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[punch it in]

Got home from work- 10 hour shift - walk in and the first thing my wife says is I put sneakers in the dryer and now it doesn’t turn. One of the sneakers got jammed so the dryer wouldn’t turn and the belt snapped. I am not a mechanically inclined person but YouTube is awesome. Took the dryer apart - panic set in once it was all taken apart. Found out what kind of belt i needed. Went to lowes and got one. Came home and started the video again and fixed the son of a bitch. Belt cost 15 bucks. Saved probably 400. Win.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Got home from work- 10 hour shift - walk in and the first thing my wife says is I put sneakers in the dryer and now it doesn’t turn. One of the sneakers got jammed so the dryer wouldn’t turn and the belt snapped. I am not a mechanically inclined person but YouTube is awesome. Took the dryer apart - panic set in once it was all taken apart. Found out what kind of belt i needed. Went to lowes and got one. Came home and started the video again and fixed the son of a bitch. Belt cost 15 bucks. Saved probably 400. Win.

YouTube self help is absolutely the bees knees. Congrats on saving the situation and money!

We need more posts in the Good News thread.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Got home from work- 10 hour shift - walk in and the first thing my wife says is I put sneakers in the dryer and now it doesn’t turn. One of the sneakers got jammed so the dryer wouldn’t turn and the belt snapped. I am not a mechanically inclined person but YouTube is awesome. Took the dryer apart - panic set in once it was all taken apart. Found out what kind of belt i needed. Went to lowes and got one. Came home and started the video again and fixed the son of a bitch. Belt cost 15 bucks. Saved probably 400. Win.

Love a DIY feel good story punch, congrats. Glad it worked out and you saved a bunch of money. I have a similar one.

About 6 months ago I was backing my car in and I bent my LH side mirror forward when I turned too close to the bull bars on my coworkers' Silverado dually. So I needed a new mirror (I can reuse the mirror cover) and to pay someone for the install. I work in auto parts and I can do basic pm stuff on my car but I've never done anything body related before. I used my connections to get a quote on an OE mirror - even at wholesale price they wanted $250 for it.

Got it for 75 on Rock Auto and borrowed some tools from a technician friend of mine and watched a YT video on how to do it. Got it done in about 20 minutes at home with a plastic pry bar, 10mm socket, and a Phillips screw driver. The interior door trim is secured by like 2-3 screws and 10+ push pin clips (plastic pry bar) and the mirror is secured by x3 10mm bolts. No doubt if I had paid someone to do it it would've cost me several hundred. YT can be a real lifesaver sometimes.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by mooby

Love a DIY feel good story punch, congrats. Glad it worked out and you saved a bunch of money. I have a similar one.

About 6 months ago I was backing my car in and I bent my LH side mirror forward when I turned too close to the bull bars on my coworkers' Silverado dually. So I needed a new mirror (I can reuse the mirror cover) and to pay someone for the install. I work in auto parts and I can do basic pm stuff on my car but I've never done anything body related before. I used my connections to get a quote on an OE mirror - even at wholesale price they wanted $250 for it.

Got it for 75 on Rock Auto and borrowed some tools from a technician friend of mine and watched a YT video on how to do it. Got it done in about 20 minutes at home with a plastic pry bar, 10mm socket, and a Phillips screw driver. The interior door trim is secured by like 2-3 screws and 10+ push pin clips (plastic pry bar) and the mirror is secured by x3 10mm bolts. No doubt if I had paid someone to do it it would've cost me several hundred. YT can be a real lifesaver sometimes.

Awesome. The crazy thing is a sideview mirror is harder to fix than a dryer belt! More little parts for sure. Everyone always says you can fix that just watch YouTube and I am always like yeah right. Now i am a believer.

[Giantone]

UAW wins big in historic union vote at Volkswagen Tennessee factory


This is a feel good story to me, Unions making some Headway in the South.

https://news.yahoo.com/finance/news/...021405622.html

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee (Reuters) -Workers at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant have voted to join the United Auto Workers, in a seismic victory for the union as it drives beyond its Detroit base into the U.S. South and West.

A majority of eligible workers cast ballots in favor of the union, with the final tally on Friday at 2,628 to 985, or 73% for joining the UAW.

The landslide win will make the Chattanooga factory the first auto plant in the South to unionize via election since the 1940s and the first foreign-owned auto plant in the South to do so.