Frigidaire 134321702 Washer Bottom Panel - White OEM Part

Watched the video a few times for door boot seal replacement. It was a lot of help! The spring is the hardest to replace and I did enlist the help of my wife. Everything went back on great. If you have to replace the front panel (with the buttons) be mindful that the buttons are spring loaded and will come out. I did not lose any and it went back together just fine. A little touch up paint on the washer and it all looks brand new and works great. And the parts came in quicker than expected! Great folks to work with!

Lifted front of washer on 2x4 blocks to access the 2 screws. Removed to retaining screws then used blade of flat screwdriver to gently pry panel down. Removed the two plastic alignment widgets from the old panel and installed them on new. Removed with use of small adjustable wrench. Needed 1/4 turn to align them with square hold then removed. Installed plastic widgets into new panel. Installed panel back on to washing machine and installed 2 retaining screws. Done!!

Installed a new paned. You must remove the two plastic locating knobs from the old panel and install them into the top of the new panel. They remove easily by grabbing them with pliers and twisting. I also used some small blocks of wood and a pry-bar to push up on the screw tabs of the new panel to get them to line up with the holes in the frame of the washer.

Replaced it with a new one. Rust was too severe to paint it.

Replaced Wax Motor located on the door lock assembly. Average price around $10.00. The Frigidaire tech data sheet said if the resistance of the PTC was shorted or opened, then replace the door lock assembly ($50 +). It also said that if the PTC reads around 1500 ohms, then replace the control board ($120+). I figured out that you are to test the resistance on the Wax Motor. My Wax Motor read 2200 ohms which is higher that the specs. So I decided to test the Wax Motor; I applied 120v to the Wax Motor and it slowly engaged; then disengaged after around 90 secs. It appeared to be working okay. However, after reading the resistance again, the resistance decrease to around 1200 ohms. Since the readings were intermittent, I elected to purchase an new Wax Motor. That fixed the problem. Replacing the door lock assembly would have fixed the problem as well, but would have been more expensive.