IND2049 (4L43A) Admiral Refrigerator - Instructions

I guess I was real lucky - did not need any tools. Where the knob broke off it left a small piece still screwed on the post. I unscrewed the piece and screwed on the new knob and it was done. This knob has the middle (screw on) made of metal. It should last longer if not forever. :-)

Was able to unscrew the nut, which was still on the shaft, with an adjustable wrench and screw on the new knob.

The part was available, shipped in two days and arrived in three!

Not only is this knob METAL, but a perfect fit

I used pliers to loosen the remnants of the old knob, then unscrewed it by hand. Then I screwed on the new knob, identical to the old one but better since it has a metal instead of plastic thread. Saved me a repair bill and waiting around half a day for a repairman to arrive.

The repair was very simple. Just screwed the new timber knob on.

I ordered the part on Tuesday. When I got home from work on Wednesday, there was the part. The order was placed for standard delivery. I've never hard a part delivered so soon. Thank, my wife was happy to have her washing machine down for just one day.

Pull refrigerator out to access back, unplug unit and remove the 3 .25" screws cut the power leads to motor and install new with easy to understand instructions provided with new motor. Plug refrigerator back in and enjoy your cold beverages once more. EASIEST REPAIR EVER.

Removed the old broken pieces with pliers; screwed the new knob on. Done!

I went on line and found this great company and thank goodness because I was using needle nose pliers to turn the dial.
I ordered the part and it was here within 5 days, I opened it up, screwed the dial onto the existing part and boom I was up and working again without having to use the pliers.
I wouldn't do it any other way when I have a problem from now on.

Finding thr part: Sears Kenmore diagram was impossible to read.
My SinL recommended PartSelec; It was an easy search with a picture of the exact part needed.
The part arrived a few days later and the problem is history.
Thanks for your great service

it was so easy a caveman could have done it. i just took off the broken knob and put on the new and better knob. how much easier could it have been? thanks

Easy just placed the knob and tightened it. Piece of cake!!

Pulled out the refrigerator and removed the two panels from the rear of the refrigerator. Removed the fan held in by four screws and unplugged the connector. Soldered on the original connector, installed the fan to the motor and re-installed the unit into the refrigerator. Then blew out and vaccumed the condenser coils.

Removed rear cover to see non-operating fan - removed three mounting screws on the motor that were a challenge to access. Swapped fan from old motor onto new motor - one threaded nut on the motor shaft. Spliced new fan wires into fan wires of the wiring harness and mounted with three self-tapping screws supplied with new fan motor. Replaced rear cover and plugged it in! Now the refrigerator cools like new (1981 model side-by-side Admiral)

Unplug the Frig and left the freezer side total defrost. Mine was so frozen up, it took about 6 hours with the door open. I had a towel in the botton to catch all the water and ice that fell.

Removed all the shelving units. There are 3 screws that hold the ice maker in place. Loosen the 2 screws above the ice maker about 3 or so turns. Then remove the screw under the ice maker completely. Then lift the ice maker off of the 2 screws that you just loosened. Then with a small flat blade screwdriver, push the plastic clip that holds the connector of wires that plug into the ice maker.

Then remove the screws that hold the back plastic cover that conseals the coil.

Now you should see the coils. There is one heater unit in the middle and one at the botton. There is a screw on each side of the heater unit that you need to take out. They are screwed into a metal bracket that is part of the coil system. Once the screws are removed, you simply remove the heater units. They are plugged in at the top of the coil system on a circuit board. Unplug them from there, (one of the spades connector was slightly bigger then the other, so I new where to plug them back in). Fish all the wire and heater untis out and you are ready to re-oinstall the new units.

Getting the wires back up through the coils was tricky, but I was able to do it.

The hardest thing was working inside the freezer unit. It is not very wide and was sometimes hard to get both hand inside to work.

I shipped knob to son his wife installed before he got home.

The repair was simple. I just removed the broken knob and replaced it with the new knob. The real story is I ordered the replacement knob one day and it was delivered the very next day. Fantastic service from PartSelect. Thank you.