icemaker repaired
MY ICEMAKER ON MY MAYTAG SIDE BY SIDE WAS NOT FILLING WITH WATER. I READ ON THE BLOGS THAT IT MIGHT BE THE WATER VALVE SOLENOID. I REPLACED IT BUT STILL NO WATER IN THE ICEMAKER. I DECIDED TO TAKE APART THE ICEMAKER BY FIRST RMOVING THE ICE CUBE MAKING PORTION AND REMOVING THE 3 SCREWS ON THE TIMER FACE, INSIDE I NOTICED A BURNT CONTACT. I CLEANED UP THE SOOT ON WHAT REMAINED OF THE COPPER AND STUCK IT BACK TOGETHER. PRESTO, ICE. IT ONLY LASTED A SHORT WHILE SO I TOOK IT APART AND SOLDERED A NEW PIECE OF COPPER. ITS HARD TO SOLDER BUT I DIDNT WANT TO PAY THE 152 BUCKS FOR A NEW ONE. MY PATCH JOBS BEEN HOLDING UP FOR A WEEK NOW WITH NO PROBLEMS. WHEN YOU PUT THE TIMER BACK TOGETHER THE HALF CIRCLE EJECTOR SHAFT HAS TO LINE UP WHICH IS EASY THEN WHEN ITS ALMOST TOGETHER DONT FORCE IT THE ICE BIN ARM HAS TO BE MOVED A LITTLE THEN IT WILL GO TOGETHER EASILY. HOPE THIS HELPS