Inspired by my recent success with this group in fixing my fridge, I'm
moving on to the next issue I'm facing... my washing machine. The
clothes come out soaking wet, so I have to wring them out before
putting them in the dryer, when then runs for hours.

Details:
Maytag Neptune front loading washing machine
Purchased by someone else circa Aug 99, so the motor is still under
the 10 yr warranty
Model # MAH4000AWW
Serial # 40279379WQ

Symptoms:
* clothes are still soaking. sometimes, after taking out the clothes,
there's a bit of standing water left. i don't mean that my clothes are
damp... i mean that something like my sweatshirt couldn't absorb any
*more* water.
* when I come back a couple weeks for my next washing, the machine
smells like stagnant water, so i pull the hose out of the drain pipe,
and bringing it lower than the machine, I let all the water out before
starting my next load.
* I don't know if the machine is spinning, because it's front loading,
i don't know how to find out for sure. i can hear it making noises
like it might be spinning, but it doesn't really sound like other
machines i've heard. perhaps if there's still water, it won't spin as
fast anyway...
* the clothes seem clean anyway, and not soapy. e.g. when i wring them
out, it's clean water that's running off.
* the hose is connected to a drain pipe that is about the height of
the machine, and there are no obvious kinks or anything. although, i
haven't pulled the machine all the way out of the recess for a closer
inspection.


So... it seems like the problem might be a faulty pump, but I can't
find any advice online to help me know for sure. I found the part for
sale online for ~40$, but i don't want to buy that if that's not the
problem... but if it is, can anybody reassure me that it's easy to do
the replacement myself?

any advice on how to figure out what the problem is???

On Mar 11, 12:52*am, nitroamos wrote:
Inspired by my recent success with this group in fixing my fridge, I'm
moving on to the next issue I'm facing... my washing machine. The
clothes come out soaking wet, so I have to wring them out before
putting them in the dryer, when then runs for hours.

Details:
Maytag Neptune front loading washing machine
Purchased by someone else circa Aug 99, so the motor is still under
the 10 yr warranty
Model # MAH4000AWW
Serial # 40279379WQ

Symptoms:
* clothes are still soaking. sometimes, after taking out the clothes,
there's a bit of standing water left. i don't mean that my clothes are
damp... i mean that something like my sweatshirt couldn't absorb any
*more* water.
* when I come back a couple weeks for my next washing, the machine
smells like stagnant water, so i pull the hose out of the drain pipe,
and bringing it lower than the machine, I let all the water out before
starting my next load.
* I don't know if the machine is spinning, because it's front loading,
i don't know how to find out for sure. i can hear it making noises
like it might be spinning, but it doesn't really sound like other
machines i've heard. perhaps if there's still water, it won't spin as
fast anyway...
* the clothes seem clean anyway, and not soapy. e.g. when i wring them
out, it's clean water that's running off.
* the hose is connected to a drain pipe that is about the height of
the machine, and there are no obvious kinks or anything. although, i
haven't pulled the machine all the way out of the recess for a closer
inspection.

So... it seems like the problem might be a faulty pump, but I can't
find any advice online to help me know for sure. I found the part for
sale online for ~40$, but i don't want to buy that if that's not the
problem... but if it is, can anybody reassure me that it's easy to do
the replacement myself?

any advice on how to figure out what the problem is???

I never had a dryer that needed to run for more than 45-50 minutes

nitroamos wrote:
Inspired by my recent success with this group in fixing my fridge, I'm
moving on to the next issue I'm facing... my washing machine. The
clothes come out soaking wet, so I have to wring them out before
putting them in the dryer, when then runs for hours.

Details:
Maytag Neptune front loading washing machine
Purchased by someone else circa Aug 99, so the motor is still under
the 10 yr warranty
Model # MAH4000AWW
Serial # 40279379WQ

Symptoms:
* clothes are still soaking. sometimes, after taking out the clothes,
there's a bit of standing water left. i don't mean that my clothes are
damp... i mean that something like my sweatshirt couldn't absorb any
*more* water.
* when I come back a couple weeks for my next washing, the machine
smells like stagnant water, so i pull the hose out of the drain pipe,
and bringing it lower than the machine, I let all the water out before
starting my next load.
* I don't know if the machine is spinning, because it's front loading,
i don't know how to find out for sure. i can hear it making noises
like it might be spinning, but it doesn't really sound like other
machines i've heard. perhaps if there's still water, it won't spin as
fast anyway...
* the clothes seem clean anyway, and not soapy. e.g. when i wring them
out, it's clean water that's running off.
* the hose is connected to a drain pipe that is about the height of
the machine, and there are no obvious kinks or anything. although, i
haven't pulled the machine all the way out of the recess for a closer
inspection.


