Frigidaire 5303918277 Replacement Icemaker OEM Part

After about three months of returning to my youth, filling ice cube trays, I decided to venture into the freezer and yank the old ice maker from its mounting. Since this was the third time this very ice maker had decided to stop functioning, it was time to get a replacement. I suspected the heating element was open and the motor was screaming trying to push the little frozen blocks of ice from their form, with distortion occurring. I ordered a replacement from this very company, received it in 1.7 days, and thought I could replace it in a matter of minutes. Well it was a matter of minutes, just too many, about 180 minutes. In my particular instance, the original had the connector on the front of the ice maker. The new had a cable that extended to the back of the ice maker, but sadly it would not fit the connector incoming from the rear of the refrigerator, which is why a second cable is included. That makes the cable quit long, too long to just hang down in the freezer. The directions say to push all of the cable out the back of the freezer. A frozen cable sheath prevented that. How does one bend a frozen cable, one could ask. The answer is obvious, get a hair dryer and heat it. Don't turn off the power cause that takes the challenge out of it,not to mention the frozen water in the freezer would melt possibly causing an electrical hazard. One would be surprised just how flexible the cable becomes with some good heat. Pushing the connector to the back of the freezer, per directions, just complicated the issue, because the connector then was positioned at the back of the new ice maker and there is no way it could be mounted. So using my mind I deduced the cable will not be able to left at the back of the freezer, but must extend several inches into the freezer. Took several heat cycles to get that distance correct, with nary an electrical shock to be discharged. That left trying to wad up the cable from the ice maker into the proper lengths to be able to get the cables connected without hanging down. Again many trial and error attempts. I could have solved a Rubik's cube faster, Of course that is all in a hurry before the cable sheath slowly becomes frozen in position again. Now I have little blocks of ice spewing forth from said ice maker into the little white bucket below. Beats the 4 blue ice cube trays sitting on the bottom of the freezer. All in all it is oakie dokie!!!

I'm normally a fairly handy person, so I didn't anticipate any issues with this, but it was so easy, I was amazed. I followed the video shown on the website to replace the icemaker. There was also a set of instructions included in the box with the replacement part. The pictures weren't great, but combined with the video, were sufficient for me to follow. It was a matter of loosening a couple of nuts on the freezer wall, lifting off the old unit and then disconnecting the wiring harness. The hardest part was locating the mounting nuts, since they were not visible with the original icemaker in place. But I was able to find them by feel and then guide the nut driver into place without much trouble. All told, it took about 5 minutes to disconnect. Installation was fairly simple as well. Lift the unit into the freezer (about 2-3 pounds) and clip the two harness ends together. (There is a harness extension with the replacement unit, but it was not needed for my installation.) Then set the unit against the sidewall of the freezer, maneuvering the bracket holes over the nuts that were originally loosened to remove the old unit. Tighten the nuts to secure the unit to the wall. The final step was to remove the end cover and use a screw driver to adjust the fill time for the icemaker. I originally neglected this and the first run was tiny slivers of ice cubes. After making the adjustment, my ice cubes were full-sized. Don't worry if the icemaker doesn't start making ice immediately. It took 10-15 minutes before it filled for the first time, but has been running properly since then.

Bought replacement icemaker. Entire repair took ten minutes. Two hours later I heard the klink of new ice cubes falling into the tray. Part and shipping was about $100.00 and repair estimate from Sears was over $300.00. I would definitely order from Appliance Parts Pro again.

I have a fridgedaire refriderator/freezer that I have had problems with from day one. The appliance is really cheaply made. The ice maker would constantly get ice stuck and make a moaning sound, then eventually just stopped working. I ordered a replacement from this company and am very pleased with the customer service. They told me which ice maker was compatable with my model (as the maker changed the model numbers or discontinued, I don't even know). Pretty easy to install. The water was coming out really slowly, so I changed the water filter as well, and it works great now. I would not buy a new Fridgedaire, but if you have one that needs replacement parts, this is the company to order from.

I replaced it.