Bob Kazmerchek wrote:
Hi,
My 2001 Whirlpool refrigerator has stopped cooling anything. It still runs and I believe the fan must be still working - but the air being blown into the icebox is not cold. Nothing freezes and nothing is cold in the main part of the refrigerator. Is it worth it for me to pay […]

Temple Romberg wrote:
I am desperate. They say my refrigerator is not fixable due to a clogged defrost line. i don’t believe them and want to try to fix it myself. we can’t aford a new one. My husband is a football coach and not very good atthis stuff, but i want […]

According to Whirlpool, this is usually caused by one of the following:
- Inadequate water pressure.
- Kinked tubing anywhere between the valve and the dispenser outlet.
- Dissolved air or gases in the water supply.
- The slight expansion and contraction of the reservoir as it warms and cools.
The key word is “usually.” For the frustrating exceptional […]

Your refrigerator is warming up and you hear a humming sound, and maybe even a CLICK, coming from the compressor in back. First check the compressor start relay. If that checks good, then you’re probably looking at a bad compressor. This topic in the Samurai Appliance Repair Forums will help you confirm […]

It happened again: you reach for a can of Old Milwaukee only to feel that tell-tale bulge at the top of the can. The beer froze… again. D’OH!
The problem is usually the damper door assembly– these have been a real cash cow, er, I mean, headache for servicers since dayo uno.
What usually […]

The water dispenser on your GE Profile refrigerator has a case of the drips. So, you do what everyone does and place a cup under the dispenser spout to catch the water. Yet, despite its effectiveness, the spousal unit will no longer tolerate this mode of operation. Thus your quest for appliance […]

Now, at long last, it’s the complete do-it-yourself refrigerator repair reference that you’ve been clamoring for. This post links you to resources for any type of problem you’re having with your refrigerator, from simple control problems to advanced sealed system work. Awwite, grab ‘hold of those two large lumps at the base […]

This problem is common in the GE Profile side by sides with ice dispensers, such as the GE Profile PSS26MGPABB. The dispensers in these otherwise troublesome refrigerators have been a cause of acid reflux and intestinal cramping for billions of unsuspecting owners of GE refrigerators.
The root problem is that the freezer just […]

Whenever grasshoppers have a refrigerator that’s warming up, the first thing they think is that the compressor is bad or it “needs a shot of freon.” In fact, the compressor, copper tubing, or freon (collectively called the “sealed system”) is at fault less than 20% of the time when a refrigerator is warming up; […]

Now, just in time for Thanksgiving, you can download this handy, three-page refrigerator repair manual, lovingly annotated by yours so very freaking truly. Links to illustrative web pages are embedded in the manual; words underlined in blue are hyperlinks and you can click them to go to the supporting page. Notes appear as […]

If you have a recent model Maytag refrigerator (such as model number MFD2561), then Sublime Master Trying To Help has posted a DIY help doc at the repair forum to help you replace the evaporator fan motor. Check it out, yo!

So, right about now you’re axin’ yerself, “But, wise and fermented Samurai, what is […]

Replace compressor,
braze with silver then recharge.
One, two, git ‘er done.

(More haikus for appliance repair.)
Tactical Weapons You’ll Need for This Job
Black Max Dual Brass AC Manifold for R-12 & R-134a
Standalone Vacuum Gauge
Refrigerant Scale
MAPP Gas & Propane Self-Lighting Hand Torch
Midget tubing Cutter 1/8″ to 5/8″
If you’ve never, ever done sealed system work before but would like to […]

Compressor’s running
No frost on coil; box is warm.
Fuggetaboutit.

The ice bin augur
in my GE fridge is stuck.
See GE recall.

A motherboard on a refrigerator? Aren’t those only used in computers? The common sense answer is, “They should be.” But GE, in it’s never-ending quest to produce ever more frail appliances using cheesy electronic control boards made in Chinese prison factories, uses a motherboard on a refrigerator to replace several robust mechanical […]