There is nothing more satisfying than a repair like this. That's what I always enjoyed about resurrecting old MBs, as there were often a lot of little fiddly bits that were easy to return to service in this fashion.
Dan On Dec 20, 2012, at 9:39 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > The garbage disposal has been getting temperamental lately, not wanting to > turn off, so tonight I took a look online to see if there were any words of > wisdom on the internets. > > Turns out theres a switch on the side of the unit which is actuated by a rod > which is in turn pushed by the drainplug. Its apparently quite common for the > rod to get gummed up and stick the unit on. Insinkerator says to buy a new > disposal. Instead I removed one screw and one circlip, put some marvel > mystery oil on the rod, worked it back and forth a few times and reassembled. > The worst part was getting the circlip on. > > Total cost: zip > Total time: 15 minutes. > > Wish they were all that easy. > > -Curt > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