So... it seems like the problem might be a faulty pump, but I can't
find any advice online to help me know for sure. I found the part for
sale online for ~40$, but i don't want to buy that if that's not the
problem... but if it is, can anybody reassure me that it's easy to do
the replacement myself?

any advice on how to figure out what the problem is???

Sounds more like a switch not turning on the pump during the spin/rinse
cycle.

You can open the door during the suspect time period by defeating the door
interlock switch - usually by poking something the size of a pencil into a
hole in the door frame.

On Mar 11, 7:38*am, "HeyBub" wrote:
nitroamos wrote:
Inspired by my recent success with this group in fixing my fridge, I'm
moving on to the next issue I'm facing... my washing machine. The
clothes come out soaking wet, so I have to wring them out before
putting them in the dryer, when then runs for hours.

Details:
Maytag Neptune front loading washing machine
Purchased by someone else circa Aug 99, so the motor is still under
the 10 yr warranty
Model # MAH4000AWW
Serial # 40279379WQ

Symptoms:
* clothes are still soaking. sometimes, after taking out the clothes,
there's a bit of standing water left. i don't mean that my clothes are
damp... i mean that something like my sweatshirt couldn't absorb any
*more* water.
* when I come back a couple weeks for my next washing, the machine
smells like stagnant water, so i pull the hose out of the drain pipe,
and bringing it lower than the machine, I let all the water out before
starting my next load.
* I don't know if the machine is spinning, because it's front loading,
i don't know how to find out for sure. i can hear it making noises
like it might be spinning, but it doesn't really sound like other
machines i've heard. perhaps if there's still water, it won't spin as
fast anyway...
* the clothes seem clean anyway, and not soapy. e.g. when i wring them
out, it's clean water that's running off.
* the hose is connected to a drain pipe that is about the height of
the machine, and there are no obvious kinks or anything. although, i
haven't pulled the machine all the way out of the recess for a closer
inspection.

So... it seems like the problem might be a faulty pump, but I can't
find any advice online to help me know for sure. I found the part for
sale online for ~40$, but i don't want to buy that if that's not the
problem... but if it is, can anybody reassure me that it's easy to do
the replacement myself?

any advice on how to figure out what the problem is???

Sounds more like a switch not turning on the pump during the spin/rinse
cycle.

You can open the door during the suspect time period by defeating the door
interlock switch - usually by poking something the size of a pencil into a
hole in the door frame.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

But its a front loader.

You can open the door during the suspect time period by defeating the door
interlock switch - usually by poking something the size of a pencil into a
hole in the door frame.

is it ok to defeat the door lock on a front-loading machine?

nitroamos wrote:
You can open the door during the suspect time period by defeating the door
interlock switch - usually by poking something the size of a pencil into a
hole in the door frame.

is it ok to defeat the door lock on a front-loading machine?

Clothes will spill out along with water!

nitroamos wrote:
You can open the door during the suspect time period by defeating
the door interlock switch - usually by poking something the size of
a pencil into a hole in the door frame.

is it ok to defeat the door lock on a front-loading machine?

Sure, otherwise the manufacturer wouldn't provide an easy mechanism for
doing so. Might be a little splash or two...

On Mar 11, 2:48*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
nitroamos wrote:
You can open the door during the suspect time period by defeating
the door interlock switch - usually by poking something the size of
a pencil into a hole in the door frame.

is it ok to defeat the door lock on a front-loading machine?

Sure, otherwise the manufacturer wouldn't provide an easy mechanism for
doing so. *Might be a little splash or two...

