8ED20Z Whirlpool Refrigerator - Instructions
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Refrigerator door failing to close without being pushed shut
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Kenneth from Greeley, CO
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Nutdriver, Pliers
Replaced upper cam piece on bottom hinge and also replaced pivot thimble on upper hinge.
No problems, except pivot thimble glued in place. Had to cut up and pull out with pliers. Everything works like new now.
No problems, except pivot thimble glued in place. Had to cut up and pull out with pliers. Everything works like new now.
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The fan wasvery noisy.
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Tracy from Coppers City Bottom, WV
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Screw drivers
Removed six screws from cover in the back of the freezer. Removed old fan . Removed power wires from old motor. Unclipped old motor from the mounting bracket. Replaced old motor and reversed the rest of the parts. Done
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Noticed fridge not cooling as it should
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Robert from Franklin, TX
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Nutdriver
Removed the lower back panel (10 small screws)Found the condenser motor froze up and not moving air across the cooling coils.So I got a small table fan and set it behind the fridge and it kept the fridge cooling for 3 days till the new fan motor arrived. Removed 3 small screws holding the fan motor in the bracket and unpluged the wiring h
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arness.Removed the fan from old motor and used it on the new motor.Replaced the fan in the bracket and plugged the wiring harness back in. Worked great. Very easy.Did not have to empty fridge because table fan kept coils cool. Ordering part was easy and shipping fast.Great job guys!!
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broken drawer
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Jason from Farmland, IN
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- Less than 15 mins
Put new drawer in fridge.
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Fridge side freezing everything.
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David from Murfreesboro, TN
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Nutdriver, Screw drivers
The fridge side would freeze everything regardless of setting. First, unplug the unit. Remove control knobs and pry off the face plate which is snapped on. Remove the four nuts holding the control box to the top of the fridge. Note there is a mettle rod and the thermostat sensor lead inside a clear plastic tube leading from the control bo
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x to the back left corner of the fridge. Remove their cover (one screw). Under this cover in the back is the vent assembly screw. Remove it. On the freezer side, you also have to remove the light cover (snap on) and the vent cover behind it (one screw). This allows access to remove the vent on the fridge side. Squeeze the tabs on the vent(freezer side) that lock the vent in place and push it through to the fridge side. Now disconnect all wire connectors between the control box and the fridge. They have locking tabs that have to be pried out to release. Remove the two screws holding the thermostat to the control box, and one at a time transfer the wires from the old stat to the new one and mount the new one in place. Snap the old thermostat sensor lead out of the vent assembly, straighten it out and pull the plastic tube off. Put a lubricant on the new stat lead to ease in inserting it into the tube. Do not kink the lead. Re assemble in reverse order, plug up the fridge.
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Refrigerator came with house my daughter purchased and needed new seals. Refrigerator is 17 years old.
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Barb from North Royalton, OH
- A Bit Difficult
- 1- 2 hours
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Nutdriver
First, I read your instructions on line about how to replace a refrigerator gasket and freezer gasket. We replaced both. The information was extremely helpful since we had never done this before. We then loosed a few screws at a time starting with the outside door corner and worked our way around, replacing the seal as we took off the
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old seal. Leaving the old seal on as we worked our way around gave us the clearance we needed to insert the new gasket behind the metal plate which holds the gasket to the door. Your easy to use web site made ordering easy and delivery was unbelievably fast. Thanks.
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Refrigerator stop cooling
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kelly from glen allen, VA
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Screw drivers
I was about to waste $1000 on buying a Refrigerator. Took 1 mins to search on google "Refrigerator doesn't work". Found a video on youtube, showed a step and step video to solve my problem. Order the part $50 and it took me less then 5 mins to install it. =)
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The old motor wouldn't turn the fan.
