Appliance Repair Aid wrote:

Ray K wrote:

It's controlled by a rotary knob connected to a motor-driven set of
mechanical switches that sequence the various cycles.

It fills, washes and agitates okay. The first high-speed drain

doesn't

work. The pointer on the control dial continues into the Rinse

section

(telling me the timer motor is working), then everything stops, like
there is no power from the wall. I no longer can hear the gears of

the

timer motor turning.

If I pull the control knob out, then position it at various points in


the rinse or spin cycles, nothing happens. If I position it back into


the wash position, the agitator starts.

Same problems occur regardless of the mode I select, Ultra Clean or
Permanent Press, or the spin speed I select.

Everything points to the timer. I first theorized that the reason
everything stops at some point in the Rinse cycle is that there is a
call for more water in, but the drum is still filled. So something
senses too much water and shuts everything down to prevent overfill.
I've manually bailed out at least half the water, but the problems

still

exist, so this theory seems bad.

Normally, I would just go ahead and buy a timer, but Sears and none

of

the independent parts places have it in stock. So before killing a

week

waiting, I'm trying here for other possibilities.

Kenmore Model: 110.22842100

Thanks for any other ideas you have.

Ray


Hi,

*Sounds* more like a bad lid switch is possible. You can bypass it (
http://www.applianceaid.com/dd_lidswitch.html ) to test the washer.

http://www.repairclinic.com/referral.asp?R=153&N=547222

Lid switch assembly
jeff.
Appliance Repair Aid
http://www.applianceaid.com/

Thanks, Jeff, you are great. The switch had loosened because the plastic
that the mounting screws go into were broke, allowing it to fall. In the
interest of speed, I'll buy the part locally, but tomorrow I will make a
donation.

Now I see that any time the lid must be closed, everything will halt if
it appears open. I knew it had to be closed during the final spin, but I
didn't realize it must be closed at certain other times, too.

Ray