anybody work on washers and dryers? please come in

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

hey i got a whirlpool washer and it seems like when it gets towards the end of it's cycle it stops. it doesn't drain the water. i have to start it again from that spot and then it finishes. is the timer bad? or something else? thanks for any info

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[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

Timer.

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

If it's an older style you can take the timer apart. Look for burned points. They are brass tab looking things that the timer cam bumps against, If they are burned just file them down with a nail file.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

ok thanks you guys that is what i was thinking. just spent 600 bucks today on some new tires for the wifes vehicle lol. don't want to spend the money to get a new washer right now. oh yes its a model lsr6132hq1 about 10 years old

 

[alvitae 10+ year member]

Another option is to just pull the timer and look in the paper or craigslist for someone who sells used washers and dryers, They cannibalize the ones they aren't going to fix and use the used parts on the ones they sell.

He should have a box of timers that he can dig through and find the same one. When I had my shop I'd charge 5 bucks if I liked you and 10 if I didn't for a timer motor.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

Another option is to just pull the timer and look in the paper or craigslist for someone who sells used washers and dryers, They cannibalize the ones they aren't going to fix and use the used parts on the ones they sell.
He should have a box of timers that he can dig through and find the same one. When I had my shop I'd charge 5 bucks if I liked you and 10 if I didn't for a timer motor.

lol thanks for the info. i'm going to take it apart and see what i can do with it

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

Option 3 would be to go to your neighbour's house and steal the timer off their machine.

 

[quins90lac 10+ year member]

so whats wrong with your dryer

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

muffler bearings are shot

 

[rtillaree 10+ year member]

yea my wife...

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

when you say it starts again, does it go into the final high speed spin?

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

when you say it starts again, does it go into the final high speed spin?

yes and then the water drains

 

[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

at the worst, the timers cost $30ish new. I've got to put one on my dryer.

 

[edzy 10+ year member]

well, sounds like the timer then. If it didnt go into the final high spped spin, it would most likely be the lid safty switch, which is easily defeted.

But yours sounds like thats not the issue. And timers are like $100 for that one..

Try http://www.apwagner.com/index.php?main_page=part_finder

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

well, sounds like the timer then. If it didnt go into the final high spped spin, it would most likely be the lid safty switch, which is easily defeted.But yours sounds like thats not the issue. And timers are like $100 for that one..

Try http://www.apwagner.com/index.php?main_page=part_finder

cool, i figured it would run about that. thanks