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My washer fills and goes thru the wash cycle and it begins to drain. The motor then stops turning and the timer stops advancing. The motor does not start back up to run the pump or begin the spin cycle. The lid switch is good (I tested it with an ohm meter). If I manually advance the timer the solenoids activate but the motor never starts running; without the motor running, the cam bars don't move. I thought it was the timer that simply quit working so I bought a new one (Part #AP2915525, Part #660970 on the AppliancePartsPros packing list) from appliance parts pros. When I installed it, another symptom appeared. The washer would fill then immediately begin to drain, it only partially drained. It would then refill only to drain again. Manually advancing the timer never allowed it to agitate or anything else. If I put the old timer back on the original symptoms come back. The washer is a Whirlpool Model LA5530XMWO
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Joined: 3/29/2009(UTC) Posts: 11,699
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Hey Hokie Guy
I am from just north of Blacksburg, so I am going to give you the straight talk here.
I am going to say that I think your original diagnosis was correct, and I suggest you contact APP and tell them that the timer they sent you was defective and see if they will replace it. (They should, they seem like pretty decent folks even if they are not Virginians. We are volunteers who do not work for them so I cannot speak for them completely). If the timer was not the problem the new timer should have mimicked the old timer.
After you get the replacement, if that does not solve the problem, then undertake a thorough examination of the wiring, and see if you can find some frayed parts that are shorting out. If all this fails hopefully someone else on this Forum will reply, because I would be stumped.
Good luck, let us know how this turns out.
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