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c. Remove the hinge-pin from the upper door hinge by using a 1/8” hex key, then carefully li the re-

frigerator door and place it front down on the cardboard surface.

d. Set the hinge pin aside for later assembly.

e. To remove the old gasket, start at one corner of the door, using your hands only, steadily pull the ar-

rowhead shaped retainer cross-secon from the plasc door channel. When you have completely re-

moved the gasket, discard it.

f. To install the replacement gasket, start at one corner of the door channel, and press the correspond-

ing corner of the new door gasket retaining arrowhead into the channel with sucient force to seat the

shoulders of the arrowhead into the channel.

g. When the corner is fully engaged, use the hand roller to roll/push the remainder of the new door

gasket into the retaining channel.

h. Inspect the installed door gasket to ensure that the enre length is seated in the retainer channel,

and that the gasket is undamaged. Adjust as necessary.

i. Reassembly is the reverse of steps 3-10 a-e above.

3-11 Thermostat Replacement. (Service Assembly 42240589).

a. Posion 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 baseplate. Set the screws and wash-

ers aside for later reassembly.

c. The thermostat is located behind the le corner of the grill. It aaches to the harness assembly

with two spade lug connectors. Reach behind the thermostat and gently pull the two connectors o by

pulling them straight to the rear. DO NOT pull directly on the wires. When the wire/connectors are free

of the thermostat body, let them fall free.

d. Loosen and remove the two phillips screws holding the thermostat in place. Discard the screws (use

screws from the service kit for reassembly) and pull the green ground wire free of the thermostat. Let

the old thermostat body to hang free. It is now suspended from its aluminum capillary sensor

tube, which runs back to the right lower corner , then up to the evaporator/freezer secon, with the

copper refrigerant lines.

e. At the rear, remove the cabinet back, using the 5/16” nut driver to remove the mounng screws.

Take the back o and set the screws (14) aside for later reassembly.

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...