Whirlpool Automatic Ice Maker Installation Guide download pdf (Page 9)

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Top/bottom freezer models

Refer to the side diagram for the following

steps.

1. On models with a open-top ice maker

fill tube and wiring cover, remove the

screw from the ice maker wiring cover.

Squeeze top and bottom to loosen snaps.

Remove and discard ice maker

wiring cover.

On models with a flat cover, remove the

screw from the ice maker wiring cover.

Unhook the right side tab from the edge of

the back cover. Remove ice maker wiring

cover.

Look at the back side of the flat wiring

cover and note the grooved lines. Use a

pair of pliers and bend the areas inside

the grooved lines back and forth until they

break away from the wiring cover.

Refer to the side diagram for the following

steps.

2. Pull the 4-wire ice maker harness out from

behind the freezer’s back cover as far as

possible, and hang it over the edge of the

cutout. Do not remove any other wiring

from the cutout.

3. Slide the plastic fill tube extension over

the end of the fill tube as far as it will go

(see DETAIL A). Note: The plastic fill tube

extension is not required for models with

open-top fill tube.

4. Flat wiring cover: Install the wiring cover

over the fill tube with the wiring harness

through the slot. Hook the tab in the side

of the wiring cover into the slot in the back

cover of the freezer, and secure the cover

with the screw you removed earlier (see

DETAIL B).

Installing the short fill tube extension

and reinstalling the wiring cover

Cover

Removing wiring cover with open-top fill tube

Open top

fill tube

Snaps

Snap

Hex screw

Mounting hole

Hex screw

Tab

Break off

and discard.

Mounting

hole

Wiring

cover

DETAIL B

DETAIL A

Route harness

through slot and fill

tube through hole

Hex screw

Tab

Mounting

hole

Edge of

cover

Short

fill tube

extension

Fill

tube

Wiring

harness

Removing the flat wiring cover

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