Fixed my French door, bottom freezer refrigerator yesterday.

[Kaleva]

The freezer was maintaining temperature but the refrigerator was getting warm and I noted that there was no cold air blowing into the fridge even though it was running. My wife said it had made a noise earlier. I unplugged the fridge and removed all contents to the freezers and refrigerator in the basement. As it was late, I went to bed and planned on working on it the next morning.

The next day, I plugged the fridge back in and there was no air being blown into the fridge. I also heard a noise in the freezer compartment where the evaporator coil and fan would be. Thinking the fan could be shot, I unplugged the fridge again and looked on line for videos that would instruct me on how to access the blower. I didn't fin any that was specific for the GE model I had but saw enough to give me an idea on how to do it. It took awhile but I was able to get my way back to the cover and when I popped the cover off, I immediately saw the problem. The fan blade had come off the motor shaft. Looking at the fan blade, I saw that it was a compression ring that held it to the shaft so I simply pushed the fan blade back on the shaft. I gently pulled back on the fan blade assembly and it remained firm in place. Putting everything back in place was a heck of a lot easier and quicker then figuring out how to take it apart.

I plugged the fridge back in and when I heard the evaporator fan assembly kick in, I could feel the air being blown into the fridge. I shut the doors and in a few hours the fridge and freezer had dropped to normal temps so I put the food back in.

With the help of YouTube videos, I've been able to fix the dishwasher, microwave, dryer, washing machine , laptop, snow blower and now the fridge.

[soothsayer]

1. Nice!

[Hoyt]

2. YouTube is great for that stuff. Had a microwave that stopped.

Looked it up on YouTube. The guy said the wiring often shorted out at a certain location and to put a piece of cardboard between the wiring harnesses.

Worked perfect, at least until house burns down. I’ve used it for car repairs and plumbing too.

[procon]

3. I cleaned out my front load washer filter thanks

to a DIY YouTube video. Terrible engineering design provided no easy exterior access to the filter. The only way to get at it is to remove the door, the entire front panel and the whole top cover. What a mess! Took me most of the day, but at least the cats tried to help.

[Kaleva]

5. That was the problem I had with my washing machine.

One would think they'd put an access panel to get at it but I had to do the same thing you did plus the dryer was stacked on top of the washer so I had to lift that off first.

[c-rational]

4. YouTube is great. I recently fixed my levelor blinds where the tilt wand did not work and the

blinds were drooping to one side. Toughest part was taking them down and opening it up, but once there it was simply a matter of reinserting a barrel cylinder attached to the cord and it works like new. Most satisfying.