Repair stories from PartSelect's customers - like you. We give all our customers a chance to help out others by sharing the story of their appliance repair. You can find useful tips as well as estimates of the difficulty of the repair and how long it will take, along with any tools you may require to complete your repair.
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Cold Water would not shut-off
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Overall Rating:
Very Helpful
Rated By:
13 Customers
Posted By:
Wendy From Dunlap, CA
Posted:
9/25/2007 6:55:44 PM
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Appliance Repaired:
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Roper
Washer
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Age Of Appliance:
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5 - 10 years
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To discover what the problem was, I intially tested the inlet valve by blowing into both sides - discovering that the cold side was stuck in the open position. The hardest part was removing the back of the machine. First, you unscrew the top plastic part which contains the controllers by phillips head on either side. Then you pop the clips out with a large slot screwdriver, then at the bottom, a nutdriver or large slot screwdriver there are two nuts to remove. The valve itself took a small nutdriver and pliers to remove the hose. Took less than 20 mintues to complete repair. Washing works like new now.
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Easy |
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15 - 30 mins |
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Parts Used in this Repair
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Water Inlet Valve - with mounting plate
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This water inlet valve could have either a blue colored valve body or a green colored valve body. There are two ports for water to enter, and this valve is compatible with a half inch ID hose. It has two 3/4-11x1/2 NHT hose threads.
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