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A little tip for Neptune owners..
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Post# 618510   8/19/2012 at 21:57 (4,239 days old) by vintagekitchen ()        

Ok, I still love the Neptune, but yesterday noticed that even though mine has the built in drain hole/tube in the boot, a bit of water was remaining in the bottom of the boot, and just would not drain away. The tube was plugged.

It was easy enough to figure out what did this, as when it arrived I spent a good deal of time cleaning waxy nasty 1/2 inch thick fabric softener build up from the dispenser, nasty slimy lint from the front brushes, and had to run a hot cycle with STPP and bleach to clean the outer drum. (I actually took the back off and put a light under it to examine the drum afterward through the holes in the inner tub, to make sure I got it all.)

So some of the lint and softener gunk had clogged it. I didnt want to take it apart, and figured I might as well give something else a try, worst case, I would have to take it apart anyway if this didnt work or blew off the tube.

Soooo.. I hooked up the Kirby in blower mode, attached the inflator deflator nozzle, and fitted it right into the opening, blasting air into the tube. Took 2 or 3 tries, but now it drains perfectly. The Kirby shoved the clog right on through to the sump, and from there it just went down the drain.






Post# 618532 , Reply# 1   8/20/2012 at 00:26 (4,239 days old) by AutoWasherFreak ()        

Kirby to the rescue LOL.


Post# 618580 , Reply# 2   8/20/2012 at 08:01 (4,239 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        
Kevin

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sweatheart, the only way to "clean" someonelses doings throughly, is to take the machine entirely apart. YOU would S..T if you could see what is hiding behind the scenes. Trust an old broad like me on that one! Just saying.........

Post# 618584 , Reply# 3   8/20/2012 at 08:14 (4,239 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        
If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

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You had an issue, and fixed it, with what options you had available....YOU GO!....

a vacuum on BLOW or SUCTION, can work wonders on many things.....I personally use a wet/dry vac, or better yet, compressed air....

even use of an old WaterPic can clean out the smallest of areas...

for a few Neptunes, or any front loader I have gotten, if it called for a teardown, like bearing replacement, then it got the full monty cleanout....otherwise, a few HOT washes with dishwasher detergent, and spraying other areas with Tilex Deep Root Mildew remover took care of everything else....

you will take our ideas, and add some of your own, and find the methods that work best for you......keep it up!


Post# 618630 , Reply# 4   8/20/2012 at 13:24 (4,238 days old) by vintagekitchen ()        

Thank you Yogi! I have always had that outlook, lol. If you dont have to tear it apart completely, dont. Sometimes things seem to reach an equilibrium, and are fine, until you start messing with them.

Example-- My cousin wanted a new sink, her old one was rusted and chipped enamel. Sink got there, hubby went to put it in, counter was too waterdamaged around the old sink, though it didn't look it from above. So she orders new counters, they arrive, and rock and reel on top of the cabinets. As the house had settled over the years in multiple directions, it had taken the cabinets along for the ride. Due to age of cabinets and other factors, it was going to be hard if not impossible to remove them without damaging them. Husband goes to lumber yard to get wood for putting in a level floor, while she goes to pick out new cabinets and linoleum. At this point, she decides she may as well get a stove and fridge too, since everything else is being replaced.

She has said multiple times since then, if she had it all to do over, she would have kept the sink, kept her mouth shut, and kept all that money in the bank.

Equilibrium.


Post# 618693 , Reply# 5   8/20/2012 at 15:40 (4,238 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        
Equilibrium and so true

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if it aint broke don't fix it.

When it comes to NASTY parts lurking in the dark that you cannot see or get at with spray etc., that my dear is another story--! Been there done that.


Post# 618739 , Reply# 6   8/20/2012 at 18:51 (4,238 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Cleaning Nasty Washers

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Unless someone is conferrable tearing the machine completely apart there other ways to get them acceptability clean, but if you want it factory clean you may have to take it apart.  In your case I would try cleaning by using Martins suggestions and see how it goes.

 

I have two machines in my home laundry that I have never gotten completely clean on there own, one is my 1954 Frigidaire WO-65-2 which still has a sour smell when it gets wet from slime under the top of the machine [ stinky washers is not an entirely new problem ] and my 1965 LKM gas combo, on this one I know that it still has some lint build up in the outer tub.



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