snakeyez
Premium Member
- Model Number
- 110.20702990
- Brand
- Sears Kenmore
- Age
- More than 10 years
Faithful Kenmore Series 70 direct drive washing machine, 22 years old.
Oh I need some encouragement. My washer died mid cycle last week when full of water when it should have started a spin and drain cycle. It was running fine prior, no odd sounds or issues. The motor (I assumed, not up top) was humming pretty loudly and when I got to the washer to inspect I smelled an electrical hot/burning smell. Immediately shut the washer down and unplugged it. Only maybe a minute passed between the washer stopping on its own and me shutting it down and unplugging.
The lid switch has been disabled from a prior issue.
I read and first tried checking the pump after draining all that water out by hand. There was nothing blocking the pump and I could turn it using the handle on my pliers.
I used my multimeter on the mF setting to test the start capacitor and it tested on the lower end of the specs listed on the capacitor. Granted I'm no professional, but the capacitor looked and smelled ok.
Cleaned everything and reassembled. Motor still only hummed. Would not spin, agitate, or drain water. Only would fill with water.
Checked the coupler between motor and transmission. It was fine, not broken. Motor and transmission will turn independently of each other.
Tried an older timer I had that was malfunctioning in advancing through cycles but would still work if it was manually dialed to whatever cycle, which is why I replaced it. No change, motor only hums, no drain, agitate, or spin. No sounds at all other than the hum down low.
Ordered new motor. Installed new motor. Still no change, just a brief hum as i didn't want to mess up a new motor I quickly turned it off again. Was going to try the new motor independent of the transmission, but upon removing one of the wires from the capacitor, one of the terminals broke off of the top of the capacitor! Ordered a new capacitor as that is the only other thing I can think of anyway that could be my problem.
Can anyone please advise any other reasons why my washer won't do anything but fill with water and hum? Or should the new capacitor fix me up? Any advice?
Oh I need some encouragement. My washer died mid cycle last week when full of water when it should have started a spin and drain cycle. It was running fine prior, no odd sounds or issues. The motor (I assumed, not up top) was humming pretty loudly and when I got to the washer to inspect I smelled an electrical hot/burning smell. Immediately shut the washer down and unplugged it. Only maybe a minute passed between the washer stopping on its own and me shutting it down and unplugging.
The lid switch has been disabled from a prior issue.
I read and first tried checking the pump after draining all that water out by hand. There was nothing blocking the pump and I could turn it using the handle on my pliers.
I used my multimeter on the mF setting to test the start capacitor and it tested on the lower end of the specs listed on the capacitor. Granted I'm no professional, but the capacitor looked and smelled ok.
Cleaned everything and reassembled. Motor still only hummed. Would not spin, agitate, or drain water. Only would fill with water.
Checked the coupler between motor and transmission. It was fine, not broken. Motor and transmission will turn independently of each other.
Tried an older timer I had that was malfunctioning in advancing through cycles but would still work if it was manually dialed to whatever cycle, which is why I replaced it. No change, motor only hums, no drain, agitate, or spin. No sounds at all other than the hum down low.
Ordered new motor. Installed new motor. Still no change, just a brief hum as i didn't want to mess up a new motor I quickly turned it off again. Was going to try the new motor independent of the transmission, but upon removing one of the wires from the capacitor, one of the terminals broke off of the top of the capacitor! Ordered a new capacitor as that is the only other thing I can think of anyway that could be my problem.
Can anyone please advise any other reasons why my washer won't do anything but fill with water and hum? Or should the new capacitor fix me up? Any advice?
