From: ifatfirstu@yahoo.com (eddy eagle)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house alt.home.repair misc.consumer.house
Subject: Re: Garbage disposal  = kaput!
Date: 15 Jul 2004 05:12:04 -0700

SofaKing  wrote in message news:...
> I can get it to spin by sticking a large wooden spoon in the top and
> rotating...is that good enough?
> 
> 
> 
> >On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 06:25:34 GMT, "Rudy"  wrote:
>  
> >> Any ideas?  Thanks in advance.....please post reply here.
> >
> >Look underneath the device. Many have an allen key hole at the bottom so you
> >can insert the allen wrench that came with the disposal..(Ha!  find that
> >after 7-8 years) and give it a few turns back ,  forth and around to loosen
> >it up.  If that works, I ve read to give it a liberal shot of PAM and run
> >'er.  Also, if u get it going, to freeze a double batch of Ice cubes that
> >are 50% vinegar and dump them in and grind til theyre all gone..helps clean
> >crud and loosen up the 2 "teeth" and get 'em swinging again.
> >

Looks like you need to go shopping for a replacement. Fortunately, the
installation is pretty standard procedure.
I bet you could put a VOM or other continuity testor across the prongs
on the disposal plug and you would find it electronically dead. When
it quits all of a sudden like that is may be a simple problem, yet not
one you can fix. A fine wire inside may have broken. They can't be
serviced generally.
You've done what most consumers can do so just replace it.