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Raylo · 03-08-2008, 02:23 PM

This was easier than I thought, no disassembly required. There are 2 screws on the right side of the washer top in the opening to the tub. Remove those and the switch and its water cover just come down. Unclip the 2 leads, pop in the new switch, and reverse the process. The only thing I found tricky at all was that I had to get the screws started in the switch body first, then pop the water cover on, and finally snug the screws up. After the fact I looked at the new rocker that came with my switch and it was a better design than the OEM one that I reused. It would have made the reassembly a bit easier had I used it.

I found the part at my local Sears service enter. They had a wall with bins of all sorts of washer and dryer parts. They had a bunch of these.

BTW, the new part number is 279347.

03-08-2008, 02:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
Raylo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 273 OS: XP Desktop, Vista HP Notebook, XP Notebook	Did mine today This was easier than I thought, no disassembly required. There are 2 screws on the right side of the washer top in the opening to the tub. Remove those and the switch and its water cover just come down. Unclip the 2 leads, pop in the new switch, and reverse the process. The only thing I found tricky at all was that I had to get the screws started in the switch body first, then pop the water cover on, and finally snug the screws up. After the fact I looked at the new rocker that came with my switch and it was a better design than the OEM one that I reused. It would have made the reassembly a bit easier had I used it. I found the part at my local Sears service enter. They had a wall with bins of all sorts of washer and dryer parts. They had a bunch of these. BTW, the new part number is 279347.