Fixing My Washer & Dryer =D

So I finally got a washer and dryer last week (bought from a very sweet friend) and while we were installing ran into two significant road blocks =(

The first one is pretty common, and not too hard to fix, which is that the dryer had a three-prong cord and my outlet is four-prong. So I went to Home Depot, got a new cord, and with the help of a drawing from the nice old man in Home Depot and Google I was able to change the cord out the next day in about 20 minutes.

The second problem was a little more tricky. While we were trying to tighten the water hoses in the back of the washer the cold water inlet valve broke inside the washer. So I ordered the part online and it arrived this morning.

*Here is a blurry phone pic of the old/broken part and the new part.*

Thanks to the extremely well made instruction video from the site that I ordered the part from (repairclinic.com) I was able to replace the part myself in about 30 minutes (would have been less but I had a little mix up when re-attaching the water hoses that made a nice puddle of water through my hallway… it was a total blonde moment).

*And here’s a great fuzzy shot once everything’s back in place.. plus the tools and replaced parts. (Can’t forget my most often used tool… a nice dose of caffeine!)*