Dude, so on board with fixing appliances. I hate seeing huge trash piles full of good stuff.
Some friends of mine think I'm a weirdo for trying to fix things, but then they turn around and buy garbage from target that only lasts them one year at most, then its in the trash pile. They say with the hours I spend working on things, the object itself is not worth the labor, but the jokes on them, I enjoy doing it!