Well, I bought one new in '78 also. But we used it for years. Seen it's share of winters and kids and daily use. Still have it. My retirement project...
OK, I reread this (again) and you have a/c, so Dobaroy may be right, they tend to slip off on the control in the back. Disconnect the cable ( on the...
That's odd, I was thinking about him the other day as well. Funny, he called me once to "talk", and said he'd never had talked to anyone on the phone...