wash away your troubles..

Wow,
it's been a while, this was supposed to be a regular thing. oh well.

My washing machine is broken. well was. it would wash and spin just wouldn't drain. so as a result i have a load of towels soaked in scungy water. fun huh?

after removing said towels and ringing them out i still have a bunch of wet towels.

enter the dryer.

finally dry. after like 6 cycles there is no trace of damp in the towels, though they still smell a little funny. need to rewash once the washer is fixed with vineger.

now to bail out the washer. (bail out heh, sounds like a bank or a morgage broker :-) )

lot's of ewww at this point. any bucket i have is either too big to fit in the washer or to small to make this any faster.



After a mouth full of afore mentioned scunge water trying to use a garden hose to syphon the water out, i have finally had it. i go buy a Drill pump and some fittings for the hose segments and the happiness ensues. Attaching this little marvel to the drill and proceed to suck the sludge laden water into the drain.

mind you this is a couple days worth of fermenting laundry weighing down the machine so i feel around and pull out a stray belt. not a pants belt a pulley belt.

once the water level is down to a level where i can move the washer to a point where i can access the underside.


3 seconds later the belt is re attached to the drive and relay wheels for the drain pump.

now for the test.

extra small load. check.

large splash of bleach. check.

short cycle. check.

sucess. the wasing machine is now in fully functional condition. yeah!