If the repair is too expensive, ask around. If it is he machine, there are other SMMs who can do the work for parts and labor. It is hard to get an estimate anymore because they spend a lot of time diagnosing and then the customer backs out of the repair and the SMM loses his time. I have a guy who will fix anything, if you find the part for him. He is retired and only charges $45 for a tune up too. He is quite reasonable, but he is in Giles Co. TN.
New controllers, the solid state kind, have circuit boards and no old ceramic
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Last edited by DonnaMiller; 01-21-2016 at 05:42 PM.