Everything seems to work fine--agitation, draining, but when it gets to spin cycle the machine continues to drain---you hear the sucking sound and the spin cycle doesn't engage---UNLESS-- I undo the front panel and disconnect a clear half inch tube/hose where it connects to the base of the washer basket and blow in it--then this seems to activate a switch and it spins. Does anyone know what switch I need to replace---where it is located--how I do it--and what that switch might be---catalogue number, etc---?

The switch that hose is connected to is the pressure switch. That switch might be bad.

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Is this difficult to repair---and would you know the part number off hand--the repairman gave me this part number--for the water level switch--26-363-wh12x10065---but I cannot find this part and that seems to be different from what you describe---(he didn't seem to know what he was talking about--he wanted to replace the belt at first)

This is an easy repair. The part# WH12X10065


There are only 3 wires and 1 or 2 screws. It's the switch to adjust water level.

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Well, I got a new pressure switch and installed it---but I still have the same problem---and if I detach the hose from the drum that is all it takes to get the spin cycle to start----so any ideas on what I might do now?

You need to clean out the bulb on the tub where the hose connects. You migh have to remove the inner tub and clean out the scale.

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SERVICE MANAGER:Used Appliance store..... 2004-PRESENT
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LINCOLN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE:..................... 1977-1979
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Wow that sounds really complicated---is it easy to take the tub out?

Could I not use pipe cleaners or something---this seems rather complicated ---also it seems as though the water level switch wasn't the problem after all?

If the spin cycle is activated after I disconnected the tube from the tub wouldn't that indicate that the switch is working fine and that it has something to do with the level inside the tub---