GSL25KGRBBS General Electric Refrigerator - Instructions

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Ice maker door failed to close letting ice melt
18 of 28 people found this instruction helpful.
  • Larry from Republican City, NE
  • Easy
  • 15 - 30 mins
  • Screw drivers
Removed the front panel on the door that has the ice maker controls. Removed the screws and parts. Reassembled the parts and it works better than new. Ice door closes firmly and holds tight.
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ice auger drive stripped out, solenoid burned out
21 of 38 people found this instruction helpful.
  • Sheila from Robeline, LA
  • Really Easy
  • 15 - 30 mins
  • Screw drivers, Wrench (Adjustable)
removed ice tray, removed drive unit. removed solenoid and replaced, screwed on auger drive. reinstalled drive assembly. replaced ice tray. job done.
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Melted Dispenser Housing Shield with hair dryer trying to thaw out frozen water line
25 of 50 people found this instruction helpful.
  • David from Billings, MT
  • Really Easy
  • 15 - 30 mins
  • Screw drivers
Pull plastic trim piece off refridgerator door,unclip printed circuit board and remove wires unscrew dispenser housing,and remove. Transfer Ice funnel to new dispenser housing with old spring. Reinstall dispenser housing and printed circuit board.
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icemaker developed a leak and froze over
18 of 30 people found this instruction helpful.
  • debbie from chino hills, CA
  • Easy
  • 15 - 30 mins
My husband did the repair, and even though our refrigerator is roughly 20+ years old, he was able to adapt it to work in all the right spots and we now have ice cubes! I'm very happy we did not have to spend $2000 on a comparable refrigerator.
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Broken Ice Bucket Auger, Cracked Crusher Cover, Chipped auger nut
19 of 33 people found this instruction helpful.
  • Robert from Folsom, CA
  • Really Easy
  • 15 - 30 mins
  • Pliers, Screw drivers
I watched the "how-to" video on the website and decided that I needed to disassemble the icemaker first (before ordering parts) so that I could make sure I was ordering all the parts necessary for a complete repair. Good thing I did. I didn't notice the cracked cover and chipped nut until I had the icemaker all apart. I then ordered the n ecessary parts. When they arrived 2 days later, I set up a table near my computer so I could re-assemble the unit as I watched the repair video...pausing the video as necessary. It all went without a hitch and worked perfectly when re-installed in the freezer. **Note: I left the old parts out of the ice bucket while I was waiting for the new ones to arrive...taped up the gaping holes in the ice bucket with blue painter's masking tape and re-installed the bucket in the freezer with the icemaker on...so I could still manually retrieve ice out of the bucket. I left the switch on the front of the freezer door in the "water" position to remind me that I couldn't dispense ice. Water dispensing worked fine. The video is the key. Impossible to make a mistake if you pay attention.
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Switch failed on which kept the refrigerator warm due to heat generatered by light bulbs.
19 of 33 people found this instruction helpful.
  • Terry from Simi Valley, CA
  • Really Easy
  • Less than 15 mins
  • Pliers, Screw drivers
While the switch did last for 9 years, the design is poor due to the failure mode. The failure should be to fail off or not able to turn on the lights which would be inconvenient but would not warm the refrigerator contents. Arcing at the contacts eventually caused the switch to "weld" closed. It is not obvious that this is occurring s o it took some time to recognize why the temp inside the ref was high while the freezer was OK. Replacing the switch was easy once it was recognized as the problem. All that was required to replace the switch was to remove the screws holding a fiber cover and then pulling off the aluminum cap which covered the switches. Unplug the switch an squeeze the keeper on the switch to release it and pull down. Pop the replacement switch in place and plug the wires harness back in. All in all it took much less time to replace than it has to write this up. T Pope
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"Moaning Myrtle" syndrome. Refrigerator makes a whooing sound for hours at a time
13 of 15 people found this instruction helpful.
  • Stephen from Spring, TX
  • Easy
  • Less than 15 mins
  • Nutdriver
Checked the internet for reports of similar problems and concluded that it was probably the main control board. Not being particularly handy, I would never have attempted to change the board myself if I had not read the comments and instructions from people on this site. Thanks.

The job was as straight forward as others have described. The only time I had a problem was pushing in the white tab to be able to pull the old board out. That was a bit of a fiddle.

