Friends were ditching their long-used toaster oven because the door wouldn’t stay closed. I was curious to see if I could fix it. It didn’t take long to see that the spring had pulled inside (yellow arrow below) the part that connected to the door.
So, simple to diagnose but not — for me, anyway — simple to repair since it needed a rivet, there being insufficient clearance for a nut and bolt (double red arrow). Much as I have always thought a rivet tool would be cool to have, I’ve never been able to justify buying one, and this was no exception. I placed a small nut and bolt to hold the pieces together, and gave it, door not closing, to our cleaning lady, whose husband probably has a rivet tool, or if not probably knows where to get his hands on one.
