Just bought a lightly used Washing Machine from a friend. (about 2 years old in a vacation home) Worked fine for a couple weeks. Tried to wash a pair of shoes while I ran a few errands in town and came home to find the shoe's destroyed and the washing machine in the wash cycle still. If I try to start any cycle (regular, delicate, etc) the washing machine will fill up fine and go into the wash cycle but it will not advance past that. I can manually advance the washer into the drain, rinse, and spin cycles one at a time and they seem to work fine other than running non stop till I push the timer nob in. Sounds like a bad Timer Assembly to me but I figured I'd look for some advice from someone with some more experience before I spend the time changing out a hundred dollar part....

Thanks in advanced!
Mike

PS, I doubt it has anything to do with the problem but might be worth mentioning. The washer had bad iron stains from well water when I first got it so I ran a couple loads with only water and "Iron Out" cleaner as instructed by the Iron Out bottle.
Thanks again!