Hi everyone. First off, great site and thank you for reading my post! I did do some searches on here before posting this new post. I hate to start a new thread with something that has been done before, but I just felt that my problem was slightly different, and would appreciate some help with it.
I have a Frigidaire Refrigerator that came with the home that I purchased in 2008. The fridge was made in 2000. I am guessing that the ice maker is the original one that came with the fridge. When I purchased the home, there was a plastic bag that was stuck in the "teeth" of the ice maker. Also, there was no water supply running to the ice maker. I used a piercing type water valve (under the sink) to give a water supply to the ice maker. Then a long plastic tubing to run to the fridge. After some help from this website, I replaced the water valve on May 20, 2009. The ice maker was working well enough for me.
In May of 2010, I got married, and apparently the ice maker was making enough ice for me, but not for the 2 of us. So, I figured that the ice maker was just slow in producing ice. Recently, we left town for the weekend. Just before we left, I emptied the ice cube catcher bin, and when we returned, there was no ice at all (yes, the ice maker was turned on). So, I removed the ice maker completely, and noticed that the filler tube was completely blocked with ice. I removed the filler tube, ran some warm water through it, and reinstalled everything. There now seems to be a bit of ice at the tip of the filler tube.
Also, for the past several months, I have noticed that there has been an ice build up in the bottom of the ice cube catcher bin. As well, the ice cubes that are made, like to freeze together in the bin. I have placed a thermometer in the freezer, and it maintains 4 degrees ferinheight.
There ice cubes (ever since I have owned the fridge) have been irregular in shape. Sometimes only pieces will fall to the bin. This past weekend, I adjusted the dial to increase the amount of water being delivered to the ice maker "tray". The first attempt, the water overflowed. I have since adjusted it a bit, and will find out later today if I need to adjust it some more.
For a little more background I thought I should add that here is no frost buildup in the freezer.
Thanks for any insight!
Jason