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I have a 7-year old Amana washer which washes 15 or so loads per week. About 6-9 months ago, it started making a squealing sound when it drained the water from the wash cycle. It still worked well and the sound never got worse, so I learned to live with it. We moved it to our new house in January and the problem continued, same as always. Then today, whilst in the rinse cycle, it started to leak a small amount of water (enough to make a 2" wide stream going to the sump hole about three feet away. After the load was finished, I took the front off and found that just about everything felt wet underneath it, like it had been sprayed with a hose. Incidentally, the wash load it was doing at the time came out just fine. What could be the problem? I'm willing to spend money on parts to fix it, but if it's a really complicated job that a fairly handy husband can't handle, should I just replace it, considering it's age?