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Post# 233580   8/28/2007 at 20:20 (6,078 days old) by bent-grill ()        

I have an old wonderful maytag A207 washer. Alas the cold water valve gave out on me a while back. I got a replacement water valve, pulled the little panel, carefully swapped the wire leads over and the water feed to the washer. I put it all back together, stood it up and voila! nothing. I get nothing out of the washer now, not a click, not a buzz, nothing. I tried putting the old valve back in (it's a dual valve, hot and cold in the same unit) and again nothing. Did i kill it? and how? can anyone help me?




Post# 233589 , Reply# 1   8/28/2007 at 21:27 (6,078 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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is it possible the wiring went on to the valves wrong and you mananged to blow a house fuse or pop a breaker?

In other words is the outlet/power-point still providing power?

If nto that, perhaps turnig it over caused the main power cord(flex) to become loosened from the machine's wiring?

Post# 233644 , Reply# 2   8/29/2007 at 06:11 (6,078 days old) by christfr (st louis mo)        

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sort of sounds like a crossed wire.. im so bad with wires i even have to write it down as i take them off so i get them back in the right slots.. i did the same thing with my tag 2 years ago and it was a crossed wire

Post# 233657 , Reply# 3   8/29/2007 at 07:27 (6,078 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Check the lid switch.

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You may have dislodged the off balance trip mechanism when you laid the machine down.

Post# 233784 , Reply# 4   8/29/2007 at 16:53 (6,077 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Exactly what Greg said. Open the lid, and close it again, that will reset it. If not, it may be out of adjustment.

kennyGF

Post# 233921 , Reply# 5   8/30/2007 at 00:08 (6,077 days old) by pturo (Syracuse, New York)        

Sounds really silly, but did you turn the water back on again to the machine? Do you get a subtle hummm? It happened to my aunt who has a 140 IQ and very mechanical, but just forgot, when she changed hoses to her washer, to actually turn the water back on.


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