MHIK7989 Maytag Ice Maker - Instructions

I simply removed 3 nut head screews and the old unit came off. I removed the ice level arm off the old unit and put on the new one. I removed the old wire harness and plugged into the new unit. I mounted the new unit, plugged it in and was done. I had ice in less than an hour. So simple my 11 year old could have done it without help.

I followed your video which made the whole repair/replace-
ment simple !

The repair was easy.....took out a couple of screws, and it was out. Put a couple screws in and it worked right away.

I watched the repair video on PartSelect.com which made the repair very simple. I just removed one nut with a 1/4" nut driver, detached the unit from the clips mounted on the side of the freezer compartment and disconnected the wiring harness. Once the unit was removed I disconnected the wiring harness and the bail from the old unit and installed them onto the new ice maker. It took a couple of tries to snap the new unit into the clips on the side of the freezer compartment but after this was accomplished I connected the wiring harness and installed the mounting screw. Then I place the bail in the on position (down) and about an hour later I had ice.

I pulled the old one out and went on-line to find a part. Once I found the right sight that had the part I ordered it and had it shipped to my house. When the part came in just a few days I installed it and now it's working just fine......

Three screws holding the ice maker unit, one quick disconnect wiring harness.
Replacement was simple.

Initially I turned off the power to the unit ( I found no need to disconnect water source. I believe it is controlled by the unit and is in the "off" position when powered down) then I loosened the top two screws, removed the bottom screw and slid the unit off of the upper mounting screws. Taking a flat screw driver blade I pushed down on the connector's locking nib within the maker and released the connector. I then reversed the procedure to reinstall making certain that the connector was fully pushed in. Tightened things down, turned on the power and had 'cubes" in about 1 hour. Easy fix, "repair" stories on site make this incredabily simple.

Trouble shooting was the difficult part. All advice was to replace the valve but water did not leak with icemaker removed. Found the release coating in the icemaker tray had cracked and peeled away. Since this is also the water seal, the tray would drip water after filling, before freezing. The new icemaker solved the problem.

Remove ice bin. Loosen two mounting screws holding ice maker in place ( not necessary to remove screws), Remove two screws holding cover over ice auger. Behind cover is connection for ice maker. Need two hands to disconnect wiring connector from ice maker( tight area to work in,narrow shoulders and long arms help). Squeeze tab on one end of connector while pulling connectors apart. DO NOT PULL ON WIRES, ONLY PULL APART CONNECTORS.
After ice maker is out use pin points on end of timer to check contact points to be sure all contacts are made. Is possible to insert an Ohm meter probe in holes at end of timer, it is not necessary to remove timer to check unless problem is found with open contact.

threw out the old icemaker, replaced it with the new one. just had to pry off the cap of the housing and plug the original cable to the new assembly - bingo.
I'm happy and proud - saved a large repair-bill :-)

first removed bottom screw. then loosened two top screws enough to lift and free icemaker. held unit out slightly from wall of fridge and unnplugged wiring plug, freeing icemaker. then took wiring harness and wire bail from old unit and installed on new icemaker. then plugged new unit in and attached to fridge. in about 30 minutes it started making ice. Has worked well since.

With a phillips head driver, I loosened all the screws on the left side tray support, and completely took out the the second screw. I removed the screw because it is the lower support for the ice maker. I used a flat end screw driver and loosened the top two screws on the top of the ice maker. You don't need to remove them comletely. The unit just slides up and out. Just reverse the steps to install. It took me under ten minutes.

bought a new ice maker (D7824706Q) and it was delivered in about two days. ordering was super easy but not as easy as the install of the ice maker. i simply removed the three hex head screws, two on top and one on bottom. unplugged the ice maker, removed front cover to remove plug(you must reuse), remove shut off arm off old ice maker. plugged plug back on new ice maker,put shut off arm on new icemaker. plugged new icemaker to frig and reinstalled the 3 hex head screws. it really took less than 15 mins.

first i flipped the power switch to the fridge and i took out the three screws unhooked the electrical, and i put the new ice maker in in the same manner hooked the electrical back up put the screws in and job was done. and about 2hrs later we had ice.

disconnected wiring from ice maker to refer.
removed three mounting screws holding the ice maker to the refer. removed ice maker, removed the wiring from old ice maker and installed on the new one. installed new unit making sure that the water filler tube is in the correct location. plug the wire back to the refer. Done