The only thing I found different was the grounding wire. On the original board, this wire was at the bottom of the board and hooked into a wire that ran into the refrigerator. On the new board, the wire was at the top of the board and had a metal loop on it. If I understand it correctly, with the new grounding system the wire is pushed into the space above the board. Then when the back plate is reattached the metal loop makes contact with it , thus grounding the refrigerator.
I chose to run the grounding wire through the original wire into the refrigerator. That meant cutting off the metal loop, slicing in an extra piece of wire to connect the grounding wire on the board to the grounding wire into the refrigerator.

I also now use a surge suppressor for the refrigerator. The “Moaning Myrtle” syndrome started after Hurricane Ike. I suspect the surge when the power was restored damaged the control board. And as so many people seem to have this “Moaning Myrtle” problem, I suspect the control board has little or no surge protection.
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missing top hinges
16 of 24 people found this instruction helpful.
  • john from muskegon, MI
  • Really Easy
  • Less than 15 mins
  • Screw drivers
all the right parts came lightning fast. piece of cake.
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Loud knocking noise with the evaporator fan
13 of 15 people found this instruction helpful.
  • lk from carlsbad, CA
  • Easy
  • 15 - 30 mins
  • Nutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers
I had taken the noise long enough and wanted to get this repaired. I didn't want to pay a repair man hundreds of dollars to do it so i decided to do it myself. I went on to YouTube and found a few videos that showed me how easy it was to do (very helpful).

I wasn't so sure all that noise would come from the Evaporator Fan mot or so i ordered it and took the chance. For the small cost, it was worth the try.

All went well accessing the unit and removing the old part. Very fast indeed. However, the snag came when i went to plug in the new part electrical to the existing electrical adapters. The old part had 4 lead connections. The new part had 6. and the wires on the new part were different colors than the existing. I had to use some logic and courage to cut the wires on the new part and rewire the old adapter to this piece. Luckily, i wired everything correctly.

Calling Part Select got me a phone number for the parts manufacturer to help with the splicing but i opted to do it on my own.

The result is i have a noiseless refrigerator again. What should have taken 10 to 15 minutes took half an hour because of the wiring but overall, very easy.
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fridge wouldn't cool, frozen food thawed
15 of 21 people found this instruction helpful.
  • John from Milford, UT
  • Easy
  • 30 - 60 mins
First my wife and i took the panel off the back, unscrewed the old mainboard, unplugged all the switches from it and prayed that the new one would work. We were without a fridge for 2 weeks beginning 2 days before Christmas!!!!! Gingerly, we put the new board in place, screwed it into the fridge, connected the switches, attached the gro und wire, and held our breath as we plugged it back in. Within seconds, the familiar sound of water filling the icemaker was hear and there were cheers all around!!!
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plastic from auger [front] had broken
12 of 13 people found this instruction helpful.
  • noah l. from crestview, FL
  • Easy
  • 30 - 60 mins
  • Pliers, Screw drivers
removed the depenser or ice collecter disassyble,replace the new auger and install the collecter tray in freezer.the bulbs i got was for use as i needed,at a later date i have not been able to fine the ice and water depenser bulbs on the open market.
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Replaced dispenser auger.
13 of 16 people found this instruction helpful.
  • Brenda from Peoria, IL
  • A Bit Difficult
  • 15 - 30 mins
  • Pliers, Screw drivers
Read your instructions, which were very helpful, and followed them to install. It took a while for me to realize that the threaded cap at the end of the auger was a left-hand thread. Other than that, I had no problems.
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Ice maker ot making ice
18 of 31 people found this instruction helpful.
  • Barry from Phoenix, AZ
  • Easy
  • 15 - 30 mins
  • Nutdriver
First I replaced the double valve because the ice maker was not filling with water. It still did not work. Then I replaced the ice maker itself. This worked and was relatively easy to replace. I had to use the water fill "slide" from the old ice maker. The new one was too narrow and it leaked water into the freezer.
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It was the crusher dispenser cover, not the bucket. Anyway, it was broken
18 of 31 people found this instruction helpful.
  • Melvin from Duffield, VA
  • Really Easy
  • Less than 15 mins
  • Screw drivers
used a phillips screw driver to remove two screws that held
the crusher assembly on the end of the ice bucket. Then I used the flat blade screw driver to pry the slot locks open and removed the dispenser cover. reassembly was areverse process.
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support clip broken.
16 of 25 people found this instruction helpful.
  • Arturo from Killeen, TX
  • Easy
  • Less than 15 mins
  • Screw drivers
After figuring out how to remove the old broken clip, replacement was easy. Had to use a small putty knife to open the release on the bottom underside of the clip(between the clip & the refrig) . By looking at the replacement piece it was easy to figure out.
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