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I’ll be 70 in August. I was wondering about your ages because you are knowledgeable about older machines, and yet also deal with a website/forum. Sometimes that’s contradictory, as if you’ve ever seen some of the older people in, say, your hardware store, trying to ring up your purchase and receipt, you feel like giving them a piece of paper and a crayon…Anyway greatly appreciate you both with your expertise, and as importantly, patience with a noob like myself, trying to struggle with her washing machine. I imagine it can sometimes be frustrating. Thank you again.
I’m assuming that 1600 and 1830 are not years, but model numbers. And I have to admit, considering that you both were so knowledgeable about my 40 year old machine, that more than once I’ve wondered how ‘elderly’ you guys might be…..
LOL….it seems everything I have is ‘old’, including myself, so let’s hope there’s a few more years left in all. And thanks again for all your advice. I’m sure I’ll be back…lol
It’s done. I have to say this was a bit of an adventure. The pipes on the new pump didn’t line up, so I had to take off the white part and put it back on 90 degrees. The new pump needed the metal bracket that the old one sat on, and I had to cut one of the screws of it off with a Drexel as it wouldn’t budge. I got the two spade connectors in with their original protection, by just filing a bit of the plastic off. I finally got all ready, and found that the original wiring is just not quite long enough to reach the new connectors. I undid one of the clips that hold the wiring in front of the machine, which gave me a few extra inches, and finally got the wiring sorted. The clamp for the tub drain was an absolute nightmare to get on with pliers, but I was finally able to do it. I had noticed, even when the pump was just sitting on the table, that it was slightly ‘wobbly’ between the electrics and the white part. There was nothing there for me to tighten, so I just left it. I figured that the hoses would keep all in place…??? So, with great trepidation, I took of the upper rear panel, plugged the machine in, put it to the rinse cycle and turned it on. Nothing. The circuit breaker blew (it had done this yesterday for something totally unrelated, so I flipped the switch and tried the machine again). This time the water began to come into the tub. I watched and watched, and put my piece of cardboard under the machine. No leaks!!! I did notice that the drain hose now kind of ‘pulses’, I guess with the pump. Of course, I had never really watched it before, so don’t know if this was normal. Anyway, the tub began to slowly spin and again, no leaks. Then, suddenly, the tub went into the fast spin, and I almost had a heart attack! LOL!!
Anyway, a long diatribe, and certainly an adventure, but hopefully, fingers crossed, everything is ok now.Please let me know if the pulsing of the drain hose is ‘normal’, and also if I need to be concerned about the wobbly pump. ???
And if I have your ‘blessings’ on the above, then all is well, and life can go back to being dull and boring……And if I do have your blessings, then you both have mine, and more. I couldn’t have muddled through this without you. It’s been an adventure, and I thank you both for your time and patience with me, while I tried to do this. My 40 year old washer lives.
Dear Diary,
We’ve hit an impasse for the day. While we have been successful in shaving off a millimeter of the plastic connectors surrounding the original connectors, so that they now fit into the new pump, it appears that the holes for the new pump, where you attach it to the machine, are closer together than the holes in the bottom panel. We have to take the metal bracket off of the old pump, and attach it to the new one. This will also raise the new pump up to the same level as the original. The metal bracket is held on by 2 screws to the old pump. Of course, one came out easily, but the second, despite a shower in WD40, will not budge. I don’t have an impact driver, but apparently will need one in order to do this. So, the installation is momentarily stalled…..OK, I turned the fitting around on the new pump, and it now lines up with the hoses on the machine. Nice of Plaset to decide to make the housing for the electrical connectors about a millimeter to narrow for the original plastic covers over the spade connectors to fit. Any suggestions??
The drain hose is facing back on the new pump. So I assume that I will have to turn this around in order to fit my machine? It’s opposite of my original, which is why I couldn’t figure it out……
And stupidly, I didn’t take a photo of the pump before I removed it. I can’t figure out how it goes….:(
Sorry for the duplicate. My computer said the original hadn’t uploaded…..there’s no way for me to delete the duplicate??
Good day!! I’ve received my replacement pump. Before I screw this up, I want to just confirm a few things. This is the photo of my old pump:
https://i.postimg.cc/9Q97B9yT/561-E993-E-2608-4-C56-9-E6-F-A1-CE0-ED54-B27.jpg
That yellow/green wire was connected in two places…one connection on the (corroded) spade connection that you see just to the left of the label, and one connection (using the ‘eyelet’ connection to the right of the pump) that went to a metal ‘pump cover’ that was on top of the pump. I’m assuming, then, that both of these connections were the ground/earth, and that I do not need either of them??
Do I need the metal plate that covered the original pump?
Also, the bottom of the original pump sat on this metal bracket:
https://i.postimg.cc/5yL2cBpW/E522-FE67-982-C-40-AA-AB39-D0-FF10-B812-A6.jpg
Do I still need this bracket, or can I screw the new pump directly into the floor panel of the washer??
It looks like the connector for the wiring is on a different side of the pump. I haven’t opened the machine up yet, but hopefully I’ll have enough wire to get to the new connectors, without having to modify. And just to confirm the advice from above…..there is no polarity that I have to worry about. Is that correct????My original pump had 4 wires going to it. There were two insulated wires that went to spade connectors, which I assume are the two wires that you are talking about. Then there was a single wire going to a spade connector on the metal ‘block’ of the pump. The pump had a metal protective piece Ofer the whole thing, and there was a single wire screwed into that…maybe that was the ground? Anyway. I understand about the two insulated wires. Will be back again for further instructions when I get the pump! In the meantime, thank you both for all your help. This would all be a lot more difficult without you.
OK, should have the pump maybe by the end of this week. I am hoping the hooking up the electrics will be somewhat similar. It was 4 wires. Einstein actually remembered to take photos…lol. The link for the replacement didn’t mention the wattage. What difference will it make if the replacement is less than 90w?
