Recent content by wendy

Thanks a lot for this info, especially the suggestion of covering the area under the drawers with foam insulation. I think I'll try your suggestion and hope that does the trick. I just have to find some kind of flexible insulation that's appropriate. Reading that you've done this trick...

Since I cleared a drain clog in my GE bottom-freezer model refrigerator, PDS18SBMALBS, the machine is holding a steady 40 degrees F in the fresh food compartment. That's good. But the crisper drawers now run 30 F at drawer bottom. That's bad. I never had reason to measure the temp before, but I...

Am I doomed not to have a good night's sleep? The latest problem: I managed to move the GE bottom-freezer refrigerator PDS18SBMALBS out from the wall, took off the lower back panel, and did my best at clearing whatever may have been clogging the drain line by inserting and rotating zip ties...

If I can get to the top of the tube by removing the fan I'll see how a flexible wire and/or a jolt of air or water does. If not, I'll try to pull the thing out from the wall (not optimistic that I can do it without clearing out the entire inside) and access the bottom of the hose from the back...

Thanks much. If I can get to the top of the tube by removing the fan I'll see how a flexible wire and/or a jolt of air or water does. If not, I'll try to pull the thing out from the wall (not optimistic that I can do it without clearing out the entire inside) and access the bottom of the hose...

I guess I'm hoping for an easier way than emptying out all the food, hoping it doesn't spoil, removing all the shelves and drawers, trying to move the box on wheels that are probably jammed tight after all these years, and then trying to fit it into a very small kitchen space.... You get my...

My trusty GE bottom-freezer refrigerator, PDS18ABMALBS, has a clogged drain. The backed-up water turns to ice and jams the blades of the evaporator fan. I've been able to clear it for a time by pouring hot water into the channel that leads under the fan; that clears the ice that's blocking the...

Well, I thawed and all seemed OK but now, six weeks later, it clogged and backed up again with enough ice to block the fan blades. Something is blocking the drain line--crumbs of loose food, bits of Styrofoam, or some mystery substance--and that has to go. For this model, PDS18SBMALBS, how do I...

Well, a hairdryer targeted at the general area melted the ice, and a few cups of hot water poured into the channel that leads under the fan seems to have cleared it. I let the machine work for a few hours and then looked again. There's frost build-up on the coils but so far no more than that...

At latest inspection I see that the fan blade was locked solid in ice. I melted enough of it so that now the blade turns properly. That's the good news: I won't need a new fan. Now I have to figure out how to clear whatever was blocking the defrost water. I'm going to try pouring in some hot...

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check that out in the morning and report back. Great to have your help.

Let me put it this way: Help! A couple of weeks ago I heard an awful grinding noise from my 22-year-old GE PDS18SBMALBS refrigerator. It didn't last long, reappeared a few days later, and again didn't last long. Not knowing much about refrigerators, and being ever the optimist, I let it...

I did moisten the end of the rubber with water and twist, several tries, but maybe I should give laundry detergent a shot. Any idea if the extra length of the rubber sleeve hurts in any way? Or do you think the extra diameter of the supply end of the sleeve is more likely the problem? In which...

Following my thread #97065: In an effort to keep a leaking vintage 1979 Maytag A608 alive I just installed an injector assembly. (The old one was leaking on fill. The whole thing was covered in mineral deposits from hard water and looked generally a mess.) But the leaking continues from the...

Well, I bought the full injector assembly (Thanks, John!) and installed the pieces. Sorry to report, the leaking continues. I believe during fill I see water oozing from the supply end of the valve, as though the flow is being partially blocked, and then dripping out of the plastic sleeve and...