used appliance parts - washing machine

[hayden_horn 11365]

hey yall, i live in south austin.

the draining pump in our washing machine was clogged up with some coins and whathaveyou, and i cleaned it out, but i managed to break the handle on the reinstall of the filter. fucking whirlpool won't sell just he filter, which looks like this:

whirlpool wants me to buy a whole new pump mechanism, which is ~$150. 

yall know of any dodgy washing machine repair people who might have various parts like this from whom i can buy this part for $20? I found it online for $50, but that seems ridiculous. it seems artificially expensive and i hate wasting money if i can get around it.

 

Edited June 25, 2018 by hayden_horn

[Updawg 2286]

No idea. I was in a similar situation the other week, ended up buying the part off of Amazon for a dishwasher There used to be a good place off oltorf where abgb is but it's long gone it looks like

[DalTxHornFan 3117]

I've been able to find reasonably priced random old parts for things I wanted to repair with some diligent searching on EBay.  Don't know how much parts stuff they do, but these guys are pretty good and could probably hook you up:  http://www.austinappliancerebuilders.com/saving-austin-money-on-appliances-since-1992/

[52-80 19246]

pretty sure some duct tape jb weld and wd40 can take care of that

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4977]

Were the coins melded to the pump?

[deadshank 24653]

Very elaborate story for wanting recos to inexpensive butt plugs.  Very elaborate. 

[BottleRocket 647]

less than 5 minutes of internetting:

$35

https://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Whirlpool-Washing-Machine-Water-Pump-WPW10730972-W10730972/253701098108?epid=2075679940&hash=item3b11c38a7c:g:33UAAOSwcOVbKsCO

[abuelo gringo 321]

15 hours ago, Updawg said:

No idea. I was in a similar situation the other week, ended up buying the part off of Amazon for a dishwasher There used to be a good place off oltorf where abgb is but it's long gone it looks like

That was Harrell's.  That and Deutchman's on S. First are greatly missed by fix it yourself guys. We are a throw away society.

[El Diablo 4232]

The JB Weld seems like the cheapest route. You can drill that shit once it's set, hell the part will break before the JB will.

[hayden_horn 11365]

16 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

I've been able to find reasonably priced random old parts for things I wanted to repair with some diligent searching on EBay.  Don't know how much parts stuff they do, but these guys are pretty good and could probably hook you up:  http://www.austinappliancerebuilders.com/saving-austin-money-on-appliances-since-1992/

cool, will check this place out.

7 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Were the coins melded to the pump?

the thing was disgusting, because we have dogs, it was all clogged with hair and gunk. but it all came right out. of course  it broke as i was trying to reinstall it.

6 hours ago, deadshank said:

Very elaborate story for wanting recos to inexpensive butt plugs.  Very elaborate. 

wtf, man, why do you think i went to all these lengths!?

5 hours ago, BottleRocket said:

less than 5 minutes of internetting:

$35

https://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Whirlpool-Washing-Machine-Water-Pump-WPW10730972-W10730972/253701098108?epid=2075679940&hash=item3b11c38a7c:g:33UAAOSwcOVbKsCO

that is extremely helpful, posrep. 

it just seems like it should be an easy part to find as a standalone.

[BottleRocket 647]

16 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

that is extremely helpful, posrep. 

it just seems like it should be an easy part to find as a standalone.

If you end up buying that pump with the filter that you need, I recommend that you keep the pump just in case.  The pump in my machine went out last month and I was able to replace it in about two hours using YouTube as my guide.  Damn near had to take the whole thing apart to get to it.