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Clothes Washer Broke Part II: Washing Machines are Gross

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I took apart the washing machine last Wednesday, and I've got to say, it's a lot nastier than I thought it would be. When I fixed the dryer, all I found inside was a bunch of lint. The washer was filled with the nastiest stuff I've ever seen in something that's supposed to clean things. I guess the dirt has to go somewhere. The washer had a lot of water in the drum and in the tub. I was going to buy a hand pump, cause I didn't want to spend the money on an electing one, when I found this thing. It's a drill pump. You attach it to and power it with a drill. I wasn't sure how I was going to get the water out of the tub. I unscrewed one of the "fins" from the side of the drum and found a decently sized hole under it through which I could stick the tube. I still couldn't get all the water out of the big black tube, so I just opened it up and let the water spill out. I have a tray under my washer so it caught all the water. It

Clothes Washer Broke Part I: Time to Bust Out the Drill.

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So my clothes washer broke last night. Took my clothes out and they were soaking. The damn thing never spun up. I fixed my dryer a month or so ago (I'll post something about that later), but this time I'd resigned myself to calling someone to fix it. I had no clue why it wasn't spinning up and washers are super complicated. Plus they're filled with water, and I don't futz with plumbing. I learned that the  hard way. I was taking my clothes out when I noticed the drum was still filled with water. It's a front loader so it wasn't obvious at first. So I had this thought, what if the drain pump is broken. So I broke out the drill and popped the cover off. I've never seen the inside of a washer before. It's kind of cool. The bottom of the drum is in a "tub" that's supported by a "shock" system for when it violently shakes back and forth during spin mode. The drain pump is in the bottom right, attached to a big tube conn