.
This is what happens when you try to make things better. After replacing the last bad block (old mortar was stuck to it! I thought I had removed all of those last year), I'd added a hanger rod over the dryer to hold unused clothes hangers withing easy reach. Make too many improvements and Murphy notices.
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* But not handwringing.
Update
9 months ago
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