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Pull off the freezer back panel and check the frost pattern, if total, heavy frost, you have a defrost problem, if little frost, that confirms a bad compressor/refrigerant leak.
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It's run for about 3 hrs. now, and it doesn't appear to be cooling. It sounds alittle quieter, as I found two copper lines vibrating against each other and spread them apart. There doesn't appear to be much air flow inside the freezer either. Is there a fan behind the rear inside panel??
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Let it run for a period.
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I did that, and it sounded the same. Should I let it run for awhile?? Do the measurements I provided for both devices sound OK??
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Just install the new start device and plug into it the run capacitor and fridg connector.
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Originally Posted by: richappy  Measure across the two,round, side by side output female pins on the start device, should be like 5- 10 ohms. I ordered and received the new part using the part number you provided. The new part looks different than the existing one, the new part shows "OL" across the sockets that are side/side. The new start device shows "OL" across the same two pins. The existing run cap. shows "OL" across the blades when I ohm it out. What next??
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Measure across the two,round, side by side output female pins on the start device, should be like 5- 10 ohms.
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Copy that, will order a new one A.S.A.P...
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Looks like you have a bad start device. A ptc start device is a rather small, black plastic device.
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Originally Posted by: richappy Just to clarify things. If you have a rather large start device and not a ptc device, measure across the output (compressor side) side by side pins, should be 5 - 10 ohms. If way off value, like 27 ohms, it's bad. What's a ptc device?? Socket to socket = 27 ohms. The run cap., I can't measure, as my meter keeps "ranging" on me.
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