Supermom here to save the garbage disposal :P

So last night I went to turn on my garbage disposal after doing dishes to find it only hummed and would not turn on.  So I went to google (yes, I used Google a few times on this adventure) and searched how to fix a garbage disposal.  Found a good video that said if its humming then its clogged and how to unclogged it with alan's wrench.  Bad news my was so old there was no hole for a alan's wrench.  So I took it all part.  I don't have any before picture sure wish I did so you could see the piping mess that was down there.  Cleaned it out made sure everything turned went to Lowes to replace the pipe that broke when I took it apart (it was cracked really bad and then the lip just fell off). So came home put it together once more and turned it on and reset it and still wouldn't work.  So call my parents they said just go get anew one (thanks for the help and advice dad).  Made another trip to Lowes to get the new one and more piping.  As I was walking out of Lowes I threw the old one away.  Went home and found out I needed to go back because I needed plummers clay. So had to run back to Lowes.  Got back home and started putting things together to find out OPPS I should of not of thrown the old one out at Lowes. Why?  Because I need the wiring out of it to put in the new one. So another trip to Lowes to get the old one back from the trash.  By the way was empty so I had to go hunt it down in the store.  Then came home put it back together and forgot to check for leaks good.  So at this point it was 12 in the morning and I was soooo tired.  So when I woke up this morning I walked into the kitchen and there was water everywhere because my neighbor was using her dishwasher.  It sucks that part of my plumbing is connected to other people's.  So I had to start cleaning up the mess and make one last trip ( I was praying hard it was my last trip) to Lowes.  This time I took photos of what it looked like and what said what I needed.  I got a small lessen in connecting piping, bought my piping, and came home.  I really only needed on straight tubing, on piece that had a female part of each end and was bendable in the middle.  I put it all together and turned on the NEW garbage disposal to find out.  YES I DID IT.  No leaking, and the new one works wonderful.   The sad new is that I have to make another trip back to Lowes to return all the piping I bought that I ended up not needing.

Here is the picture I took to Lowes to show what it looked like and what I thought I needed ( I was mostly right on I just didn't know they had pieces with bendable middle parts) so I was impressed that I some what knew what I was looking for.

Here is the photo of the finish and fully working new garbage disposal and piping under my sink.  This project stressed me out and made me really grumpy but I am very proud of myself that I did and mostly all by myself.