Hotpoint Top Load will not spin or agitate

Washer Repair
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Hi, just a bit flustered :frowning:

So 3 months or so ago it would not spin or agitate. At the time I did not know about flashing LED’s but did find the lift the lid reset and that “fixed it.”

Maybe 2 weeks ago the teeth wore/broke of the timer and my 96 year old Mum decided she could just turn the pointer dial.

Last week it quit agitate/spin again. 7 flashes. Lid reset would not reset it. Still 7 flashes. Lid switch tests properly from plug to orange wire. So I ordered a timer and new knob because I knew it needed teeth/replacing anyway. But I was a bit leery of the part I received as it had black marks showing through the plastic as though it was smoked. Installed and no change. Still 7 flashes.

Ordered a motor and installed it. It did spin on my brief test, so I put some clothes in it. Well it did not agitate or spin. it also appeared that in some positions water would only fill if I “jiggled” the selector knob in or out. So I put the original timer back in. Still nothing.

I see no led flashing on this motor. The inline fuse white/red stripe checks fine with an ohm meter. Lid switch still checks good. My thoughts are I got a bad timer which blew my motor, but I have no real clue and think I should have just bought a new machine.

As a note the pump runs to drain if the lid is open or closed. No clue if this is correct or a symptom.

Motor 175D5106G010
Timer 175D5749P007

Appreciate any ideas.
Thanks,
Grey

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I think the first thing you want to do is to return the replacement timer and get one that is really new (assuming you are buying new).

Let us know what happens then.

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Thanks, guess I can give it another shot. I was leaning toward putting thee original motor back in to see if it still had 7 flashes. The timer was “new”, but it came from one of the places that offers no question returns and I have to wonder if some unscrupulous soul returned their old part and then I got it :slight_smile: Now the motor was ******** from a “working” washer.

Thanks again, will let you know