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At least you are fixing it yourself & saving the big $$$
My landlord from 30 years ago once sent the appliance repair guy out to fix the refrigerator--I watched him & noticed how easy it was & fixed plenty of appliances myself since then. If you contact the parts supply places they'll even help diagnose the problem
Sorry for the thread drift, but I'm glad I'm not the only one fixing my own appliances. If the car and appliance manufacturers relied on people like me, they'd go broke. When my wife and I got married 17 years ago, I bought a well-used, mismatched washer/dryer set. Over the years and many, many loads of laundry, I did occasional work on them: a cheap sensor here and a used $20 dryer motor there. We just replaced them last year, not because they quit, but because we found a much nicer, newer set at estate sales for under $100. I've lost track of how many times I've taken the dishwasher apart to clean or repair it. One of the guys at work has a problem with his dishwasher, and he calls Lowes to bring a new one and haul the old one off.
To each their own, but I honestly don't know how people can afford to live that way. Sometimes I get feeling a bit like a loser because everyone has nicer stuff and can afford newer cars, but then I figure I'm the better environmentalist. By being so frugal, repairing my old appliances and automobiles, recycling all my brass and lead, my "carbon footprint" is tiny. I've got that going for me...