TBX25RLGR General Electric Refrigerator - Instructions

turned off water supply, took screws out of bracket, then unhooked water lines. Installed water lines onto new valve, plugged it in then screwed bracket back onto fridge, turned on water and was back operating

I used pliers to pull lightly on the head of the switch, while I inserted a small flat head screw driver into the base of switch and gently worked around the edges to free it from the panel.

Repair was very simple. Removed refridgerator bottom back panel, about 6 or 7 screws. disconnected bad valve, installed new valve , connected water supply line and then reinstalled panel. Took about 15 minutes from start to finish.

Remove three screws insert part; manually checked out drive and waited for ice to buildup and it worked like new.

As per instructions on box, I straightened out folded new gasket by immersing in near boiling water. Not completely successful, but good enough. Old gasket pulled smoothly out of groove in metal track on door. Pressing new gasket into slot in metal track on door with enough force to get the barbed ridge to squeeze in and catch was very difficult. The new gasket is not all soft rubber like the old one. It has soft brown rubber plus a stiff white plastic frame. A ridge on that plastic frame has to be bent enough when pressing the gasket against the metal frame until the soft rubber barbed ridge goes in far enough to catch. I spent an hour trying and looking at it and think ing before I concluded it really was the right gasket for my door and how to try to do it. There were no instructions included regarding installation. I was able to finally firmly seat gasket along one side of door by squeezing with as much force as I could with both hands on each spot, then moving my hands an inch and doing that spot. But my hands gave out before I could do more. Yet my refr was warming up. I decided to take off the door handle to get it out of the way, and apply a board to either side of door and use two large C-clamps to apply the necessary force every inch to get the gasket seated. I had to walk this contraption all the way around the rest of the door. Took about three hours total to install the gasket after 1/2 hour to heat the gasket to straighten it. Much harder physically and in complexity than I expected. I think the white plastic ridge is more rigid than it needs to be. Instructions would have helped a lot.

The replacement single outlet water valve was not an exact replacement and required a slightly different mounting position. The original plastic hose to the ice maker attached to the valve with a plastic nut. The new connection requires only pushing the hose into a hole in the valve. Easy and simple. However, the new mounting angle promptly broke the brittle old plastic hose. I was able to pick the broken pieces of hose out of the valve with a fine point pick saving the new valve. If I hadn't been able to pick the broken pieces out of the new valve I would have had to order another one. Off to the big box store to buy new 1/4 inch plastic hose and a coupler. Repair completed and no leaks. If the hose hadn't broken, the I would have been done in 15 minutes. I suggest you plan to replace the entire plastic hose when you replace the valve.

Parts Select made this an effortless process. From finding the part, ordering, to the online diagrams.

I'll be back...

I followed the directions of Steve on the installation video. He makes it easy to do the repair with his step by step description of the installation. I have repaired three different aging appliances with help of Steve and PartSelect's very helpful Customer Service.
I wish Steve a wonderful retirement and hope PartSelect can find someone as easy to follow for future videos. The videos are priceless for the repairs.

The original piece was already removed. installation required a little custom fitting as the mounting was slightly different and the copper tubing from the water line needed to be bent to fit. The push in plastic connection (output to the icemaker itself ) was simple ( I was a little leary of it not leaking.)
I plugged in the solenoid connection first
I attached both water lines and checked for fit. Made the adjustments and then screwed the bracket back on to the refrigerator. I could only install one screw but it holds it fine. I did have to trim the hard press board(cardboard) a little to fit the new valve. I believe the board is to protect against dust build up on the mechanical equipment (motor, condenser,etc)

two screws and a connector were removed to replace the timer.
Timer was located on the top front of fridge

It could not have been easier. The new part matched the old part exactly. I turned the water off going to the refrigerator, unscrewed one screw from the old part, pulled the electric plug loose, disconnect the copper water line from old part, cut off the black plastic tube next to the water valve going to the icemaker, and the new water valve was ready to install. It's that simple. I then took the new water valve, connected the copper water line to it, pushed the black plastic water line into its hole, connected the electric plug, and screwed the new part onto the refrigerater. In a matter of minutes I had water running to my icemaker again. I can't imagine the money I saved by doing this simple project myself. This took less than 10 minutes.

Super simple. Extremely fast delivery of part. Simply disconnect the 2 fast-on connectors to valve, disconnect intake and out lines. connect intake and out tubes to new unit, mount via screws to fridge, reconnect the 2 fast-on power connectors and your back in business. Could not be an easier repair.

I first replaced the ice maker and when that didn't work, I found out through this forum that another possibility is the water outlet valve.

When I got the replacement, it took some time to install because the bracket wasn't the same as the original. There are enough places on the bracket to mount the unit, but it may require using some force to bend the bracket so that it will flush with the wall.

After installation, it took about 2 days to fill up the ice bin. It cycles out ice crescents every 2-3 hours.

Thanks partselect for having this forum and saving me some money by having others share their experiences.

Installed the new timer.

After replacing the light bulb and still no light I manually pushed the light switch button. Intermittently the light would come on then go out. I removed the power plug from the power source then replaced the light switch. I plugged the refrigerator back in and now I open the door the light comes on and stays on until the door is closed.