ok what your dealing with if a frozen evaporator coil. to verify this open the freezer and remove all the food inside. remove the evaperator cover. and i expect you will have an evaperator that looks like a block of ice. the frist thing to do is to try and put it into a defrost mode. look for the defrost timer, usualy on the control area, or under the front of the fridge. either with your fingers or a screwdriver turn the timer untill you hear it click. your heating element should heat up. 3 possible problems
1. bad defrost timer-the test above will tell you if it is the timer if it heats up it is the timer
2. bad heating element- if it dosent heat up, check for power in to the element. no power it is either timer or thermostat. power it is the element
3. bad defrost terminating thermostat-sometimes you will get lucky and it will work like a turkey timer, poped= bad. not poped-could still be bad
if in doubt try replacing all the above
timer part #AP2111929
element part #AP2114859
thermostat #AP2150024
good luck and post your results
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