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Customer:
Catherine from SEATTLE, WA
Parts Used:
40A15
Difficulty Level:
Very Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
The light inside the oven had burned out
0. As a safety precaution, unplug the range or hit the relevant fuse breaker before you start. You might also want to grab a flashlight. Definitely do not try to do this while the oven is hot.
1. Pinch the wire over the light bulb cap to remove it. This is inside the oven at the back.
2. Pop off the hemispherical glass cap.
3. Unscrew the old light bulb, and screw the new light bulb in its place.
4. Put the cap back.
5. Secure the cap by putting the wire back in its slots on the cap.

No tools needed, the cap is just held in place with pressure from the wire.
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Customer:
Gerald from WINTERVILLE, GA
Parts Used:
40A15
Difficulty Level:
Very Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
lights blown out
replaced lights in refrigirator and freezer
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Customer:
Raymond from Niverville, NY
Parts Used:
WR17X2740
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
15 - 30 mins
Tools:
Screw drivers
Blade on auger became stripped
Ordered at PartSelect and received the auger and blade within days. Printed the parts diagram and proceeded to take the auger apart the time it took would have been much less but I seized the opportunity to do a deep cleaning of the old parts before replacing them....The part diagram was the key to simplicity and the fast shipping was awesome. Thanks I'll be back....
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Customer:
paypal_shipping_address from Ripon, CA
Parts Used:
WR23X37285
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Tools:
Pliers
Light would no longer turn on
I watched the video online, followed the instructions and within minutes had the part installed. The frig light was working once again! I will say the original switch was very snug and I had to do some very minor scraping of the plastic to get the new part to slide in.
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Customer:
Jodi from Benton Harbor, MI
Parts Used:
WR23X37285
Difficulty Level:
Very Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Tools:
Pliers, Screw drivers
Light out
Turned off the breaker to the fridge because I couldn't reach the power plug to unplug it . Use small flat head screwdriver to pop out the piece, disconnected the rubber prong connectors, inserted the new piece into the rubber prongs snapped it back into place. Flipped the breaker back on and prayed it worked. It did and I saved myself $120 service call.
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Customer:
bryan from miamif, FL
Parts Used:
WR17X4312
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
ice maker was rusty
i ordered this ice maker on sunday night and paid for the cheapest shipping. it got here monday morning and i couldnt believe it. super fast shipping!! works great
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Customer:
Cindy from Yorba Linda, CA
Parts Used:
WR17X4312
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Tools:
Screw drivers
making rust in ice
This is the easiest thing in the world - thanks for sharing other's installation - it took 5 mins - works perfect & we have clean ice - 4 easy screws to remove - anyone can do it!
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Customer:
Walter from Wyndmoor, PA
Parts Used:
WR17X4312
Difficulty Level:
Easy
Total Repair Time:
15 - 30 mins
Tools:
Screw drivers
Ice maker crushed all ice and would not make cubes. Pushing the switch and changing to cubes did not work.
Removed old ice bucket with auger. Unscrewed front plates that form the front of the ice bucket. Replaced the front plates on the new part (ice bucket and auger). Replaced new assemblage. It took about 20 minutes. Had to empty ice out and put in a temporary cooler for storage. Bigger problem than the repair was diagnosing what was wrong. Pushed disagnose button and it said ice maker was working normallly. Careful examination of the ice bucket removed from refrigerator showed spring out of place on long metal rod that protrudes from the back of the ice bucket and fits into a square hole in back of refrigerator. Examined other end of rod that engages with plastic parts that run the ice auger and ice crusher mechanism. A piece must have broken off. That was the problem. Refrigerator ice maker now works fine as originally designed. Push crudh the ice crusher engages and you get crused ice. Push cubes and the icemaker crusher slides out of the way and you get cubes.
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Customer:
Christopher from APOPKA, FL
Parts Used:
WR02X11258
Difficulty Level:
A Bit Difficult
Total Repair Time:
30 - 60 mins
Tools:
Screw drivers
The point of connection between the ice maker fill tube assembly and the poly tubing was leaking and water was freezing inside the fill tube and grommet.
1. The fill tube assembly is located on the left side of the compressor compartment on top of the refrigerator toward the back of the unit.
2. Remove the front grill from the compressor section and turn off power to the refrigerator.
3. In the freezer section, remove the ice maker cover, ice holding/feed tray, and the ice maker assembly.
4. It was necessary to use a small hair dryer to unfreeze ice inside and around the fill tube so that the fill tube could be pulled down from the grommet.
