JackalBNimble
Premium Member
- Model Number
- A183
- Brand
- Maytag
- Age
- More than 10 years
Hello!
My ancient Maytag won't spin or drain. It fills with water just fine. I replaced the pump and drive belts, and it didn't fix it. Then I replaced the whole motor and still no dice. when I move the wheel attached to the motor by hand, it spins the drum and pump just fine. My next thought is to replace the lid switch, but I can hear the timer (for the spin cycle that's supposed to be going) start to tick when I close the lid, and then stop when I open it, which makes me think it must be working. Should I try to replace it anyway? Or is my next step to replace the wiring? It all looks fine, there's no rust in the connections or anything, but maybe there's something I can't see?
It did have a few minor problems before it stopped working, but I don't know if they're related-- sometimes, when I put it in for a wash cycle, it would keep agitating. The timer would keep ticking round and round, but even though the arrow pointed to the rinse and spin cycles, or even made it around to the 'delicates' function, it would just keep agitating until I manually stopped it, then spun it to the start of the rinse cycle, which it would complete and then proceed to the spin cycle and finish normally. I don't know if that's a symptom of a part going bad, the failure of which is causing this new problem. Any ideas of things to try are welcome.
Thanks,
Jack
My ancient Maytag won't spin or drain. It fills with water just fine. I replaced the pump and drive belts, and it didn't fix it. Then I replaced the whole motor and still no dice. when I move the wheel attached to the motor by hand, it spins the drum and pump just fine. My next thought is to replace the lid switch, but I can hear the timer (for the spin cycle that's supposed to be going) start to tick when I close the lid, and then stop when I open it, which makes me think it must be working. Should I try to replace it anyway? Or is my next step to replace the wiring? It all looks fine, there's no rust in the connections or anything, but maybe there's something I can't see?
It did have a few minor problems before it stopped working, but I don't know if they're related-- sometimes, when I put it in for a wash cycle, it would keep agitating. The timer would keep ticking round and round, but even though the arrow pointed to the rinse and spin cycles, or even made it around to the 'delicates' function, it would just keep agitating until I manually stopped it, then spun it to the start of the rinse cycle, which it would complete and then proceed to the spin cycle and finish normally. I don't know if that's a symptom of a part going bad, the failure of which is causing this new problem. Any ideas of things to try are welcome.
Thanks,
Jack
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