Toaster, the lever does not stay down when pushed, a COMMON FAULT in many toasters.

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1. A brief guide with just a basic reminder of what to check to solve a very common problem in many bread toasters: bread crumbs or grease accumulated on the latching electromagnet, which prevents the toaster lever from staying locked in the closed position when pushed down.
2. Let's look at what we need to check once the housing is removed.
3. I apologize for not having more photos of this repair, as I took them on the fly, since it was a fault we fixed at Repair Café Palma.

4. Screw removal process by our volunteers at Repair Café.

5. Once the housing is removed, you can see the various cables connecting the boards to each other. As a tip, if you can work without disconnecting them, don't disconnect them, as I did. If there is no other choice but to disconnect them, mark them before disconnecting.
6. Clean the top of the electromagnet with a toothbrush. If there is accumulated grease, use a cloth soaked in a few drops of alcohol.

7. Clean the top of the electromagnet with a toothbrush; if there is accumulated grease, use a cloth dampened with a few drops of alcohol to help.

8. We will also clean the upper metal plate, which secures or anchors the lever once we lower it, using sandpaper or a nail file, with the help of a cloth and alcohol.

9. Another point that is always worth checking and cleaning in toasters—using either sandpaper or a nail file, which is "very useful for this task"—is the 2 power input contacts; carefully check that the 4 metal plates have completely clean contact surfaces.
10. They often get scorched, which can also prevent the machine from staying closed and latched when you lower the lever.

11. I am sorry I do not have more detailed photos, as it was a breakdown I fixed at Repair Café Palma and I did not have the time to take all the photos I would have liked to take.
12. Other similar guides.
13. END of the guide.