Evaporator Fan Motor

All went well until about half way thru the video when I determined that my model was somewhat different. There were a couple screws that were not mentioned, hence I broke a couple supports on the plastic housing trying to remove it. It wasn't catastrophic but annoying. Once I got the cover removed, all went according to the video. Cha ... Read more nged out the motor and reassembled. I got a little nervous as I had a lot of food stored in an uncooled storage chest but it was still solidly frozen when I started putting it back. Repair took about 2 and a half hours. Temp was 44/52 when I restarted the fridge. It took about 7 hours to get back to normal. (0/38) No losses.

I was misguided in my initial diagnoses as to what the culprit was. I watched a couple of videos that suggested it was the main board on back of the unit. I replaced it but it didn't resolve my problem. So I watched a video from partselect that suggested it was the fan motor. I received the part in just a few days (excellent time consider ... Read more ing it took six days for the main board to arrive). My fridge is a over/ under not side by side, that being said, it was easier to replace the part. I removed the contents from the fridge, of which I didn't have much since the other part was not the problem and had to throw out almost everything. I removed the Ice Maker to give enough room to remove the shelf. I removed the light cover then the two screws that held the fixture in place. There is a duct at the back of the freezer that had to come out to remove the back plane. This duct slides up and out and doesn't just clip in. Trying to pull on it or unsnap it will break off the hooks. I then removed the two screws, using a 1/4 inch nut driver and pulled down the cover. Again, with the nut, driver I removed the screws holding the fan motor shroud and mount, clipped the zip tie holding the wires and disconnected the plug to the fan. then In removed the fan from the shroud and the fan blade. I replaced everything in opposite of the removal. I reset the temp to setting 5 on both, the fridge and the freezer, plugged it in and Voi La!!! Cold fridge. It was very simple repair once I had the correct part. Good Luck!