Service manual

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Section 5 Service Procedures
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To reduce the risk of electric shock, fire, explosion, serious injury or death:
• Disconnect electric power to the washer/dryer before servicing.
• Close gas shut-off valve to gas dryer before servicing.
• Never start the washer/dryer with any guards/panels removed.
• Whenever ground wires are removed during servicing, these ground wires must be
reconnected to ensure that the washer/dryer is properly grounded.
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WARNING
89. WASHER FRONT PANEL
a. Open loading door. Carefully remove wire
clamp ring from groove with small flat
screwdriver. Spring is in 6 o’clock position.
Refer to Figure 28.
b. Grasp loading door seal. Refer to Figure 21.
c. Using a circular motion, pull seal up, out and
down. Refer to Figure 21.
d. When seal releases from lip of front panel, pull
out and remove the seal.
e. While supporting lower access panel, remove
two screws from bottom edge of lower access
panel. Refer to Figure 23.
f. Gently lower access panel to disengage panel
locators from bottom edge of front panel.
g. Using the special tool, No. 318P4, remove the
dispenser drawer. Refer to Figure 20.
h. Remove control panel. Refer to Paragraph 81
or 82.
i. Working through control panel opening,
remove two screws holding bottom flange of
control cabinet front to top flange of front
panel.
j. Remove bottom two front corner screws. Refer
to Figure 27.
NOTE: The ease of installation of the loading door
seal can be improved using water or soapy solution
to work seal around circumference of loading door.
Be sure to orientate seal with the tab in the
12 o’clock position when installing the wire clamp
ring to front panel. Be careful not to overstretch
tension spring.
k. Remove front panel (with loading door
attached) away from washer as far as wires
permit.
l. Unplug wire harness from both the door latch
switch and from the door switch. Refer to
Figure 27. Remove clips holding wire harness
and door seal hose along top flange of front
panel and remove front panel.
NOTE: Door seal hose and wire harness must be
reinstalled in the appropriate clips and holes along
top flange of front panel. Refer to Figure 30.
IMPORTANT: Before reinstalling door and front
panel assembly, make sure the door catch lines up
with the door latch switch. If adjustment is
required, refer to Paragraph 135.
Figure 20
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Pull Drawer
out Slightly
Remove Drawer
from Housing
318P4
Dispenser Drawer
Tool
Insert
Tool
SWD1654S