hmm I just hated myself up some tea here
Oh what the what's up everyone welcome
to my video here now in the description
below I'm going to also include a link
to a new microwave I ended up replacing
this one but I want to find out what
happened like why did this fail and I
can't open the door
so my stuff is stuck in there I did
since get it open I'm gonna show you how
I open the door and let's see if we can
let's do what happened in this microwave
maybe we could fix it maybe maybe not
I guess the first thing to do is make
sure it's unplugged so if it's plugged
in unplug it and let's go around back
here for a second okay so this is just
for experimental purposes I don't
recommend you taking your microwave
apart cuz who knows what could happen
but you know Gaussian microwaves and
there's all kinds of other warnings you
know about servicing it get the manual I
don't have a service manual but we're
gonna check this out again let's be
careful make sure it's unplugged if
you're doing something like this and
let's just see what happens we'll see if
we can fix it okay I did a quick check
there's basically one two three and four
screws
at the back and then underneath here
there's one here and then one on the
other side and you might be asking how
on earth did you get your door open
because they were desperate for that hot
cup of tea or coffee it heated up well
there's really no easy way to do it
there's not a magic secret release for
the door or anything
I took a screwdriver shoved it in here
and then give it a quick sharp twist BAM
as I said I did get it open before I
took the stuff out and here I'll speed
up the video we'll get the outer casing
off here I believe it's only those one
two three four five six screws let's do
that all right let's get this thing
apart
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all right so I'm encountering some sort
of resistance in here I'm not sure what
maybe I just need a screwdriver here
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okay so for future reference if you're
doing this it seems I mean I've already
bent that up a bit but these two little
things that looks like it needs to slide
back there we go
all right there's the business so what
do we have here
oh yeah Wow
oh wait so you know keep your cans out
of there
don't be touching things and thank you
you might end up hurting yourself I
don't know if there's any capacitors in
here or anything yeah there is there's a
big capacitor down Wow down at the
bottom here now what is a capacitor not
sure if you can see it but it's right
there it looks like a big round cylinder
no capacitors
it hasn't been plugged in for quite a
while so it's probably drained out now
but a capacitor can carry a lot of
voltage who knows it depends where it is
I don't know but it could you know could
be like a thousand bolts or something in
there I don't know just a crazy amount
so you have to be very careful when
you're doing this stuff and that's why
I'm saying like probably don't do this
and I'll be careful but I need to get at
Oh actually here's the okay I'm gonna
lower this down hang on I have to
readjust my camera because we have a
visual on the situation hang on okay so
this might be a little bit difficult to
see but Wow yeah I mean this was
actually easier than what I thought to
at least investigate I thought there
would be another shell and everything
but what we're looking at here this is
the door it opens here the but the press
button is right here and this is the
mechanism that releases the door and so
basically it's kind of like a little
lever and what has happened trying to
get this in here so there's a little
pivot point here you can see how it
rotates there's the joint right there
and then on the other side what has
happened gonna close the door here on
the other side there's another little
pivot point and the material on this
piece here has failed so
I bet the daughters gonna work right now
so yes I did the door does open but
there's some plastic that's broken back
there and as soon as there's some
pressure on it and it failed
oh good side view here so basically
right now it's not working and as I said
there's a pivot point back there oops
and so the plaster is some plastic is
broken I mean that's just something that
you might be able to repair but yeah
once you get once plastic starts
breaking and stuff I don't know it's
such a minor thing that ruined this
microwave I have it back in place there
and so the door does open now if you
were really gentle with this you might
be able to get you know it probably
worked for you for quite a lot longer
but you know finding parts to fix
something like that it's probably
impossible but yeah it kind of does work
now I would hate to you know I'm don't
don't be a jerk and sell it at a garage
sale because they I see it I just tried
it again it popped right off I'm gonna
show you that again help popped open
with my hands in the way don't worry so
it's in place now let's see I'm gonna
try very gently to press on it no I
won't it pops back oh so anyway so while
I was easy I thought this is gonna be
difficult to show you guys but that's
the reason you know if you have some
time you might build a fiddle around
with that or maybe get it to work but
this is a cheap microwave so it just
wasn't worth the time if it was like a
really expensive microwave like you know
300 bucks or something I would certainly
be in there taking this part like I can
pull this thing right out of here I
think see this slip this is the pace of
peace here like this part is fine this
is the nylon part it's the piece that
this fits into that's messed up and for
whatever reason they should have made
this out of nylon like this assembly
here and it would have been fine but no
alley but it did last 20 years so I
shouldn't I guess I shouldn't be so
critical but anyway there you have it
check out the link below I bought a new
microwave I did a review on it and I'm
pretty happy with the new one that I
bought and it's a little bit bigger than
this a little bit more modern yes before
I leave you here if you have any ideas
about fixing the door and then just
running it with the door off or not with
the door off but without the paneling on
here that's probably not a good idea
either I you know I'm not completely
sure about this but this looks like the
whatever does the microwaving or it
creates the microwaves and you know if
you plan on having any children or
anything you probably don't want to run
this with the casing off it might be
okay but again I I have no idea
so yeah if you for some reason do manage
to fix your door make sure you put it
all back together before you run it
where else you could end up having some
issues you know maybe your hair will
start falling out and you won't feel so
well anyways enjoy have a good one but
yeah check that out I hope you enjoyed
the video and I hope you learned
something today I always have a great
day take care like
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