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Post# 683304   6/9/2013 at 22:32 (3,945 days old) by rberryiii3 (Palm Springs, California)        

Hi all :

 

Back from the sticky East Coast to find that the house sitter broke the temperature knob on the 1-18 dryer.  To say that I'm annoyed would be a gross understatement.   

Where do I start?......does someone still make this part.  Model is DEC-56, some here told me it's a 1979.  

 

Any help pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

 

Rob 





Post# 683311 , Reply# 1   6/10/2013 at 00:37 (3,945 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        
Step One:

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Fire the house sitter.


Post# 683332 , Reply# 2   6/10/2013 at 06:53 (3,944 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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I was thinking a Firing Squad Ralph.....

or maybe a burning at the stake......yeah, we haven't done one of those in a while!....

personally I'd rip her tits off like she did to that knob...


otherwise, are these knob specific as positions, or would one off a 1-18 washer work?


Post# 683357 , Reply# 3   6/10/2013 at 11:03 (3,944 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)        

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Rob, after last Friday's 114 degree temp do you really need a heat selector knob? The "air fluff" setting should be just fine for the remainder of the summer, especially with the 120+ days that July and August will probably bring.

Post# 683432 , Reply# 4   6/10/2013 at 18:51 (3,944 days old) by dnastrau (Lords Valley, PA)        
Repair the original knob?

Is there a chance that the original knob can be glued/epoxied back together? Is the switch OK?

Andrew S.


Post# 683605 , Reply# 5   6/11/2013 at 23:54 (3,943 days old) by rberryiii3 (Palm Springs, California)        
THANKS FOR THE COMMENTS

 

Hi All:

 

The house sitter is gone, the dog (big German Shepard....Timber) is not happy.

The house sitter was a he .

Firing squad is to good for him.

Will try gluing the knob, ...the knob on the dryer is stuck on high heat (have not install my clothes line yet...still in garage)

 

 I don't know about you guy's but I'm really pissed.....over a  34 year old knob...boy have I got this collecting bug bad.

Thanks to all 

 

Rob

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Post# 683612 , Reply# 6   6/12/2013 at 00:21 (3,943 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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Can you provide pictures of the broken knob?


Post# 683907 , Reply# 7   6/14/2013 at 16:31 (3,940 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))        
OUCH!

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This had to suck to come home to.  If the housesitter was being careless then a trip through a large Hobart dishwasher(after 800 meals have been served and without changing the water) is in order.  Otherwise some forgiveness is needed. LOL! (never put anyone in a dishmachine.  The results would be lethal) 

WK78

 


Post# 683941 , Reply# 8   6/15/2013 at 00:15 (3,940 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

Will try gluing the knob, ...the knob on the dryer is stuck on high heat (have not install my clothes line yet...still in garage)

Have you tried the Rosanne method of lowering the cycle temp? (Use pliers to turn the knob?) Or is it one of those kind of knobs where the shaft of the knob extends down into the control panel to make contact with the switch?


Post# 684011 , Reply# 9   6/15/2013 at 15:54 (3,939 days old) by rberryiii3 (Palm Springs, California)        
broken know

Have a horrible cold this week-end will send pictures next week

 

Rob



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