Abd you tried it ??

ransley wrote:
On Mar 11, 2:48 pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
nitroamos wrote:
You can open the door during the suspect time period by defeating
the door interlock switch - usually by poking something the size of
a pencil into a hole in the door frame.

is it ok to defeat the door lock on a front-loading machine?

Sure, otherwise the manufacturer wouldn't provide an easy mechanism
for doing so. Might be a little splash or two...

Abd you tried it ??

No, my washer is top-loading. I'm not much into fads.

That said, what could go wrong?

On Mar 11, 2:29*pm, nitroamos wrote:
You can open the door during the suspect time period by defeating the door
interlock switch - usually by poking something the size of a pencil into a
hole in the door frame.

is it ok to defeat the door lock on a front-loading machine?

If you want laundry and water on the floor, so no!!

How *should* your washing machine work? What should it be doing and when
should it be doing this?

If you don't know the above, then you will not be able to figure out what is
not working!

You need to understand how these things work, then be able to test different
functions to find what is not working, then you can fix the problem.

Learn how electricity works.
Learn how to use electrical test equipment like a multimeter.
Learn how washing machines work.
Then you can learn to troubleshoot a washing machine.


"nitroamos" wrote in message
Inspired by my recent success with this group in fixing my fridge, I'm
moving on to the next issue I'm facing... my washing machine. The
clothes come out soaking wet, so I have to wring them out before
putting them in the dryer, when then runs for hours.

Details:
Maytag Neptune front loading washing machine
Purchased by someone else circa Aug 99, so the motor is still under
the 10 yr warranty
Model # MAH4000AWW
Serial # 40279379WQ

Symptoms:
* clothes are still soaking. sometimes, after taking out the clothes,
there's a bit of standing water left. i don't mean that my clothes are
damp... i mean that something like my sweatshirt couldn't absorb any
*more* water.
* when I come back a couple weeks for my next washing, the machine
smells like stagnant water, so i pull the hose out of the drain pipe,
and bringing it lower than the machine, I let all the water out before
starting my next load.
* I don't know if the machine is spinning, because it's front loading,
i don't know how to find out for sure. i can hear it making noises
like it might be spinning, but it doesn't really sound like other
machines i've heard. perhaps if there's still water, it won't spin as
fast anyway...
* the clothes seem clean anyway, and not soapy. e.g. when i wring them
out, it's clean water that's running off.
* the hose is connected to a drain pipe that is about the height of
the machine, and there are no obvious kinks or anything. although, i
haven't pulled the machine all the way out of the recess for a closer
inspection.


So... it seems like the problem might be a faulty pump, but I can't
find any advice online to help me know for sure. I found the part for
sale online for ~40$, but i don't want to buy that if that's not the
problem... but if it is, can anybody reassure me that it's easy to do
the replacement myself?

any advice on how to figure out what the problem is???

In article ,
"Bill" wrote:

Learn how electricity works.
Learn how to use electrical test equipment like a multimeter.

I'm glad you put those in that order. Too many threads on here where the
OP tries to diagnose an electrical problem without any electric circuit
fundamentals. Says he "has a multi-meter but doesn't know how to use
it." So he gets tediously spoon-fed step-by-step directions that more
often than not lead nowhere.

It's been my oft-stated stance that if a person does the first, he will
not need instruction in the second. If he tries to do the second in a
stand-alone fashion, he will never succeed at it.

nitroamos wrote:

* I don't know if the machine is spinning, because it's front loading,
i don't know how to find out for sure.

The high speed spin on this machine is something like 800 RPM. If
it's spinning, you'd know: it will sound like a jet engine taking off,
and if you look in the window, your stuff will, umm, spin round and
round really really fast.

Here is a service manual for the MAH3000AWW. I would expect that most
of the troubleshooting info should be applicable for your model.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/11205556/M...Service-Manual

-- Dave

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:52:43 -0700 (PDT), nitroamos
wrote:

Inspired by my recent success with this group in fixing my fridge, I'm
moving on to the next issue I'm facing... my washing machine. The
clothes come out soaking wet, so I have to wring them out before
putting them in the dryer, when then runs for hours.

