Meagan and the kids went to the park for a home school group meet up. I took advantage of the time to get a little monthly maintenance done.
First up was cleaning out the lint on the washing machine. The model that we have, a Splendidie combo, has a procedure for washing out the lint filter. If you don’t do it periodically, it will block the dryer vent and throw an error code.
The maintenance cycle is to use an Affresh washer tabs (available at hardware stores or online), put the washer on cycle 11 until it stops filling, cancel the cycle, start it on cycle 12 until it fills (more) and stops spinning, then stop it, and drain the water out. There will be lint and other yuck left behind, which you wipe out.
The process takes 3 cycles to be done.
I also did black tank maintenance, which normally happens every 3-4 days with our usage.
I cleaned the AC return filters and the bathroom exhaust fan with the mini shop vac. The fan tends to collect a lot of dust/lint and if not regularly cleaned, will get blocked and not vent the humidity from the bathroom.
I also took the opportunity to replace a broken seat latch on the van (2016 Sienna). This is one of the rear seat latch handles, used for stowing the seats. Some time ago it broke, so when you pulled up on it to stow it, nothing would happen.
The part was actually fairly cheap, about $30 online and took about 5 minutes to replace – 2 steel cables and 2 screws.
