Need advice on fixing my washing machine. I know whats wrong just need help fixing it

[mike208]

I have an estate washer which stopped running and the drum is still filled with water. There was a burnt smell, which I have traced to a wire that came loose in the connector that connects to the motor. If you click the link below you can see the motor int he center of the picture, with the white palstic electric connector on its right side. This is where the wire came loose. I don't see how to reconnect the wire while the metal connector is inside the plastic piece. There is no way to crimp it. But I don't know if you can remove the connector and out it back in. Ultimately I would like to possibly just buy a new connector as this one must have broken a while ago and the wire on the bottom is just sitting loose, not inside the plastic. Any suggestions on how to fix it? Can you buy these connectors anywhere? Should I just pull all the wires from the connector and wire them individually?

http://www.partselect.com/JustForFun/images/WasherCoupler2.jpg

 

[grohl]

you tube is your friend

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Have you tried contacting Whirlpool?

 

[jagec]

If you pull the plastic connector and have steady hands, you can sometimes use a jeweler's screwdriver to remove the metal crimp connection that connects the wire on one side to the pin (when plugged in) on the other, re-crimp and solder the wire, push it back into the connector, and then plug the connector back in.

 

[DrPizza]

I'd be a little concerned with the burnt smell. I wouldn't think that a wire simply coming loose is going to have a burnt smell. Though, I suppose that at first, when it's 99% loose, there might still be a bit of a connection with high resistance that leads to excessive heating.

But, are you certain that it simply came loose (which seems unusual for appliances) rather than there was a short somewhere that caused excessive heating at that connector, resulting in the wire falling loose after some plastic got hot?

 

[mike208]

If you pull the plastic connector and have steady hands, you can sometimes use a jeweler's screwdriver to remove the metal crimp connection that connects the wire on one side to the pin (when plugged in) on the other, re-crimp and solder the wire, push it back into the connector, and then plug the connector back in.

I wasn't sure if the connector would seat back in the plastic correctly if I pulled it loose.

It looks to me like the wire probably worked its way loose slowly causing the heat, while it was still passing current, to singe the plastic some until it finally worked its way all the way loose. But I could be wrong. I may heva professional come look at it or maybe just replace the whole thing, it is kind of old.