One day, I came in here to cycle the laundry,
and I found that the washing machine had not drained properly.
My first thought was that maybe the pump on the drain had gone bad.
(gasp)
I don't think this is broken
All right, the next thing that I'm going to try on this is the lid lock assembly.
Apparently when that goes bad, it will sort of just stop everything in its tracks.
And it did actually give me a hard time opening up the lid initially.
It took me a while to actually get the lid to even open, before I discovered that there was water in there.
Oh there we go!
It's just got these little clips right here you've got to kind of deal with....
All right, so this guy right here is the lid lock assembly (for lack of a better term)
and, as I understand it, sometimes these things can get kind of clogged up, maybe get dirty, and it doesn't
actually open when it's supposed to, and that will actually cause a bunch of problems.
Or it unlocks when it's not supposed to, and in which case it's not going to cycle through
properly, because it will only cycle through - it'll only spin - if it's locked properly.
So if this is the culprit, then that'll be an easy thing. I'll just buy a new one and pop it in there.
All right so I took my needle nose pliers, and I just kind of lifted it
a little bit, and that's how this popped out. Sorry I didn't get that on tape.
Sorry I didn't get that on tape.
"On tape." Listen to me...
God, I'm such a Gen-Xer.
I did try futzing around with it a little bit,
just to see if it was maybe dirty or jammed, and I could fix it.
But unfortunately, I broke it in the process.
So, I had to order a new one.
All right, so now I have the new door latch assembly,
and I ordered it off of Amazon for about $30.
And the way you figure out exactly what part you need is to
go onto your manufacturer's website. They should have a section for parts and accessories.
Put in your exact model number for your unit, which on mine is printed right in under here, underneath the lid.
It may also be on the back of the unit.
And look up the model number, and then look up the parts available for that.
That's how you get the exact part number, and then you can either
order it from your manufacturer, or you can get it off of amazon.
And luckily this one has a nice little plug right there,
so it should be pretty easy to install, and we'll see.
Famous last words, right?
I'm gonna move you guys so you can see better.
So, this is where the latch actually comes in, so you squeeze those together, and you push it
So, you squeeze those together, and you push it through. That's pretty easy.
I'm going to take this out gently from where it's being held...these wires.
And then pull this one out.
Pull this old one out here.
And stick the new one in through this hole here.
This was behind these, so I'm going to put it back here.
Now this should be able to go in there... oh there we go.
Push that in there, and this is going to go with this part on top,
which goes right there.
Then, we've got to turn it around.
But first, put this back on.
We're going to take this white piece, push that right in there where it's going to stay.
All right, moment of truth time, let's see...
Sounds like it's locking properly, so we'll see.
Got it on deep water wash, cold, medium...
(Washer starts)
I think it's working...
Ahhhh! (laughing)
All right, so for now, it seems like it's running, so I'm going to give it a cycle and see what happens.
Hey buddy!
Such a good boy
Yes you are.
Now here's something weird:
On camera, these lights look like they're blinking,
but in real life they are not blinking at all.
It's the weirdest thing.
(washer draining)
That's the sound of it draining!
All right, check it out!
Yay! Success!
All right, so now you know the basic principles for changing a lid latch assembly in a washing machine,
and it's actually fairly straightforward.
Unfortunately for me though, the glory was very short-lived.
On the third round of laundry, the problem came back again and it stopped draining.
And given everything I had already tried to fix it, the next steps were gonna start to get
kind of expensive and complicated, and we decided that
since the washing machine was already 10 years old, we would just...
replace it!
This one's actually pretty cool. We got it from our local Home Depot.
It was a scratch-and-dent floor model, the dent's on the side, so I don't really care.
And it's actually kind of neat because you can watch your laundry washing which is really oddly satisfying
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