Do-It-Yourself Story

Wife texted me at work saying the washer was making a loud noise and that it had stopped working and wouldn't spin or drain. Took a look at it when I got home, and after a few minutes of inspection and listening, I referenced possible causes and settled on it being the clutch assembly. Ordered the clutch assembly, washer drive block and motor coupling at the same time, just in case. Replaced all parts with just basic hand tools and relative ease. Started it up after reassembly and the cycle was able to finish. Two days later it stopped again at the same point in the cycle. It had just finished the rinse, but wouldn't go to spin and drain. Did some more looking at possible causes and with the agitator not spinning easily by hand, I ordered the neutral drain transmission. Again, with just the same tools I used previously, it was fairly easy to replace and worked once again. After it quit again later that same day, I called APP and explained what all I had experienced and replaced. Was told by the rep I talked with that the next possible cause for it to stop where it had in the cycle was most likely the timer as this was a common issue with this model washer. Ordered and replaced that as well with the same ease, but with main issue still not resolved. It still stopped after the rinse part of the cycle At this point (between ordering parts and waiting on their arrival) it had been more than a week since it had worked like it should. With little other options as causes, and out of sheer frustration, I ordered the main motor itself. Same tools and ten minutes later I had a fully functional washer again.