I have a Whirlpool top load clothes washer that stops working in midcycle. I believe that the safety switch that wont allow operation while the top door is open needs to be reset. I think this because when I slam the door shut or bang on the top...it starts working again.
On my older washers...there was a pin that protruded down from the door that pushed a lever to allow the washer to work. There is no such pin on this model. I believe it must be located under the top layer by the hinge assembly.
Does anyone have any advice on how to get to such hinge assembly and how I could either fix or bypass that switch?
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**I have a Whirlpool top load clothes washer that stops working in midcycle. I believe that the safety switch that wont allow operation while the top door is open needs to be reset. I think this because when I slam the door shut or bang on the top...it starts working again.**
Most can't be "reset", but on some of the WLP built washers a bad lid switch will prevent the spin and drain from occuring and the timer oftne stops advancing if the lid switch is bad.
**On my older washers...there was a pin that protruded down from the door that pushed a lever to allow the washer to work. There is no such pin on this model. I believe it must be located under the top layer by the hinge assembly.**
Without a model#, no one may know what style yours looks like.
http://www.applianceaid.com/model.html
Some model# helps.
jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/
JRAppliance
http://www.jrappliance.ca
**I have a Whirlpool top load clothes washer that stops working in midcycle. I believe that the safety switch that wont allow operation while the top door is open needs to be reset. I think this because when I slam the door shut or bang on the top...it starts working again.**
Most can't be "reset", but on some of the WLP built washers a bad lid switch will prevent the spin and drain from occuring and the timer oftne stops advancing if the lid switch is bad.
**On my older washers...there was a pin that protruded down from the door that pushed a lever to allow the washer to work. There is no such pin on this model. I believe it must be located under the top layer by the hinge assembly.**
Without a model#, no one may know what style yours looks like.
http://www.applianceaid.com/model.html
Some model# helps.
jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/
JRAppliance
http://www.jrappliance.ca
