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Thread Number: 40606
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| Post# 600728 6/3/2012 at 11:54 (4,338 days old) by dynaflow (rockingham nc) | ||
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| Post# 600732 , Reply# 1 6/3/2012 at 12:00 (4,338 days old) by DirectDriveDave () | ||
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Sounds like a timer or motor problem. But when you say the timer counts down then "dies" do you mean it stops at "OFF" or does it stop before that? | ||
| Post# 600740 , Reply# 2 6/3/2012 at 12:38 (4,338 days old) by dynaflow (rockingham nc) | ||
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it | ||
| Post# 600741 , Reply# 3 6/3/2012 at 12:41 (4,338 days old) by dynaflow (rockingham nc) | ||
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electronic timer | ||
| Post# 600748 , Reply# 4 6/3/2012 at 13:15 (4,338 days old) by DirectDriveDave () | ||
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Sorry, my mistake, forgot the Catalysts were usually electronic control. If the burning smell isnt coming from the control panel then maybe I would check the motor. Does the motor hum at all? | ||
| Post# 600750 , Reply# 5 6/3/2012 at 13:19 (4,338 days old) by dynaflow (rockingham nc) | ||
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yep | ||
| Post# 600754 , Reply# 6 6/3/2012 at 13:31 (4,338 days old) by DirectDriveDave () | ||
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Alrighty, then my assumption is that the motor went bad. Another possibility, though I think less likely, is that the transmission locked up.' But also wait to see if someone else can chime in here to see of maybe something else. | ||
Post# 600756 , Reply# 7 6/3/2012 at 13:34 (4,338 days old) by coldspot66  (Plymouth, Mass) |
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Also check the pump...something might be wound around the pump impeller. | ||
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Post# 600787 , Reply# 8 6/3/2012 at 16:35 (4,338 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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The motor  | ||
| Post# 600788 , Reply# 9 6/3/2012 at 16:43 (4,338 days old) by dynaflow (rockingham nc) | ||
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is that the | ||
| Post# 600796 , Reply# 10 6/3/2012 at 17:53 (4,338 days old) by DirectDriveDave () | ||
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Yep, that's the capacitor, it's like a black cylinder. | ||
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Post# 600813 , Reply# 11 6/3/2012 at 19:29 (4,338 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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KM Catalyst Washer These were indeed troublesome washers, I don't know any customers that still have one that is still running. I dare say you are correct that Sears lost money on many of these machines. We had a lot of them come in that people had given up on that were often just 3-6 years old and we would rob the the mechanical parts to fix a tired DD washers and dump all the electrical parts.
You probably have a motor, board, touch panel or motor controller problem, check it out but I wouldn't try fixing it unless you have free spare parts. | ||
| Post# 601601 , Reply# 14 6/6/2012 at 21:04 (4,335 days old) by dynaflow (rockingham nc) | ||
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thank you | ||
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