I've fixed a couple of minor refrigerator issues in the past (as well as stove, dryer, dishwasher, etc...). The Internet will help troubleshoot stuff and order it if you can't get it local unless you'd rather replace it.
It's been a while, but I think the place I used was the top link, but there was another link too, it may be one of these other two or maybe something else.
https://www.repairclinic.com/
https://www.appliancepartspros.com/repair-help/
https://www.partselect.com/Repair/

I have found common problems and fixes from those sites for the washing machine and oven

I once had a 3 year old Whirlpool fail because they used cheap copper or something on the condenser loop across the drip pan or something like that.

Cost $800 new and I loved that fridge. Bottom freezer, lots of space, and everything looked good.
(also a Michigan company fwiw)

Whirlpool had conflicting warrantee information (parts/service) but wouldn't even honor parts which definitely should have been covered either way.

Their website also had an incorrect 'approved repair persons' list and I got the run around waiting for the wrong people.

After three weeks of living out of a cooler and arguing on the phone I was done.
In the end it would have cost $700 to fix a $800 fridge with no guarantees.
Thankfully I had another freezer and plenty of blue freeze packs to swap.

Have a CROSLEY Shelvador, believe it's the first ever to have door storage. Holds 28 eggs, weird.
It has Chrome Scripted Badges on it like and old car, and the emblem also is very intricate. Although I don't have a camera in her to see how much BEER I have I just buy some more on the way home from work. Believe it's from the early 50's, and it works great!

It's me BEER Fridge, may suck a lot of juice, but my BEER is Nice and COLD! Rewired it and everything sits next to my freezer in me basement.

Proud to own her!

It's been a LONG time since it was economical to even replace a burned out compressor on an old skool frig.

So I probably screwed myself. I ordered the part from a place on eBay with 23,000+ positive feedback. They're in a Chicago suburb, which is usually only 1 or 2 days away by ground, so I didn't opt for the overnight shipping. But here it is 7:00pm central time and no shipment confirmation email yet. They had 5 available when I ordered last night, zero this morning, so I hope their inventory is correct.

Was just at parents house for thanksgiving. The kitchen aid DW went out after 28 years. The MW just died after 20 years.

My mom bought GE. She about to turn 90 hopefully they’ll outlast her....

Our top of the line Whirlpool fridge ice maker water line started leaking after one year and out of warranty. I’ll have to look at it, but we rarely use ice.

A relative has a wood frame tv from 1988 and one of the first comcast boxs still going.

My dad had this one in his shop until a couple of year so ago. It worked fine till then. I’m thinking of having it repaired and put into the hangar. I’m just not sure who could work on it and if it’s worth having it moved from Missouri to Florida.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1543324710.jpg

The one I have now is a warranty replacement... The first one started frosting around the freezer drawer about 8 months after we bought it..paid around $2 grand for it... Whirlpool sent repair people out who determined the drawer was out of alignment, and couldn't be fixed. They (whirlpool) sent us a brand new replacement, the delivery driver asked me if I wanted to keep the old one which I did. 15 minutes with a die grinder fixed the alignment issue. Hello Beer fridge.


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Dats a nice beer fridge!

Service repair guy told me that all new appliances are made so cheap that his advise is buy the basic one's. No Bells and whistles on them. There is less things to go wrong with them that way and they last a bit longer. My fridge developed a leak. Freezer stopped freezing first and the fridge stopped cooling. Same guy came to fix it. He said I can try and find it or you can go buy a new one. I charge $100 a hr so if takes me 3 hrs to find the leak you have a 8 year old fridge that cost you half what a new one would. That is if I can find the leak. I bought a new one. It was the same style as my 8 year old one and was the exact same price I paid for it. :)

I bought a GE freezer top from the Home Depot. Died right after a year ( warranty expired). I keep thinking of the card that was inside "proudly made in the United States" yeah bs.


I have a smaller fridge only, and chest freezer that I replaced it with. Don't have any need for a big fridge at the moment. Living European style and no family.

Does that have a compressor? We have a 60 year old fridge that uses a heater to expand the gas. It's dead simple, but not efficient.

I suspect yours has a heater element that is fried.

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Keeping the rolling rock on the bottom I see :D

Yes, I usually drink the corona for quenching my thirst... the rolling rock is for my wife, and son-in-law when he visits.

Is that Coors Light in the middle of the right door?

The part is out for delivery, they didn't ship it until yesterday, but like I guessed, one day from Chicago to my house. So only one extra day of messing around with ice.

could be...or Michelob Ultra.. :)

Our Samsung RF24FSEDBSR (French Door with bottom freezer) is 5 years old now. It never made decent ice (1/2 cubes that were crusty) and the water dispenser has very low volume. Early this year it started making rumbling sounds from the back wall and now the rear interior panel is iced up. Reading online it seems like this is a known issue. I plan to unplug it and let it fully defrost for a couple days and see if that gets us farther down the road. I'm not inclined to spend $$$ to fix it and when time will replace with the most basic unit I can find. Will not be another Samsung that is for sure.

Nice fridge!

Back in my younger and bachelor days, I had just one roommate in my life. Great guy, that liked beer. We would hit the liquor store and get a wide verity of beer, from Guiness Stout to Bud Light, and fill the fridge in the garage. We did not organize the beer, in fact it was all mixed up, on purpose.

We both had buddies that would come visit and they were all beer drinkers. Our rule was to stand on a X we marked on the floor spin around twice, and with eyes closed grab a beer. That was what you had to drink. No substitutions.

I really like the variety. Going from a Guiness to a German beer or IPA was a taste treat. My favorite was and still is Erdinger Dunkle. Yummy. Burp.