Owners Guide
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3-8 Transformer/Power Cord Replacement (Service Assembly 42248378)
NOTE
IF THE TRANSFORMER POWER CORD MUST BE REPLACED, USE THE SAME PROCEDURE
AS FOR THE TRANSFORMER: THE CORD IS PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO THE
TRANSFORMER
a. Posion the refrigerator for easy access to front and back.
b. Using a phillips screwdriver remove the (2) screws holding the grill to the front of the cabinet just
below the door. Set the screws and grille aside for later reassembly. Remove the (4) phillips head screws
and washers (2 on each side) holding the cabinet wrapper to the base plate. Set the screws and wash-
ers aside for later reassembly.
c. With the 5/16” nut driver remove the (9) screws holding the back shield to the cabinet and set aside
for later reassembly.
d. Using the 5/16” nut driver, remove the mounng screws from the cabinet back, and remove the
back. Put the back and the 14 screws aside for later re-assembly. Recessed into the foam
insulaon, both the large copper sucon return line from the evaporator and the thin capillary tube
carrying cold liquid from the lter/dryer to the evaporator run up to the upper le corner. Under these
lines is the thin aluminum capillary tube/sensor line from the thermostat.
e. With the 5/16” nut driver remove the (2) screws holding the cabinet wrapper to the base plate.
See Figure 3-1 item 16.
CAUTION
THE 32-LB MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY IS STILL FULLY ATTACHED TO THE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM
YOU CAN MOVE THE ASSEMBLY ONLY A FEW INCHES OUT OF THE COMPARTMENT
WITHOUT DANGER OF DAMAGING THE COPPER REFRIGERANT LINES
BE SURE THAT YOUR WORK SURFACE IS WIDE ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE
MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY WHEN YOU HAVE IT PULLED 4” TO 6” BACK FROM ITS OPERATIONAL
POSITION, AND ROTATED A FEW DEGREES HORIZONTALLY...
f. Refer to g. 3-1, Refrigerator Mechanical Assembly. The mechanical assembly is comprised of all the
components mounted on the steel base plate.
g. Using the 5-16” nut driver, loosen and remove the two nuts and (1) lock washer securing the trans-
former to the base plate (behind the transformer) and (1) nut at the front of the transformer.
This detaches the transformer from the mechanical base plate. Set the nuts and lock washer aside for
later re-assembly.
h. Discard the old transformer.
i. Re-assembly is the reverse of the above procedure.
3-9 115V Power Cord/Plug Replacement (Service Assembly 42248787)
a. Posion the refrigerator for easy access to front and back.
b. Using a phillips screwdriver remove the (2) screws holding the grill to the front of the cabinet just
below the door. Set the screws and grille aside for later reassembly. Remove the (4) phillips head screws