Whirlpool MID-LINE DESIGN, User Manual

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MID-LINE DESIGN 16 thru 22 cu. ft. Top-Mount
Servicing the Defrost Timer
Early Production Models:
1. Press out on the locking arm and slide
the defrost timer out from under the
holding tabs.
2. Disconnect the wiring harness plug from
the terminals of the defrost timer and
remove the defrost timer from the
control box.
Current Production Models:
1. Remove the two (2) clips from the pins
securing the defrost timer to the control
box. In some cases it may be neces -
sary to clip off the tops of each pin.
(Fig.
70, Inset) Lift the defrost timer out of
the control box.
2. Disconnect the wiring harness plug from
the terminals of the defrost timer.
NOTE: When reinstalling a new defrost
timer, place the timer over the pins
as far as it will go. Even if the pins
have been clipped short, the defrost
timer will remain in position when the
control box is reinstalled in the
refrigerator.
Fig. 69
PUSH ON LOCKING
ARM TO REMOVE
DEFROST TIMER
DEFROST
TIMER
CONNECTOR
HOLDING
TABS
Fig. 70
DEFROST
TIMER
CONNECTOR
DEFROST
TIMER
IF
NECESSARY
CLIP OFF
TOPS OF PINS
PIN
CLIP
Servicing the Thermostat
1. Disconnect the Red, Orange and Green wires from the thermostat terminals.
(Fig. 71)
2. Unclip the right end of the thermostat bracket from the control box. Then slide the left end
of the bracket from the slot in the control box.
3. Position the air damper out of the way, and carefully peel off and set aside the adhesive
foam cover from the thermal weight sensor tube access hole in the rear of the control box.
(Fig. 71, Inset)
4. Pull the thermal weight and sensor tube out of the mounting slots.
5. Unclip the thermostat from the bracket and remove it.
6. Remove the knob.
NOTE: When installing a new thermostat and sensor tube, be sure to form a 1½” diameter
loop in the sensor tube. Be careful not to kink the sensor tube.
INSET