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Post# 191990 , Reply# 1   2/18/2007 at 01:28 (6,248 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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come out and fix it. Maybe they sold you a lemon. There is a list of things which can go wrong in the booklet, try going through that. Might be something simple. As for what can cause the problem, well. A failed pump will prevent water draining. The machine won't spin above a certain water level in the tub. Of course, a sock or something like that in the pump or hose will do it,too. Or the drain hose has got a kink in it when raised to the sink level somewhere you wouldn't expect it. But since you say it drains ok when you lower the hose, I suspect a non-consumer failure and that is why you should call Sears right away. You might try to track the problem down a bit more: Will it spin on its own after you have drained it? Or no spin at all? May just be a loose wiring harness...but then have the repair person check everything else in the machine. They don't unsnap themselves unless the machine got some very rough handling. |
Post# 192036 , Reply# 3   2/18/2007 at 09:47 (6,248 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)   |   | |
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Post# 192115 , Reply# 5   2/18/2007 at 16:42 (6,248 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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Post# 193882 , Reply# 8   2/27/2007 at 05:10 (6,239 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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I am sorry about that - these portables are (at least for decades were) some of the very best from Whirlpool/Kenmore. Maybe you should make a note of this on www.epinions.com.... Their advice is usually pretty well grounded and I follow it a lot - they aren't hysterically anti-anybody. What led you to this machine? If you aren't tied to a TL, maybe a smaller FL would do just as well? If you really need this format, there are billions of these portables running around as older versions. The ones from the 80's and early nineties I can personally attest to: they are good. Thanks for the update, sorry it did not work out for you...but the reset code would be groovy. You never know when one of us might need it. |