oldtrojan66 wrote:
As a veteran appliance repair tech for many years, I have seen several instances of "improvements" in machines. Bottom line, know this, if they change something, it is to comply with some Federal regulation or they found a way to make it cheaper! It all snaps together at the factory and heaven help you if you don't know the "key" that unsnaps it!
This is not true, at least in the case of push button starts. The 'feature' came from the consumer end, not the regulatory end. In fact, the standards haven't caught up with current 'innovations' (read here for standards regarding keys: http://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.114). There seems to be problems associated with push button starts...
