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The timer will only work in a wash cycle. Once the timer completes the wash cycle, and moves to the drain/spin cycle, the machine will drain for only a few seconds, then suddenly stop. During these few seconds of draining, there is a loud double click heard from the motor area, along with a slight burning smell. After these few seconds, the machine completely stops, as if it had been unplugged. There is no noise coming from the machine at all.
After unplugging the machine for a minute, and then plugging it back in, the timer will once again allow the machine to fill and agitate, but, when placing the timer in any spin cycle, there is nothing but a buzzing noise coming from the timer. Once the machine completes the wash cycle and moves into the drain/spin cycle, I get a few seconds of draining, with the double clicks coming from the motor along with the slight burning smell, and then the machine goes dead again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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This could be caused by a number of things. I would remove the cabinet and bypass the lid switch so you can operate it with the cabinet off. Unclip the pump from the motor and pull the pump off the motor (leave hoses connected). Try spin cycle now with pump off the motor. There may be something in the pump jamming the motor. Sounds like the motor is drawing too much current which will trip the motor thermal overload which kills power to the drive motor and timer motor. After it cools off, the overload will reset.
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Originally Posted by: fairbank56  This could be caused by a number of things. I would remove the cabinet and bypass the lid switch so you can operate it with the cabinet off. Unclip the pump from the motor and pull the pump off the motor (leave hoses connected). Try spin cycle now with pump off the motor. There may be something in the pump jamming the motor. Sounds like the motor is drawing too much current which will trip the motor thermal overload which kills power to the drive motor and timer motor. After it cools off, the overload will reset.
Eric Thank you for your response, Eric. I will certainly do what you suggested. I have already pulled the pump, motor, and transmission, and I could see no visible problems anywhere. I will reassemble and try your suggestions. I will let you know what I find. Thanks again.
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Hello again, Eric. I did what you suggested, but still the same. I put everything back together, but kept the jumper in for the lid switch. I again found that the wash cycles allowed water to enter the machine, and if I found just the right spot, the machine would agitate. However, there was no pumping out of the water, and no spin cycle.
At least the machine never went dead like it did before. This time, there was no attempt to pump out the water, like before, so I suppose that's why the machine didn't overheat and die.
I may try a new timer. If you have any other suggestions, I would greatly appreciate hearing them.
Thanks again, Eric.
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