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I need some help there is no water and no ice in my ice maker. After looking it over I can see in the motor assembly that it is part way though the cycle. The rotation of the ice removal forks is about at the 2 o'clock position. There seems to be power to the motor. Any ideas on possible repair? Bill Bo bjbohannon@gmail.com
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Ok that is called a modular design. The head itself can be easily replaced but it cost as much as a cheap one down at Lowes. The trick is you buy the generic one with that type head on it. Then you use your wiring harness from your old one so you can power up the new one. They all come from the same source. And they come without the harness plugged in. So you have the option to use the 3 or 4 they supply or the one that fits your ice box. Clever ain't it.
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If you don't want to go the replacement route you could try this: put some water in the ice mold. If it kicks out a batch but it don't make no more then you might have a bad water valve. If it dont then you might have a bad mold thermostat. The thermostat is cheap and easy to replace. Remove the IM from the ice box and get the cover off. Remove the feeler arm. Remove the 3 screws holding the head on there. Remove the 2 screws holding the ice mold to the frame. Remove replace the ice mold thermostat. Put it all back together. There is no wiring and you cant put it back wrong. 5 minute job.  Oven.doc (68kb) downloaded 3 time(s).SublimeMasterJW attached the following image(s):
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If the water valve is good and the mold thermostat is good and the coils beneath the machine are fairly clean so the ice box can get down to 28 F then the small copper plate behind the main drive gear might be dirty from the arcing each time it makes contact at the end of the cycle. If you CAREFULLY remove that main drive gear you can sometimes clean up that copper plate and it will start powering up the water valve once more.
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