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Posted by Yee Hah on April 18, 2008, 10:41 am
>
> > On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:33:02 -0400, "Colbyt"
> >
> > >
> > >> Greetings! We have an Amana side-by-side, model SQD26VW.
> > >>
> > >> * The water "tray" isn't filling with water so the ice can't be made.
> I
> > >> checked the supply hose that leads into the tray and it doesn't
appear
> to
> > >> be
> > >> frozen. The little plastic blades appear to rotate from time-to-time
> even
> >> though there's no ice being made.
> > >>
> > >> * I've never replaced an ice maker before. Is it something I could
do
> > >> myself or should I call a plumber?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks!
> > >>
> > >
> > >Pretty simple to replace. One or two screws and unplug the electrical.
> > >Reverse the process and you are done.
> > >
> > >Make sure you need one first. Make sure the water is flowing to the
> > >control valve on the back. Make sure the control valve is opening and
> > >closing. A plugged line, quite common when a piercing valve was used
for
> > >the install, could get plugged real easily. A bad control valve may or
> may
> > >not be opening to allow the water to flow.
> > >
> > >Most likely it is the ice maker if the water is flowing to the valve.
> > >
> > >Shop online. I bought a complete kit with two new valves for less than
> $100
> > >a few years ago. I expect the price has gone up like everything else.
> >
> >
> > If this is the basic Whirlpool design Midwest Appliance Parts sold me
> > one for about $45. The only think in that type of ice maker that
> > controls the water is a contact behind the gear, adjusted by the
> > little screw (fill level)
>
> Thank you all for the advice. I pulled the fridge out and and did not see
> any kinks in the plastic tube that went from the wall into the back of the
> fridge (the tube also runs through a cylinder filter before disappearing
> into the fridge). Is the control valve located where the tube goes into
the
> wall? If so, do I just need to try turning it?
>
> The last poster mentioned a contact behind the gear, adjusted by the
little
> screw. Maybe it's time to try to find the ice maker manual, but could you
> please describe a little more where this "contact" is and how I might
> recognize it?
>
> Thank you again.
>
>
p.s. Maybe I should also mention that this fridge has a water dispenser
located just to the right of the ice dispenser on the freezer door. The
water dispenser appears to work just fine.
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