Wonderful Friends!

Many months ago, probably almost a year, I put a very large load of towels in our washing machine. They all fit, so I thought it would be okay. As the washing machine starts to wash I notice that it is not working as it normally does. I try to move some of the towels around and realize how heavy the soaking wet towels are, especially if you have a lot of them. So I ended up taking half the towels out and putting them in the bathtub. I wash the half that was left in the washer and then washed the other half later.

Ever since that day, our washer has not worked right. The top agitator will not turn, or doesn't turn very well. If you put in a small load it works great. But if you put in a medium load, it does not work very well. So, I have just been washing small loads ever since I discovered this. Now that I have a 8 month old, who is going through clothes, bibs, burp clothes, sheets, socks, etc. each day, if I don't wash clothes every few days, then the loads get to large for the current functioning ability of our washer. This is getting every frustrating. I either have to wash clothes every few days or wash many small loads in one day. This is much more time consuming then if I could just wash one large load.

Daniel and I have been discussing whether we should pay someone to fix it or just buy a new washing machine. If it was going to cost us a couple hundred dollars anyway to pay someone to fix it, we were thinking about just buying a new washer.

Then a friend of ours, Mike, said he would look at it. Within only a few minutes he had discovered what the problem was, looked up online the part we needed, showed us a website where we can order the part and showed us how to fix it once we receive the part. The part ended up costing us about $20 (including shipping). $20 is so much better than buying a new washer and I am so excited that I am going to be able to wash a regular load of clothes.

THANKS MIKE!