My washer won't pump out..

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tiffnzacsmom

Discussion Starter · Nov 11, 2008

Guys you came in handy to me once before so I'm hoping you can again. I have an older Kenmore 60 series washer, model 110.92060110, and the other week it quit pumping the water out. It spins, agitates, fills and everything else. I tried to look up on line how to fix it and maybe I'm doing the wrong searches but I can't find much to match this machine. I went to Searsparts and it doesn't appear to have a belt so not sure what it is I need to get it fixed and if its even worth it or should I call the scrap guy and take the little bit I get towards getting a new one. The dryer went about the same time but I have a line so not worrying about it.

Thanks

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morrowsmowers

· #2 · Nov 11, 2008

Could be a jammed pump or the pump needs to be replaced. I once worked on a new washer that just stopped pumping. Found a piece of wood about the size of a match stick jamming the impeller of the pump. A lot of time the pump just stops working and can be replaced entirely. Probably not a real expensive part and you just need labor to put it in if you can find repair instructions. You'll have to decide if the price of the part is justified for the age of the machine.

Ken in Glassboro, NJ

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tiffnzacsmom

Discussion Starter · #3 · Nov 11, 2008

Thanks Ken. I ran it past the guy who does the stuff that I can't figure out and he's going to try to drop by soon to look at it for me.

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stranger

· #4 · Nov 11, 2008

tiffnzacsmom said:
Guys you came in handy to me once before so I'm hoping you can again. I have an older Kenmore 60 series washer, model 110.92060110, and the other week it quit pumping the water out. It spins, agitates, fills and everything else. I tried to look up on line how to fix it and maybe I'm doing the wrong searches but I can't find much to match this machine. I went to Searsparts and it doesn't appear to have a belt so not sure what it is I need to get it fixed and if its even worth it or should I call the scrap guy and take the little bit I get towards getting a new one. The dryer went about the same time but I have a line so not worrying about it.

Thanks

try http://www.repairclinic.com/SmartSearch/smartsearch.aspx

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CindyLou62

· #5 · Nov 11, 2008

Same thing happened to me. It was a pair of "He-Man" underwear of my 3 year old son stuck in the water pump.:shrug:

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OntarioMan

· #6 · Nov 12, 2008

Some washers have a drain filter - basically protecting the pump. My last "clog" was a face cloth which somehow managed to find its way into the filter.

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raymilosh

· #7 · Nov 20, 2008

On an older sears washer of mine, it was the "wig wag." I'm not kidding.
(When my friend Ed first told me it ws my wig wag, i thought he was kidding, too.)
Tilt up the washer and turn it on and look for a vertical shaft sticking out the bottom that rotates back and forth. It has a flat plate attached to its bottom that has what looks like 2 little electric motors attached to it. Each one is about half the size of a c sized battery. (they're not really motors, they're electromagnetic switches)
The switches are turned on or off electrically and when that happens, they push or pull on levers that operate things like the spin cycle, the agitator and the water pump that empties the tub.

If you look and you do see a wig wag (when you see it operate, you'll know why its called a wig wag, by the way) have someone turn the knob on the washer so that it runs through its cycles. You will see and hear the electric motors turn on or off with a sharp clack each time it gets to a different cycle and it will immediately grab and push or pull a lever. when it gets to the place where it should be draining, notice whether or not you see and hear the wig wag's switch turn on. When it turns on, you will see a lever move and the water pump will begin to spin via a belt, most likely. If you do see the pump begin to move, the problem is in the pump or the drain. If not, then it is the electromagnetic switch on the wig wag. Replace the wig wag. they're between $20 and $40.

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