The thingamajig goes in the doohickey
posted by Jesse on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Today I was looking forward to a nice Saturday around the house catching up on homework and some personal work. However, our washing machine had other plans in mind. We were surprised to hear an unexpected doorbell ring, and looking through the peephole I saw our downstairs neighbor. Now let me stop here and explain that on the previous three occasions when we have met him it has been because of our seemingly paper-thin floors. As I saw him, I thought, “We were barely making any noise! How could he be telling us we’re too loud?”
When I opened the door, he looked a bit frantic and began telling me (in French) something about water coming down his wall. I thought, “Hmm, that’s not good!.” Then he said it was coming from our “laveur.” I thought, “Laveur…laveur…laveur…OK, I know this word…’laver’ means ‘to wash,’ ah-ha! Laveur is the washing machine!” So quickly I told him thank you and ran over to our washing machine and looked behind it, surprised to see a large pool of water on the floor.
To make a very long and frustrating story a lot shorter, I spent a few hours looking at the thingamajigs and the doohickeys, and not to mention mopping up a very wet floor, trying to figure out where the leak was coming from. Finally, I found what you see in the second photo. After a repair diagnosis by my dad via online video, who was a washer repairman many years ago (back in ‘09, as he says). He said that there’s very likely a bigger problem than what I can see from the exterior. In order to find out for sure would require a major repair attempt with tools that I don’t have, and then once I did find the real problem, he said that the cost of the part, and my time, would likely be just as much as a new used washer.
So, after much contemplation (about 2.7 minutes), I decided that it’s time to get a washing machine! Probably on Monday we will head to a couple stores and check out some used ones, so please pray that we can find a cheap but reliable washer.
As Tiffany said, “Well, at least we got 11 months out of a free washer!”
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