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Hello out there...and thank you ahead of time for any response. I have been filling ice cube trays for the past 6 months with Summer around the corner i want to fix my ice maker for pool parties etc. If i can fix it myself that would be great cause i work all the time when repairmen would normally come...anyway...
I have an Amana SBD20MW Side by Side Refrigerator/Freezer. The ice maker was working fine and dandy, until one day a few months ago it stopped working out of the blue. I made sure I had the arm lever down and when i put it down the maker starts to rotate and so the mechanism is fine it seems. I just doesn't seem like water is flowing to it, but the water dispenser seems to be working fine as it flows from there.
I read somewhere about the valves and coils? but i don't know where those are and any help you can offer would be a HUGE help. Thanks guys.
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Try swapping the wires on the dual water inlet valve. It's on the back where the water supply comes in. Then try the water dispenser. The water should go to the ice maker. This will tell you weather or not the ice maker valve is working and if the line is clear.
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how do i get to the dual water valve.
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What kind of wires are we talking about? Electric wires?
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Ok. I switched to wires on the back. The light comes on by the water supply in the front but doesn't give water now. and i don't feel or see any water coming into the icemaker...where does that lead me?
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You know the water dispenser switch works because you get water. With the wires swapped on the valve your should get water to the ice maker thru that valve. So the valve seems to be bad on that side. Can you hear any noise from the valve when someone try the water switch.
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No i don't hear any noise from the valve when the water is tried with the electric switched. I took the line off of the valve and disconnected it from the top in the back and was able to blow air through the line no problem. So does that mean the just the ice side of the valve is bad?
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OK...Scratch that....i disconnected the line from the back of the freezer and switched the electric on the back. i then hit the water on the front of the fridge and it pushed water through the ice line and water came out of the line at the top....so....no what?
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I reconnected the line, and still nothing that i can see or tell inside the freezer and it doesn't seem to make any noise down at the valve...is that because the line is frozen in the freezer? WoodChuckie your the man for helping me thus far...
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