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Bob from Hesston, KS
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Socket set, Wrench set
After moving the refrigerator away from the wall I removed the cover on the lower back of the unit by removing the screws that held it in place. The condenser fan was not turning and there was heat build up in the area causing the refrigerator to not work properly creating elevated temperatures in both the freezer and regrigerator. Remova
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l of three torx screws from the original motor was all it took to get the motor free. By turining it and working the fan blade around the mounting bracket I had the motor out in just a few minutes. Replacing the new motor was just as easy to reinstall. The fan was removed from the old motor and placed on the new for installation. The original motor was wired to accept a connector from the wiring harness of the refrigerator. I simply cut the connector off the wiring harness and stripped the insulation from the wires which easily allowed me to connet the wires of the motor and harness with two wire nuts. Three self tapping screws were used to hold the motor in place replacing the torx screws. Installed I plugged the unit in and immediately the fan started spinning as the unit came to life. Cleaned and replaced the cover over the back and slid back into its spot. Running as good as it did when it was new. Easy job to take care of.
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refrigerator would not stay cold
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Allan from Allen, TX
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Nutdriver, Screw drivers
The wife found if we tapped the knob for the cold control the appliance would turn on. Upon further inspection I found what looked to be carbon particles under the part. I found the part easily with partselect.com, ordered it, installed it and its like we have a new appliance.
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Refrigeator would not drfrost...
27 of 44 people
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Curtis from Pikeville, KY
- A Bit Difficult
- 1- 2 hours
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Pliers, Screw drivers, Socket set, Wrench set
I just removed a few screews and took the cover out of the ice box. Put my voltage meter to the refrigeator and realized the the unit was not defrosting...I then got the part number and entered it in on your web site. A few days later my part arrived. I put the part on and in just about 20 minutes I was up an running again...Thank you
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Part Select for fast and great service. I own 35 rental properties and having a online appliance parts store really saves me a lot of time and money.
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Refrigerator stop working
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SAL from UPLAND, CA
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Nutdriver, Screw drivers
First I removed the relay and over load and exam. Saw that the relay was burnt. Before I order the part I check to see if the compressor was still working by jumping the common start and run terminals.It did. I also checked the start capacitor with a capacitor tester it was good. I than order the part which came the very next day.Installe
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d the part
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Refrigerator/Freezer not cooling
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Walter from Cairo, GA
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- Less than 15 mins
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Screw drivers
Disconnect power to refrigerator. Removed all food from Freezer. Removed all Shelves and shelf clips. Used phillips screwdriver and removed 6 screws from lower rear panel covering evaporator coil. Removed panel. Pulled plastic fan blade off top of motor shaft. Unclip top front of black motor retainer clip which then allowed the rear clip
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to unhook. Removed clip. Then removed 3 wires from fan motor, noting proper location for replacement. Slide the fan motor out to the left. Installed new motor. Reinstalled clip, hooking rear side first. Then rehooked the 3 wires. Slide fan blade back on top until secure. Tested everything at this point before reassembling rear panel. Then replace rear panel, replace the 6 screws, replace shelf clips and shelves and replace food. Very easy to do and saved about $150 over a service call to troubleshoot and re-visit to install after getting part
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greezer started to thaw and would not refreeze
21 of 27 people
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Christopher from Redmond, WA
- Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Nutdriver, Screw drivers
tested thermostat and defrost time but both tested as working...called a repairman who came in and said they were both working...got annnoyed for not trusting myself. Repairman did say that he had seen defrost timers simply slow down, allwoing them to tesat as good but not actually working correctly. I ordered both the thermostat and the
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timer to cover all bases...actual replacement was simple.
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drawer broke from kids overloading it.
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jonathan from sugar hill, GA
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
Pulled out the old drawer and put in the new.
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Unable to set the cold-control to a sufficiently cold setting.
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Leo from Lewisport, KY
- Really Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Nutdriver, Screw drivers
Linkage on the cold-control mechanism in the air diffuser assembly was broken. It was necessary to access the diffuser assembly from both the refrigerator and freezer sides of the unit.
Re-connected the linkage between the diffuser and cold-control assembly; remounted the two combined assemblies . . . refrigerator working nicely now ... Read more .
Re-connected the linkage between the diffuser and cold-control assembly; remounted the two combined assemblies . . . refrigerator working nicely now ... Read more .
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