geextrarinse
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I'm so proud of myself - I was able to fix the timer on my 69 GE FF last night!
The reason I had to put off continuing for a while was because my grandfather passed away on January 27th. I will post his obituary in another forum - many of you hear would probably be interested in his life in early Television.
Anyway - after speaking with John Lefever (combo52), who is always so wonderfully helpful and encouraging, I realized that I could easily tackle this. I got my service manual out and my ohm meter and tested the switches - thanks to Coldspot for first suggesting that! All the switches worked fine but it wasn't until I took them apart that I found the problem. The small fiberglass spacers for the #4 switch - which controls agitation and spin - were worn down so much that the cams were no longer able to engage them. So it spun but wouldn't agitate or activate the cold water solenoid.
I found a switch on ebay -thanks agan for that recommendation Yogitunes -and was able to easily see the difference in the fiberglass spacers. I'm sorry I have no pics as I was just trying to get through it all and get the timer back together. I was late for work - but determined to not leave it in pieces.
I cleaned the printed circuit with some rubbing alcohol and replaced the #4 switch and the #1 switch, which was darker and discoloured, compared to the others. I got everything back in place and the wires re-attached and tested it out and was thrilled to see it works great! I washed a load of sheets and I'm BACK IN BUSINESS!!!
Thank you for all of your support and suggesstions - I was intimidated by this project but now feel even more confident in my knowledge of these machines!
The reason I had to put off continuing for a while was because my grandfather passed away on January 27th. I will post his obituary in another forum - many of you hear would probably be interested in his life in early Television.
Anyway - after speaking with John Lefever (combo52), who is always so wonderfully helpful and encouraging, I realized that I could easily tackle this. I got my service manual out and my ohm meter and tested the switches - thanks to Coldspot for first suggesting that! All the switches worked fine but it wasn't until I took them apart that I found the problem. The small fiberglass spacers for the #4 switch - which controls agitation and spin - were worn down so much that the cams were no longer able to engage them. So it spun but wouldn't agitate or activate the cold water solenoid.
I found a switch on ebay -thanks agan for that recommendation Yogitunes -and was able to easily see the difference in the fiberglass spacers. I'm sorry I have no pics as I was just trying to get through it all and get the timer back together. I was late for work - but determined to not leave it in pieces.
I cleaned the printed circuit with some rubbing alcohol and replaced the #4 switch and the #1 switch, which was darker and discoloured, compared to the others. I got everything back in place and the wires re-attached and tested it out and was thrilled to see it works great! I washed a load of sheets and I'm BACK IN BUSINESS!!!
Thank you for all of your support and suggesstions - I was intimidated by this project but now feel even more confident in my knowledge of these machines!
