Whirlpool WPW10190965 Refrigerator Ice Maker Kit OEM Part

I watched the AppliancePartsPros.com video, which made the replacement of an ice maker look pretty easy. The only problem was that my existing wiring harness was affixed to the inside of my refrigerator, whereas in the video, the existing cord was shown as readily disconnectable, so I was unsure how to proceed. Then I saw a comment by another user, expressing the same issue. The AppliancePartsPros representative advised the consumer simply to retain and use the existing, affixed wiring harness for use with the new ice maker (which I had contemplated as a solution, but was unsure until I read that post). So I proceeded as follows: (a) unscrewed the bottom screw holding the old ice maker to the refrigerator wall, (b) loosened the top 2 screws holding the old ice maker to the refrigerator wall, (c) lifted the ice maker gently off the top 2 screws and away from the wall of the refrigerator, (d) disconnected the existing wiring harness from the old ice maker (using a screw driver to push down on the clip), and removed the old ice maker from the refrigerator, (e) removed the bail arm from the old ice maker and attached it to the new ice maker, (f) connected the existing wiring harness to the new ice maker, (g) attached the new ice maker to the wall of the refrigerator on the top 2 screws and tightened the screws, (h) inserted and tightened the bottom screw, (i) I had a special "Magic Ice Plus" device (which accelerates the ice production) in place of a cover, so I simply pushed that device onto the newly installed ice maker, and it fit great, (j) I re-inserted the ice bucket and shelf, (k) looked at what I had just done and wondered, "Did I just do that", and (k) prayed. Literally, within an hour, ice was falling into the ice bucket, and I started smiling.

I did troubleshooting, such as verifying a water line was in place to the ice maker. There was water in the door that worked fine. Also replaced the water filter, and tried adjusting the wire arm (bale), but nothing worked. So I found your ice maker replacement video on YouTube, ordered part # W10190965, and followed directions to remove the old and install the new part. There was partial, immediate success: water flowed into the ice cube tray and froze. I had trouble with the bale staying in the up position, which caused some ice dams to form, and water to overflow a couple of times, and so did additional research online. I tried adjusting the water flow, but taking off the front, white cover, and turning the plastic screw a half turn clockwise. This helped the ice dams, but did not automate ice making. The real problem was that I had to re-use the old bale - the wire arm that tells the freezer when to stop producing ice - and it was too tight. The plastic receptacle in the back of the ice maker was also different, which contributed to the tight fit. So I had to manually lower the bale every time ice was ready, or it wouldn't flip out and refill the tray with water. I read online that you could pull the bale out of the back slot, and keep the front in. This worked great!! The ice maker is totally automatic now. One word of caution - don't remove the bale from the front portion, as that's the timer mechanism that tells the ice maker when cubes are frozen and ready to flip. As a 50-something woman who is pretty handy, this was still a challenge to troubleshoot. Removing the old icemaker and installing the new one was actually the easy part! The videos were very helpful.

I first noticed a few months back that our ice was dirty sometimes, then it got to where there was always a frozen dirty icecicle drip towards the front, then it totally quit working. Our refrigerator is nowhere near new (8 years old) but otherwise works perfectly, but I wasn't about to use a repairman and spend $200+ on the fridge (that's the approximate quote I received when I called to ask a repair service). I did some investigating and noticed that the silver tube on the underside of the icemaker was rusted through (no idea what that component is called). We also found that the insulating trapdoor in the in-door panel (where the ice comes out of the door) was stuck open, which may be why the icemaker was defrosting at the front and making icecicles. We ordered both replacement parts from appliancepartspros.com and received them within two business days. I installed the icemaker last night and was happy to find ice in the bin this morning. It was super-easy and took me less than ten minutes. I followed the video and used the existing wire harness (mine is integrated into the freezer wall and cannot be removed). We currently have the in-door panel taped off with some insulating material, so I need to disassemble that piece of rigging and install the new door components tonight. Very happy with appliancepartspros and the manufacturer replacement parts I received! Thanks! (P.S.--I am a woman with minimal electric/mechanic knowledge. It really doesn't take a genius to watch the videos and follow the instructions!)

I had changed this icemaker roughly 4 years ago, also with an icemaker purchased here at Appliance Parts Pros. This time, my wife alerted me that there was a big chunk of ice in the ice bin. I looked and saw that it was being caused by water dripping out of my icemaker. I got an inspection mirror, and found that the last half-moon ice section on the icemaker, closest to the door, looked corroded and had no more Teflon (or whatever it is) coating. I unplugged the fridge, got a quarter inch nut driver, and removed the bottom connector. I loosened the two top screws that it hangs on, unhooked it, and slowly brought it out. I removed the front square white cover from the icemaker, and pushed the connector tab in with a small flat-head screwdriver. That's it. Three screws, simple. Appliance Parts Pros has an excellent video showing the entire simple process. The only thing I had to do differently, was to take a pair of wire cutters and snip two little tiny protrusions off the stock connector. Even though it comes with additional/different wiring pigtails, my original worked fine except that it wouldn't 'lock in' to the icemaker because those two tiny tabs prevented it from going in far enough to 'click' and lock in. The fact that I just changed this 4 years ago doesn't bother me; apparently that's all you can expect from an icemaker these days. AppliancePartsPros always has my parts in stock for a good price, and gets them to me in two days using 'Standard' shipping. One other thing - when I entered my fridge's model number into the "appliance compatibility tool" on the icemaker's page, it says "Sorry, this part is not compatible. See parts for ED5FHEXNQ00"... but it does in fact fit perfectly, and this is my second one.

Watched repair instruction and removed old ice maker. Old harness plugged into side wall of freezer and did not seem to be removable so I use original harness with new ice maker. Plugged it in, attached new ice maker and started getting ice the next day.