How do you remove plastic that has melted onto a heating element? [more inside]
posted by EatTheWeak on May 3, 2009 - 5 answers

The oven portion of our gas range went from being fine to dead inside. Made baked potatoes one night, next night I turned it on and it wouldn't heat up at all. The burners still work fine. I reviewed some literature about repairing it myself, but I'm trying to decide if it's a good idea. [more inside]
posted by Mayor Curley on Mar 23, 2009 - 12 answers

Vacuum repair? I was playing with my toddler and hitting the on/off button on the vacuum to just rev it up a few times and the third time it wouldn't go on and wont go on now. Samsung quiet storm canister model googling it comes up blank...cant see any switches and opening it seems a bit of a challenge. Any thoughts?
posted by dougiedd on Aug 9, 2008 - 9 answers

Is our New York City landlord responsible for repairing our broken oven? [more inside]
posted by rustcellar on Jan 6, 2008 - 14 answers

Need handyman help. My refrigerator has power, but isn't cooling. Light comes on, etc. Now what? [more inside]
posted by johnd101 on Jul 16, 2007 - 9 answers

Please help me find a second-hand motor controller for my Fisher & Paykel Smartdrive MW512 washing machine. [more inside]
posted by flabdablet on Mar 29, 2007 - 5 answers

All of a sudden, my dish-washing machine no longer works. [more inside]
posted by Jon-o on Dec 23, 2005 - 11 answers

My dryer is dead, and based on some google searching I suspect it may be my thermal fuse. I want to test it with a multimeter, but I can not figure out how on earth to disconnect the leads. I am guessing there is some trick, but I can't figure it out and I don't want to keep yanking on the wires and have them break on me. Is there a trick to disconnecting the leads, based on the second picture on this page?
posted by AhBook on Mar 29, 2005 - 6 answers