Greetings! We have an Amana side-by-side, model SQD26VW.

* The water "tray" isn't filling with water so the ice can't be made. I
checked the supply hose that leads into the tray and it doesn't appear to be
frozen. The little plastic blades appear to rotate from time-to-time even
though there's no ice being made.

* I've never replaced an ice maker before. Is it something I could do
myself or should I call a plumber?

Thanks!

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:33:58 -0700, Yee Hah wrote:
Greetings! We have an Amana side-by-side, model SQD26VW.

* The water "tray" isn't filling with water so the ice can't be made. I
checked the supply hose that leads into the tray and it doesn't appear to be
frozen. The little plastic blades appear to rotate from time-to-time even
though there's no ice being made.

* I've never replaced an ice maker before. Is it something I could do
myself or should I call a plumber?

Step 1: get the installation instructions. It should be available at the
maker's website.

"Yee Hah" wrote in message
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Greetings! We have an Amana side-by-side, model SQD26VW.

* The water "tray" isn't filling with water so the ice can't be made. I
checked the supply hose that leads into the tray and it doesn't appear to
be
frozen. The little plastic blades appear to rotate from time-to-time even
though there's no ice being made.

* I've never replaced an ice maker before. Is it something I could do
myself or should I call a plumber?

Thanks!


Pretty simple to replace. One or two screws and unplug the electrical.
Reverse the process and you are done.

Make sure you need one first. Make sure the water is flowing to the
control valve on the back. Make sure the control valve is opening and
closing. A plugged line, quite common when a piercing valve was used for
the install, could get plugged real easily. A bad control valve may or may
not be opening to allow the water to flow.

Most likely it is the ice maker if the water is flowing to the valve.

Shop online. I bought a complete kit with two new valves for less than $100
a few years ago. I expect the price has gone up like everything else.



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On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:33:02 -0400, "Colbyt"
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"Yee Hah" wrote in message
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Greetings! We have an Amana side-by-side, model SQD26VW.

* The water "tray" isn't filling with water so the ice can't be made.
I
checked the supply hose that leads into the tray and it doesn't appear
to
be
frozen. The little plastic blades appear to rotate from time-to-time
even
though there's no ice being made.

* I've never replaced an ice maker before. Is it something I could do
myself or should I call a plumber?

Thanks!


Pretty simple to replace. One or two screws and unplug the electrical.
Reverse the process and you are done.

Make sure you need one first. Make sure the water is flowing to the
control valve on the back. Make sure the control valve is opening and
closing. A plugged line, quite common when a piercing valve was used for
the install, could get plugged real easily. A bad control valve may or
may
not be opening to allow the water to flow.

Most likely it is the ice maker if the water is flowing to the valve.

Shop online. I bought a complete kit with two new valves for less than
$100
a few years ago. I expect the price has gone up like everything else.


If this is the basic Whirlpool design Midwest Appliance Parts sold me
one for about $45. The only think in that type of ice maker that
controls the water is a contact behind the gear, adjusted by the
little screw (fill level)

Thank you all for the advice. I pulled the fridge out and and did not see
any kinks in the plastic tube that went from the wall into the back of the
fridge (the tube also runs through a cylinder filter before disappearing
into the fridge). Is the control valve located where the tube goes into the
wall? If so, do I just need to try turning it?

The last poster mentioned a contact behind the gear, adjusted by the little
screw. Maybe it's time to try to find the ice maker manual, but could you
please describe a little more where this "contact" is and how I might
recognize it?

Thank you again.

"Yee Hah" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:33:02 -0400, "Colbyt"
wrote:


"Yee Hah" wrote in message
...
Greetings! We have an Amana side-by-side, model SQD26VW.

* The water "tray" isn't filling with water so the ice can't be made.
I
checked the supply hose that leads into the tray and it doesn't
appear
to
be
frozen. The little plastic blades appear to rotate from time-to-time
even
though there's no ice being made.

* I've never replaced an ice maker before. Is it something I could
do
myself or should I call a plumber?

Thanks!


Pretty simple to replace. One or two screws and unplug the electrical.
Reverse the process and you are done.

Make sure you need one first. Make sure the water is flowing to the
control valve on the back. Make sure the control valve is opening and
closing. A plugged line, quite common when a piercing valve was used
for
the install, could get plugged real easily. A bad control valve may or
may
not be opening to allow the water to flow.

Most likely it is the ice maker if the water is flowing to the valve.

Shop online. I bought a complete kit with two new valves for less than
$100
a few years ago. I expect the price has gone up like everything else.


If this is the basic Whirlpool design Midwest Appliance Parts sold me
one for about $45. The only think in that type of ice maker that
controls the water is a contact behind the gear, adjusted by the
little screw (fill level)

Thank you all for the advice. I pulled the fridge out and and did not see
any kinks in the plastic tube that went from the wall into the back of the
fridge (the tube also runs through a cylinder filter before disappearing
into the fridge). Is the control valve located where the tube goes into
the
wall? If so, do I just need to try turning it?

The last poster mentioned a contact behind the gear, adjusted by the
little
screw. Maybe it's time to try to find the ice maker manual, but could you
please describe a little more where this "contact" is and how I might
recognize it?

Thank you again.


p.s. Maybe I should also mention that this fridge has a water dispenser
located just to the right of the ice dispenser on the freezer door. The
water dispenser appears to work just fine.