On Sun, 04 Jun 2006, Joseph Meehan wrote:

I would suggest removing all food and leaving the door propped open
overnight. (Remember to make it safe from children and animals while the
door is open - SAFETY first.) If it starts working then it was likely a
frosted up evaporator coil. Next problem is to find out why. (this is a
variation of what Tony was suggesting.)

Most likely the defrost heater died. They often do. If you take everything
out and remove the back of the freezer compartment you will see if this is
true. A fan blowing on the coils will defrost it faster. Then you can
reassemble and it will work fine for a week or two. Try to not open the
freezer door often. This will give you time to either get it fixed, or to
order replacement heating coil(s) to change them yourself.

It is possible that the timer went bad, but these fail less often. If you
look at the heater(s) you can tell if they are burned out.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).