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So apparently all Dreamers Coffee shops have the same soundtrack on repeat.
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Stay tuned until we test it out sometime tomorrow... and see if it leaks.
And... for waiting through all that... you get a song. This was the song that inspired the tag I used for some of this thread, because... I like the song and I couldn't think of any washing machine themed song.
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Then, the final seal and clamp, which was annoying... but doable... and... the whole thing appears to be back together. Somehow. Not testing it tonight because I want to wait for the marine sealant to cure (24 hours). But... IN THEORY, I have replaced the boot seal gasket on my washing machine.
The backs of my hands are all scraped up and I somehow squeezed the tip of a finger in some pliers in an extremely painful manner, but mostly... all good.
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Sorry for the slow followup. The next problem, I came to... It turns out that the new boot seal I got, besides having an unwanted drain tube that was open... shipped with all the other inputs... sealed shut. So I needed to carefully x-acto knife the holes in the proper spot to as exact a specification as possible... Easier said than done... but eventually... done.
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Welp. This was working out way too easy. Removed the old boot seal with just a few scrapes and curses... only to realize that my washing machine had one without a drainage hose connected to the boot seal... But my replacement boot seal has a drainage hole. This presents a problem.
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The door boot seal has holes in it, so any time we run the laundry a ton of water leaks onto the garage floor.... and we just sweep it out onto the driveway (you can see a leftover puddle below).
I have watched a dozen YouTube videos... and have made a (really, not kidding) 37 point checklist to follow.
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Can't just talk about the other site all day, so... against the advice of ChatGPT and others... I am going to attempt to replace the door boot seal on my 15 year old washing machine and document at least some of it here (Mastodon is running a bit slow with latest influx, so we'll see)
Most people seem to expect a glorious failure, but my wife believes I can do it. #SpinImIn #DIYfollies