My refrigerator is 13 yrs old and began to build up frost in the ice cube shoot and the water tube began to freeze up over night. The flapper door was not closing completely. I simply removed the control panel by pulling up and out on the bottom edge, the edge is only about 1/8 inch thick, so don't reach in to far. You should be able to feel a small division line between the control panel and the refrigerator. No screw driver was needed to expose the 4 mounting screws of the inner dispenser panel. Remove this inner panel to expose the solenoid and flapper assembly. The solenoid was rusted and not operational. It only took about 20 min to complete the repair. After removing the control panel and inner dispenser panel, First disconnect the solenoid wire connector from the back of the control panel. There is a small snap finger that may need to be lifted to release the electrical connector from the control panel. Now remove the solenoid from the freezer door by removing three screws. The two bottom screws must be taken out completely, the top screw needs only to be loosened. The top screw has a slot in the solenoid bracket. Now remove two screws which held the recess door crank assembly in place. This frees up the spring, door crank and flapper. Now replaced the new solenoid, then reassembled the door crank, flapper and recess spring outside of the refrigerator on a counter top. The flapper simply snaps onto the crack arm and remember to replace the spring at this time. Then I placed this assembly back into the refrigerator using two screws and the retaining clips. First you must rotate the crank arm into the slot provided in the actuator of the solenoid. Remember that the recess spring needs to be compressed during the installation of the door crank. This spring provides assistance to closing the flapper door. Make sure to use the two retaining clips with the screws to lock in the crank arm assembly. The crank arm and flapper should be free to rotate. Test by pulling out on the bottom of the flapper about 1/2 inch and then release. The flapper should snap close. Now you are ready to plug in the solenoid into the back of the control panel. At this point place a glass under the ice shoot and try the water and ice dispenser at this time. You should see the flapper door open and close . Now place the wires back into their correct location and replace the back portion of the control with the 4 screws. Now replace the control panel by placing the top edge in first then rotating in the bottom edge to re-seat the control panel into place.
An easy repair to fix a very annoying problem. Thanks