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Search for e3018465ap (Which was etched right there into that little piece of plastic, ready to be searched for on the net).

Might have been used in more than one model but still. Respect for Panasonic.

Little hook for the spring broke off. Managed to fix it without the new part but it's nice to have the option. And in the new spare parts the spring hook seems to have been redesigned for better durability.

Question: You guys think we should have a 'repair' sub? There's only 'PCrepair' so far.

Edit: It's made in UK! When things were still made there. https://pic8.co/sh/NY8gcB.jpg

Search for e3018465ap (Which was etched right there into that little piece of plastic, ready to be searched for on the net). Might have been used in more than one model but still. Respect for Panasonic. Little hook for the spring broke off. Managed to fix it without the new part but it's nice to have the option. And in the new spare parts the spring hook seems to have been redesigned for better durability. Question: You guys think we should have a 'repair' sub? There's only 'PCrepair' so far. Edit: It's made in UK! When things were still made there. https://pic8.co/sh/NY8gcB.jpg

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Sure, go ahead and create one. That fixit one doesn't spring to mind naturally. "Right to repair" comes to mind, not "Right to fixit". No one searching for repairing stuff is going to look up, "fixit".

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Haha. I wrote it a couple minutes before. Same idea. That other one, no one will ever think about. It's a dead sub.

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You guys think we should have a 'repair' sub? There's only 'PCrepair' so far.

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Holy crap those posts are ancient. Maybe the sub name is not intuitive enough?

There have to be a few repair oriented frens on Poal, other than myself. It's a white man thing. :)

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I hate dealing with maintenance at my apartment complex. They don't communicate, can't understand what is wrong, and are utterly useless unless I continue to throw fits. I have a limit on the cost of parts, but will fix what is cheap myself. I've fixed so much stuff here, just to avoid dealing with them.

I asked them to fix my rusted out bathroom sink - they painted it and put caulk around the drain pipe. I went to Home Depot, picked up a returned sink for $8 and replaced it in under 20 minutes. The most annoying part was the drain pull thingy. I've replaced the light switch in refrigerator, the switch on the dryer door, and the switch on the office ceiling fan. Hmm...lots of switch issues now that I think about it. I have a programmable thermostat that I take from apartment to apartment with me and install. I replaced the thermostat on my bf's oven (he bought the part), when mine died, I just put a bamboo board over the oven and bought a freaking hot plate since that works better than the stove they'd replace or fix. Quite a few plugs in the outlets were loose, so I replaced the outlets. I also got another return from Home Depot for $10 or so and replaced the light fixture above my bathroom sink. I replaced the toilet tank innards right when I moved in. Last year, I had to replace the tank gaskets since it was slowly leaking. I replaced the drain basket in my kitchen sink, as well, since it was plastic and the crackheads who lived here before me had melted it. It had been "repaired" by maintenance with a strip of duct tape.

There are things I didn't bother to fix because they were either too expensive, or I don't have access, or the parts were more than a few dollars - hot water heater, AC, microwave (it was from 2001, I demanded they replace it even though I knew it was likely a fuse - the mesh in the glass front was rusted somehow, too).

My dishwasher is currently just a dish drainer. At some point, I'll fight with them to have that replaced. The drain pump no longer works and for some reason the heating element is always on when it runs, when it used to only kick on if I had it on heated dry and only after the wash cycle.