MVW6200KW2 Whirlpool Washer - Instructions

Watched and followed You Tube Video . "Solved: The Fix for a Whirlpool Washing Machine that won't fill with water." The video is a little over 8 minutes long. At that start of the video he encourages you to watch all of the video for special instructions near the end of the video. You need to do that! I put 30-60 minutes, but actual time was 4 days as I had to order parts and wait for the parts to arrive.

It was really easy after watching the videio. I removed a single screw and took the agitator out, You could see how worn the center of the part was. The part that it went onto had a lot of rust built up on it, I used naval jelly and a wire brush to clean it. then put the new agitator on. It has been working well ever since. What's crazy is two repair men told me to
throw out the washer because the repair would be equivalent to buying a new one! NOT TRUE ---- Total cost $115.00. Received it really quickly. Thanks so much!

Ordered drain hose extender. It uses a rubber flange with hose clip to attach to washer's plastic hose. When tightened, the hose clip crushes the plastic hose and crimps it, causing a leak. My solution was to find a copper pipe flange that was the same diameter as the interior of the plastic hose to act as a bushing for the plastic hose. The hose clip could then be tightened without deforming the hose. Worked great with no leaks.

It easily installed with a twist lock removal and installation. 2 minute fix.

Tip the washer on its back remove the agitator install new one under 15 minutes

Replaced each hose. Did discover that either hose can be used for hot or cold water lines. No longer required to label hot and cold replacement hoses.

a couple of issues to get valve out and off , 15 min. install and top back on!!!

1. Unplugged the electrical cord
2. Unscrewed the plastic guard
3. Unscrewed the actuator screws
4 Unplugged the cord.
5. Replaced the olld one with the new one and reversed the order
6. Uprighted the machine
7 Performed trail run with vinegar

Spin indicator light was illuminated but machine was repeating rinse cycle rather than spinning water out of clothes. Replaced the pulley and drive coupler, thinking there was a mechanical problem. Video instructions were great but old pulley and drive coupler looked perfect so replacing them did nothing. Next I replaced the washer actuator (shifter), thinking that was the reason for no high speed spin. Easy job, as shown in the video, but it also did nothing. The problem turned out to be a failure in the control panel, probably resulting from years of vibration. Decided to stop chasing my tail and bought a new washer.

Ordered the parts and followed You Tube DYI clip. This 3YOMaytag top loading washer has had a motherboard replaced and now this. It all works fine for now, I cannot imagine what the appliance tech would have charged. Maytag is not what it used to be.

Pried open the top of the machine. Used a putty knife. This was the hardest part of the job. Take your time. Took off upper plate of the back of machine, to free the value. Unplugged the power wires from the old valve and unscrewed it. Put in the new one and reversed processes. Easy peezy. Great deal on part. Saved hundreds of dollars doing it myself

after watching a video i ordered the part. removed the old part and installed the new wash plate using a socket and ratchet.
now washer works like new

I watched a YouTube video on the model of my washing machine and repeated the process.
The video helped a lot on how the top came off. Each brand can be slightly different.

I removed the cap and then undid the bolt. The bolt was difficult to remove I guess because it was I there so long and is a critical part. Once I had the bolt out I used a strap to get under the plate to pry up. Once it was off I checked the drive hub kit and found that it didn’t need to be replaced. I pit the new wash plate in place and used a rubber mallet to help seat it once I knew the teeth were lined up. The bolt went back in easily and I replaced the cap!

I used needle nose pliers to remove the broken piece of the latch from the lid lock and removed the round broken latch assembly from the lid by twisting counter clockwise and removing it from the round inset hole on the underside of the lid.

I then took the replacement latch assembly, inserted it flush in the hole and twisted it clockwise until it snapped into position. It took less than a minute to fix. The latch is very thin, made of plastic, so I bought two, to have an extra as a backup.