Sam pulled it free: a matted, slimy wad of hair, lint, and fibrous goo. But at its core, the smoking gun: a tiny, neon-green sock. The mate to the grey one behind the machine. The sock had survived the wash cycle dozens of times, only to finally wedge itself into the pump impeller like a cork in a bottle.
Step 3: Reassemble and test.
Sam fetched a bucket, a shallow, scarred thing from the garage. With a screwdriver, Sam pried open the small service panel at the bottom front of the washer. Behind it was a smaller cap, the emergency drain hose—a tiny, floppy tube no bigger than a drinking straw. Sam pulled it out, aimed it at the bucket, and opened the plug. clean out washer drain