Customer Questions and Answers for Washer Timer by Whirlpool

Hello Mike. It looks like you did not know what the actuator was. It is the part that presses the switch. You said you could drop the lid and it worked. So that is why we suggested you check that part. Then you said it worked, stopped for about 10 min, then started back on it's own. This sounds like the motor is overheating. You will need to check that as well. As for the lid switch, I do not see where we suggested that to you, but see where you saw it in other answers and tried to see if that was the issue. I would suggest based on the problems you describe to check the motor and the actuator on the unit.