So yesterday I was doing some laundry when my Mom started to smell something burning. Then the washer stopped… I was thinking that maybe the motor burned up. I figured that I wasn’t up for taking apart the washer so Mom called Bearvalley Appliance. They thought it sounded like the timer was at fault and that the timer is unavailable. They more or less implied that it was unfixable but for over a hundred dollars they would come to look at it. I figured I could get the electric panel off and at least see what was burned. The timer and controls all looked good and the burned electric smell was coming from under the lid. With my sister’s help, we moved the washer out, and then I got it apart. I found that the switch for the lid was badly burned an most likely the culprit. I couldn’t find anything looking up the part number from the part and someone erased the model number from the washer-dryer. So all I had to go on was that it’s a Kenmore and it needs a lid switch I found a similar-looking switch on Amazon that has extra connections for a lid lock(our washer does not lock the lid). I’m hoping that the part fits, as it’s a bit of a crap shoot finding parts for a washer made in the late 1900s (1998). The part should be here Friday and until then I’m just waiting for parts. I guess I was up for taking the washer apart and I’m not totally out of commission.
