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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony" data-source="post: 159421" data-attributes="member: 1">The Washing Machine Drama... Continued... In the last post about the washing machine I had replaced the two bad capacitors on the CCU which I was sure was the issue with the washer. Before it was the APS, but I replaced that again to no avail. In the last post on the subject, I noted that the drain pump was "locking up". I guess locking up was not a good term as it was still spinning freely so it wasn't actually locked up. But, what I did notice is on the second load the motor was getting quite hot. Remember, we purchased these machines (washer and dryer) over 10 years ago and even then, the only reason we were able to afford them back then was because they were a display model. So in all reality, we have gotten our moneys worth out of them. With all that said though, we just don't have $1500+ to replace this set. Yes, it has to be replaced as a set! I can NOT have a mismatched set in my laundry room. No way! So I have to keep repairing this one. As stated, I replaced the APS (Analog Pressure Sensor for those that didn't read. TLDR, I know lol) and that little puppy cost me $65!!! This is a little sensor that reads pressure from the water in the drum. To put it into perspective, the CCU, the BRAIN of the machine is only $50 used. Granted the APS was brand new but still... So the APS is new, the CCU is fixed and I'm still getting the F35 and the suds error. This is when I started thinking pump because it would always push the code when the drain pump kicked in. That is when I put my hand around it and felt just how hot it was getting. IMO, it was pulling too many amps thus causing it to push a code for suds (H.E. machines hate suds) when it should have been pushing something like an F21 error which is a long drain error, but it would do it within 30 seconds and a long drain error only happens after 18 minutes of draining and not seeing any change from the APS.... Anyway, I digress. I ordered a new drain pump and it came with the little lint trap and everything (thankfully because the new pump will not fit the old housing) and the pump and housing, everything, was only $25. I put it in and did the only load of laundry I had and everything worked pretty well. No codes and it finished the load without issue. But, when the drain pump was cold, it would always finish the first load. This all was last weekend on my one day off I had before having to leave back out to the road. Yesterday was a horrible day for me (sitting around doing nothing but waiting on a load..) and when the wife called me later last night I was explaining my day (week) which in short was absolutely horrible. Then the words came out of her mouth.... "So I did some washing today"I was ready for it. I was going to come home, throw the washer out of the back door and beat the ever loving crap out of it with the front bucket on my tractor. "I washed multiple loads of laundry back to back and the washer never tossed out a single code"So yea, that made my day a little better knowing I didn't have to come home and abuse a malfunctioning appliance lmao. For now at least, the Washing Machine Saga has come to an end. Hopefully for a while.</blockquote>

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