Yep, water dispensor in the side-by-side (two door) refer stopped working
about a week ago. The ice maker puts out plenty, therfore I know we have a
good water connection. Can't for the life of me figure out how the water
gets to the door. (Sears Kenmore reefer). When you open the door, the only
connection between door and refer is the upper and lower hinge. Both hinges
are way to small for a water passage. So, how does the water reach the
door?

Any ideas, so I can fix this, would be appreciated.

Thanks, Ivan Vegvary

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Yep, water dispensor in the side-by-side (two door) refer stopped working
about a week ago. The ice maker puts out plenty, therfore I know we have
a
good water connection. Can't for the life of me figure out how the water
gets to the door. (Sears Kenmore reefer). When you open the door, the
only
connection between door and refer is the upper and lower hinge. Both
hinges
are way to small for a water passage. So, how does the water reach the
door?

Any ideas, so I can fix this, would be appreciated.

Thanks, Ivan Vegvary



Water is supplied through a tube that runs through the lower hinge pin
center.

There is a lock switch in the dispenser that will shut the flow
off........It is to the right of the ice lever in the door--So small kids
wont make a mess.......Get on your knees with the door shut and look up
there with a flashlight where the ice comes out..You should find a lock
switch, flick it the other way...........

HTH

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PrecisionMachinist (clip)You should find a lock switch, flick it the other
way...........
^^^^^^^^^^^^
Yep, the water comes in through a hollow hinge pin. I wish mine could be
fixed by just flipping a switch. The little tube connection on the bottom
of the hinge is broken off, so the rubber hose is lying on the floor. When
you press a glass against the lever, that operates a solenoid valve
somewhere, and runs water on the floor.

Oh, well, I never thought ice water in the door was that useful anyway.

Thats exactly what my side by side does, leak all over the floor when
filling a glass. Checking out a price of a new part (just need the
little plastic piece that serves as the spout, which is perhaps 1/4"
diam by about 3 inches long bent in the shape of a "J") sort of took
me by surprise..$55.00 for just that small piece. Needless to say I
left it at the repair parts house, and fashioned my own.

Its unreal how cheap they make things today and then charge such high
prices for the replacement parts.


On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 05:48:26 GMT, "Leo Lichtman"
wrote:

x-
x-PrecisionMachinist (clip)You should find a lock switch, flick it the other
x-way...........
x-^^^^^^^^^^^^
x-Yep, the water comes in through a hollow hinge pin. I wish mine could be
x-fixed by just flipping a switch. The little tube connection on the bottom
x-of the hinge is broken off, so the rubber hose is lying on the floor. When
x-you press a glass against the lever, that operates a solenoid valve
x-somewhere, and runs water on the floor.
x-
x-Oh, well, I never thought ice water in the door was that useful anyway.
x-

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Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Yep, water dispensor in the side-by-side (two door) refer stopped working
about a week ago. The ice maker puts out plenty, therfore I know we have a
good water connection. Can't for the life of me figure out how the water
gets to the door. (Sears Kenmore reefer). When you open the door, the only
connection between door and refer is the upper and lower hinge. Both hinges
are way to small for a water passage. So, how does the water reach the
door?

Any ideas, so I can fix this, would be appreciated.

Thanks, Ivan Vegvary
i got a whirlpool side by side conquest, probably the same thing and i
asked myself the same question when looking at it(how does the water get
to the door..... and yes it is in the hinges.... you have a plastic
plate over the top hing and a platic plate under the bottom hinge....
i think mine was on the bottom hinge...... i have about 20 feet of
coiled clear plastic pipe rounded up in the back of the bottom draws in
the refrigerator side( i almost pulled them out thinking that thats what
the company wanted you to use for a water like to the house plumbing..
good thing i never did that, its to keep the water cool)...
if you have to get to the water faucet control in the door there is a
small plastic tray thats suppose to catch the water... push down and
pull to you with your finger tips and it will come out and reveal two
screws to service the faucet parts,switches, ets.. hope this helps.....
if you need more help, go to alt.home.repair newsgroup as there is alot
of appliance repair questions and answers there....

There's at least one solenoid valve in the rear near the water
connection. I'd suspect that, unless there is only one, and the ice
maker uses it also.

~Dave

Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Yep, water dispensor in the side-by-side (two door) refer stopped working
about a week ago. The ice maker puts out plenty, therfore I know we have a
good water connection. Can't for the life of me figure out how the water
gets to the door. (Sears Kenmore reefer). When you open the door, the only
connection between door and refer is the upper and lower hinge. Both hinges
are way to small for a water passage. So, how does the water reach the
door?

Any ideas, so I can fix this, would be appreciated.

Thanks, Ivan Vegvary

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:10:56 GMT, the renowned "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:

Yep, water dispensor in the side-by-side (two door) refer stopped working
about a week ago. The ice maker puts out plenty, therfore I know we have a
good water connection. Can't for the life of me figure out how the water
gets to the door. (Sears Kenmore reefer). When you open the door, the only
connection between door and refer is the upper and lower hinge. Both hinges
are way to small for a water passage. So, how does the water reach the
door?

IIRC, the water goes through one hinge and electrical wires through
another.

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On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:10:56 GMT, "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:

Yep, water dispensor in the side-by-side (two door) refer stopped working
about a week ago. The ice maker puts out plenty, therfore I know we have a
good water connection. Can't for the life of me figure out how the water
gets to the door. (Sears Kenmore reefer). When you open the door, the only
connection between door and refer is the upper and lower hinge. Both hinges
are way to small for a water passage. So, how does the water reach the
door?


Those units use a dual water solenoid valve, one side for the I/M, one
for the water dispenser. Two solenoids, one can expire. Also could
be the microswitch connected to the dispense lever.


Cheers,
Fred McClellan
the dash plumber at mindspring dot com

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 15:41:01 GMT, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:10:56 GMT, the renowned "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:

Yep, water dispensor in the side-by-side (two door) refer stopped working
about a week ago. The ice maker puts out plenty, therfore I know we have a
good water connection. Can't for the life of me figure out how the water
gets to the door. (Sears Kenmore reefer). When you open the door, the only
connection between door and refer is the upper and lower hinge. Both hinges
are way to small for a water passage. So, how does the water reach the
door?

IIRC, the water goes through one hinge and electrical wires through
another.

You are correct Sir! The hinge pins are hollow.

John

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