Top mounted freezer with bottom refrigerator. Kenmore Elite
Shut off the power
Remove all food stuff from freezer (placed in ice chest) then shelves.
Removed the ice maker, (easy!) 3 screws and unplugged wires.
2 screws in the back panel. Pulled top forward - downward
Unplugged wiring harness from back wall of freezer, removed ground wire from panel
Pulled fan blade off. (Fan was attached to back wall, not removable back panel)
Removed 2 screws to get to fan motor.
'Unsnapped ' motor bracket, on bottom.
Unplugged motor and then ground wire.
Cleaned up back panel and even painted some corroded areas on the back panel (with it removed and outside) mostly on the bottom.
Took a hair dryer and some paper towels an defrosted dried the coils and made sure the drain line was clear.
Installed the motor (reversing the above process, plugging the wiring harness back in wall) but after attaching it to the wall turned the power back on to see if the fan would run before installing the panel. (IT DID!!!) Then turned the power back off.
Completed the reinstallation of the panel, icemaker and shelves. All the above in less than an hour.
Turned power back on.
Shut the doors for about another hour to see if refrigerator would get cool. Checked with the thermometer.
Freezer was about 7 and the refrigerator was about 35 degrees. Filled the freezer back up with food.
Note I did not remove the food from the refrigerator; I bought dry ice and some ice to keep the food cool. The refrigerator compartment was only about 55 degrees when I found out the fan was not working. Normally you can hear the fan running with the refrigerator door closed but it turns off when you open the door
Sears wanted about $85 for the part but it was not in stock and couldn't get it for a week. Just a service call was $99. Got it here and spent $12 for 2 day shipping for $75. Installed it myself . Check out this install video from here and go to YouTube also if needed.
Appliance Parts Pros saved me a lot of time & $$$ !!! And as Gomer Pyle would say..." Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!"