5. The grommet, which is located on top of the freezer unit next to the compressor, having been in place for many years, was difficult to remove both because of the difficulty of reaching the grommet in the narrow space between the compressor housing and the outside body of the refrigerator and the grommet fitting so snugly into the mounting hole.
6. To remove the grommet, I carefully used a set of small plastic pry tools (available at an auto parts or hardware store) to slowly unseat the grommet from the refrigerator and then used a twisting motion while pulling up on the grommet to remove it from the housing.
7. Clean around the hole in the freezer housing carefully.
8. For my model refrigerator, the new grommet piece is slightly longer than the original piece, and while the original fill tube is plastic, the replacement fill tube is made from metal and is slightly longer than the original fill tube.
9. Due to the different sizes of the new parts, it was necessary to shorten the length of the new grommet so that it would seat properly into the hole in the compartment. I also had to reuse the old plastic fill tube so that the fill tube would properly fit inside the ice maker assembly. It is probably possible to trim the metal fill tube with an appropriate cutting tool if the old tube cannot be reused.
10. If you are going to trim the new unit, carefully measure the old grommet and trim the new grommet to match the size of the original, then insert the new grommet into the hole in the upper cabinet section. The fill tube can than be inserted into the grommet from inside the freezer compartment by sliding the fill tube into the hold inside the freezer compartment and seating it by feel into the grommet. However it is also apparently possible to fit the fill tube into the grommet first and then insert the fill tube and grommet from the top of the refrigerator where the hold inside the compressor space is located.
11. If replacing the poly tubing between the water valve assembly and the grommet (a good idea if the tubing is old), it is simpler to attach new poly tubing into the grommet before placing the grommet into the mounting hole. A small hose clamp can be used as well to secure the tubing in the grommet attachment point.
12. Mount the ice maker in the freezer compartment making sure the fill tube sits inside the plastic piece at the back of the ice maker that collects the water from the fill tube.
13. Replace the ice collection/feed component.
14. Replace the ice maker cover.
15. Turn on the unit and test the ice maker to ensure there are no leaks in the new parts.
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Customer:
Barry from SUN VALLEY, CA
Parts Used:
WR17X2061
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
30 - 60 mins
Tools:
Screw drivers, Socket set
Original part cracked allowing crushing fingers to grab plastic guide jamming it.
Part attaches to metal plate near crushing fingers which attaches to ice holding bin. Remove about 6 screws total on each side of plate. You must disassemble the auger & other parts so you can reassemble it in the proper order. Not many parts but i always take pics to cut down on time. New part is at the other end of the auger and acts as the holde of the auger shaft. Picture a crankshaft with a bearing on each end so the auger rotates between new part and the other end of auger shaft. That's it.
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Customer:
James from Glendale Heights, IL
Parts Used:
WR23X37285
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Tools:
Nutdriver, Pliers
Light would stay on when door closed
Extremely easy repair, the hardest part was getting the old switch out. I used a pair of needle nose pliers to squeeze the tabs in and it came right out.
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Customer:
Deborah from BRADLEYVILLE, MO
Parts Used:
WR23X37285
Difficulty Level:
Very Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Tools:
Pliers, Screw drivers
Broken light switch
This was so easy I think it took me 2 minutes. I am not very mechanically inclined but that didn't matter! Works perfect thank you!
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Customer:
Roscoe G from ROCHESTER, NY
Parts Used:
40A15
Difficulty Level:
Very Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Light burnt out.
Turned the wire protector to the side. Turned out the old bulb and replaced it with the new. Turned the wire protector back in place and I'm like new.
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Customer:
William from CHICAGO, IL
Parts Used:
WR17X4312
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
30 - 60 mins
Tools:
Nutdriver, Screw drivers
Appartently, ordered wrong auger & bucket assembly. Bucket was to wide.
Since I really needed to replace the deteriating auger I used the original ice bucket and transferred the new auger assembly into the old ice bucket. Looked complicated at first, but make it work and my refrigerator is now making nice clean ice. It would have taken a lot longer if I sent the new bigger ice bucket back and it was my fault. With the videos and pictures on line made the replacement of the auger & ice bucket easy. Thanks Bill
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Customer:
Loren from EL PASO, TX
Parts Used:
WR23X37285
Difficulty Level:
Really Easy
Total Repair Time:
Less than 15 mins
Tools:
Pliers, Screw drivers
40 year old refrigerator brittle light switch fell apart
with a jewelry screwdriver I pried the lock tab in and pulled switch down carefully, the hardest part was that the power wire connector was stuck on good but the pliers and the jewelry screwdriver was its match for a bout 5 minute for one connection a simple pull off prong connection. After the wire connected back to switch it popped back in SNAPP
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