Details:
Maytag Neptune front loading washing machine
Purchased by someone else circa Aug 99, so the motor is still under
the 10 yr warranty
Model # MAH4000AWW
Serial # 40279379WQ

Symptoms:
* clothes are still soaking. sometimes, after taking out the clothes,
there's a bit of standing water left. i don't mean that my clothes are
damp... i mean that something like my sweatshirt couldn't absorb any
*more* water.
* when I come back a couple weeks for my next washing, the machine
smells like stagnant water, so i pull the hose out of the drain pipe,
and bringing it lower than the machine, I let all the water out before
starting my next load.
* I don't know if the machine is spinning, because it's front loading,
i don't know how to find out for sure. i can hear it making noises
like it might be spinning, but it doesn't really sound like other
machines i've heard. perhaps if there's still water, it won't spin as
fast anyway...
* the clothes seem clean anyway, and not soapy. e.g. when i wring them
out, it's clean water that's running off.
* the hose is connected to a drain pipe that is about the height of
the machine, and there are no obvious kinks or anything. although, i
haven't pulled the machine all the way out of the recess for a closer
inspection.


So... it seems like the problem might be a faulty pump, but I can't
find any advice online to help me know for sure. I found the part for
sale online for ~40$, but i don't want to buy that if that's not the
problem... but if it is, can anybody reassure me that it's easy to do
the replacement myself?

any advice on how to figure out what the problem is???



I suspect the pump. Run a load without clothes and watch the drain
pipe flow. That should provide another clue. If the replacement did
not work, all you are out is the $40, not bad! But if your repair
worked, you're back in business and saved some money on a replacement.

On Mar 12, 10:18*am, Phisherman wrote:
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:52:43 -0700 (PDT), nitroamos
anybody reassure me that it's easy to do
the replacement myself?

any advice on how to figure out what the problem is???

I suspect the pump. *Run a load without clothes and watch the drain
pipe flow. *That should provide another clue. *If the replacement did
not work, all you are out is the $40, not bad! *But if your repair
worked, you're back in business and saved some money on a replacement.


what do i watch the drain pipe flow for?

Phisherman wrote:
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:52:43 -0700 (PDT), nitroamos
wrote:

Inspired by my recent success with this group in fixing my fridge, I'm
moving on to the next issue I'm facing... my washing machine. The
clothes come out soaking wet, so I have to wring them out before
putting them in the dryer, when then runs for hours.

Details:
Maytag Neptune front loading washing machine
Purchased by someone else circa Aug 99, so the motor is still under
the 10 yr warranty
Model # MAH4000AWW
Serial # 40279379WQ

Symptoms:
* clothes are still soaking. sometimes, after taking out the clothes,
there's a bit of standing water left. i don't mean that my clothes are
damp... i mean that something like my sweatshirt couldn't absorb any
*more* water.
* when I come back a couple weeks for my next washing, the machine
smells like stagnant water, so i pull the hose out of the drain pipe,
and bringing it lower than the machine, I let all the water out before
starting my next load.
* I don't know if the machine is spinning, because it's front loading,
i don't know how to find out for sure. i can hear it making noises
like it might be spinning, but it doesn't really sound like other
machines i've heard. perhaps if there's still water, it won't spin as
fast anyway...
* the clothes seem clean anyway, and not soapy. e.g. when i wring them
out, it's clean water that's running off.
* the hose is connected to a drain pipe that is about the height of
the machine, and there are no obvious kinks or anything. although, i
haven't pulled the machine all the way out of the recess for a closer
inspection.


So... it seems like the problem might be a faulty pump, but I can't
find any advice online to help me know for sure. I found the part for
sale online for ~40$, but i don't want to buy that if that's not the
problem... but if it is, can anybody reassure me that it's easy to do
the replacement myself?

any advice on how to figure out what the problem is???




Mine started this today different model So may not apply to yours
First thing to check is the coin sump
A rubber boot just before the pump It will not go into spin if any
water is left easy fix if thats it I did find some coins but no go BUT
I discovered technicians packet inside the machine by the pump
run a diagnostic check that came up with
door lock Switch even tho the door lock light is lit
In diagnostic mode you can run a spin with out the door lock
And it worked but if lock isn't working, machine will not spin
in regular mode even with the lite lit and locked not enough voltage to
the control board during spin cycle So I have a door lock on the way and
use diagnostic test spin till it gets here
Spud