Rival Kitchen Appliances - Others - Page 9 - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support

I've been told you can order replacement gaskets from Rival, about $6/set 1-800-557-4825 and $8 shipping, so may want to stock up (prices were quoted from 2012)

Contact Rival.

in a similar post Steve Duddy provided this:

SOURCE: rival model s12gn skillet

This is quite a comprehensive list of small appliance part suppliers. I recommend you go to this site, once it opens in your web browser, press "Ctrl f" which will open a little word search window. Type in "rival" in the space and click "next". Each time you press next "rival" will be highlighted in the next company that sells their parts. You should then be able to find the web-site for that company by scrolling down a bit further. http://www.jneuhaus.com/appliance/index.htm

have a checked on your circuitbreakerfor proper voltage supply? or some fuseblown and even swithces may get stuck

There is air leaking in somewhere. Make sure there are no wrinkles in the bag at the sealer location. Also, make sure the seal on the bottom of the bag is complete or the machine will simply suck air from the bottom and out the top. Make sure there are no food particles stuck in or to the sealer mechanism. I don't have a Rival but have a Foodsaver vacuum sealer. If I have trouble getting the air to vacuum out, I remove the black foam seal from the machine, run it under water for a minute, shake off the excess, and reseat the seal. For some reason, the water helps create a seal. It also helps remove food that may have leaked onto the foam seal. If the wire that heats and melts the bag is damaged, it may not be sealing the bag completely. ..

Here's a manual for a model 180--may be close enough to your model to be of help: Roasters Rival Products Search for a manual for 171 turns up nothing. ..

If you need the grey plastic type, I can't help; but, if you need the metal type, I probably can. I normally stock recycled threaded shafts and thumb nuts for old Rival and Magic Hostess metal-framed (not folding plastic) slicers. I also have new rubbers suction cup feet and friction-reducing blade washers.

use a small dish glass or pyrex

Hi Art, Try Ebay OR Amazon................CHEERS..

If it starts steaming and then turns off with "00" flashing in the timer, the likely cause is the thermal beside the heating element is cutting out below the 130 degrees centigrade. I found the company that made the thermal and they sent me 2. Their manager seemed surprised that their component was failing. He wanted me to let him know what the problem ended up being. I got the new thermal and after putting in the steamer, the unit was working just like it should. The company that made my thermal was Zhongshan Hengfeng Thermostat Co., Ltd in China. Their email address is [email protected]
My thermal had their logo followed by HF. You have to pull the thermal to see the information on the thermal. The complete data on the thermal is:
LogoHF
KSD020-3
125V-15A
130

It is a blown thermal fuse. On 6-cup Rival it is across terminal where power comes into cooker. You can replace thermal fuse for less than a dollar in under an hour. Remove the bottom of the cooker. The thermal fuse is covered by a heat wrap sleeve across input terminal.

small appliances are generally short on spares and cost more to repair than a new unit get a quote from an appliance repair shop but I would consider junking it

They do! You can get them on the Seal-A-Meal website or even on Amazon. Here's a link. Vacuum Sealers Accessories