I've been diagnosing my Kenmore Coldspot (106) issue for a couple days now and wonder if anyone here can help...

This side-by-side unit is not getting cold in refrigerator compartment, and none of the lights are working (two in refrigerator compartment, and one in freezer) along with ice-maker will not churn.

What I've determined so far...

• The compressor & fan are running and the evaporator coils are getting cold.
  
• The evaporator fan will turn ON when I manually advance the timer.
  
• The timer will automatically take itself out of defrost-mode, and start the compressor after awhile.
  
• If I disconnect the bottom (orange) wire on the thermostat, the evaporator fan will start, and will turn OFF when I push on the door switch.
  
• Turning the thermostat all the way down will turn OFF the compressor.
  
• I shorted the thermostat terminals, and the lights still will not turn ON.
  

Is there any test I can do to determine if there is a short somewhere in the unit? I've replaced the timer with no change in the unit.

Any help would be greatly apprechiated!

Thanks,
Jason