Still unable to locate the correct part to replace the overload/relay switch as part number 61006186 has been replaced by 12002794. The parts are suppose to be compatible but one is a one piece and the other a 3 piece. The 3-piece part cannot be put on due to the instructions saying hook jumper wire onto slot one on relay but slot one is recessed. Can someone please tell me where to go next. I really hate to buy a new refrigerator becuase of this:mad:

There are 3 possibilities
1. Buy a new refrigerator.
2. Pay a repairman to use your part to do the repair. While this is not as educational nor satisfying, it is never the less cheaper than buying a new refrigerator.
3. The awful realization is that there are parts that are functional , but not identical replacements. Sometimes they require creative mounting solutions and other times they require creative wirting solutions. On one refrigerator I recall, I had to use an automobile connector from a recessed-type connector, clean it up, and actually solder it to the wire that had burned when the protector failed-safely. Sometimes you have to go to a store like an auto parts store, appliance parts store, or a local electronics store like a Radio Shack and show them your part to get the right type of terminal to connect to the device. Like the other technician said, if you know how the part is supposed to work, and what the wires that go to the original part come from and go to, you can use an ohm-meter to figure out what the new part's connectors go, to which wires. I've read your posting just today, so I imagine this is no longer relevant, but, other things will break in the future, and it is still sound advice for then.