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Watched a guy fix a 20 year old dryer with a paperclip and I still think about it
Stopped by a laundromat in Bakersfield 2 months ago to drop off a part and the owner was messing with a dryer that kept shutting off mid cycle. He pulled the door switch out, bent a paperclip into a little hook, and used it to pull the stuck lever back into place. Took him maybe 3 minutes and that machine is still running today. I keep a whole box of door switches on my truck and he used office supplies. What is the weirdest thing you have used to get a machine running again?
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danielh811mo ago
My buddy zip tied a washing machine lid switch shut with a shoelace once and that thing ran for another year. Old guys at laundromats just figure it out with whatever's in their pocket.
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norag551mo ago
You think that shoelace guy ever thought he'd be saving somebody's laundry day with pocket junk? Honestly the zip tie trick is basically a rite of passage for anyone too cheap to call a repair guy.
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