About 6 months ago, I was repairing a leak in my clothes washer. It was due to a loose bolt in the outer plastic shell. When putting it all back together, I didn’t realize it was important which way the drain tube routed around another piece. Apparently it mattered. The drainage tube ended up having a hole rubbed through it. My bad. Put some silicone over the hole, wrapped it up, routed it the correct way, resisted the urge to test it immediately, and let it cure overnight. Everything seems to be good so far through several loads. Worst case, if the silicone doesn’t hold, at least now I know it’s the drain tube and they’re fairly cheap.
I remember when my dishwasher stopped draining.
the hardest part of the repair is having my ex telling her how I broke it (given that i was the only one in the house who did the dishes and cooked, it was obviously not her).
i found a shard of glass stuck in a pump, spent more time explaining how it couldn’t really have been my fault than I spent fixing it.
God how I don’t miss that cancer