Freezer Compartment Freezer Temperature Control; Light Switch, Light Socket; Freezer Back Panel; Defrost Terminator (Thermostat) - Amana 18 Cu. Ft Service

Disassembly Procedures
To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury, or death, disconnect electrical power source to unit, unless test
procedures require power to be connected. Discharge capacitor through a resistor before attempting to service.
Ensure all ground wires are connected before certifying unit as repaired and/or operational.
Freezer Compartment
Freezer Temperature Control
1. Pull control knob down and out of unit. Retain.
2. Find one cover mounting screw in space vacated by
control knob. Remove mounting screw and cover.
Retain all parts.
3. Remove control-bracket mounting screws. Retain
4. Noting color and location of all wires, disconnect
wires from control mechanism. Remove mechanism
and mounting bracket from unit.
5. Remove mounting screws from control mechanism.
Separate mechanism from bracket. Retain screws.

Light Switch, Light Socket

1. Remove mounting screws from rear edge of light
shield. Pull light shield back and down, out of unit.
Remove light bulb and retain all parts.
2. With putty knife covered with tape to protect plastic
surface, pry light switch out of cabinet liner.
3. When light switch is free of compartment liner,
remove wires from light switch. Remove light switch
from unit.
4. Remove mounting screws from rear edge of light
housing. Pull housing back and down, remove wires
from back of housing and remove housing from unit.

Freezer Back Panel

1. Loosen screws that mount icemaker to freezer
compartment walls.
2. Pull icemaker gently away from wall of compartment.
As you do so, work fill cup free of fill tube. Unplug
icemaker electrical connector and remove icemaker
from unit.
3. Loosen and remove screws that hold 2 shelf glides in
place at left and right sides of compartment. Pull front
end of each glide away from the wall and in, toward
center of compartment. That motion frees tabs at
back ends of glides from slots in compartment walls.
Pull glides free of slots and remove glides.
NOTE: Freezer compartment should now be empty and
walls should be clear of anything that will
obstruct removal of back panel.
1. If unit has no icemaker loosen mounting screw from
icemaker connection cover. Remove mounting screw
and cover.
2. Near icemaker connections, in left side of freezer
compartment, two plastic buttons cover holes for
mounting icemaker. Loosen screws that hold buttons
in place. Remove screws and buttons.
3. Loosen and remove screws that hold 2 shelf glides in
place at left and right sides of compartment.
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4. Pull front end of each glide away from the wall and in,
toward center of compartment. That motion frees
tabs at back ends of glides from slots in compartment
walls. Pull glides free of slots and remove glides.
NOTE: Freezer compartment should now be empty and
walls should be clear of anything that will
obstruct removal of back panel.
Evaporator Fan, Evaporator Motor
1. Loosen and remove screws that hold evaporator
cover to back of compartment. Pop icemaker plug
free of evaporator cover and remove evaporator
cover from compartment.
2. Remove screws that anchor evaporator fan bracket to
back wall of compartment. Pull fan and bracket out of
place as a unit and turn or roll them as necessary to
ease access to wiring and electrical connections.
3. Free fan bracket from wiring harness by using
needle-nosed pliers to pull out plastic clips.
4. Unplug electrical connectors from bracket and fan
motor. Remove bracket and motor from unit.
5. Separate bracket and motor by removing screws that
mount fan to bracket.
6. Pull plastic fan off motor shaft.

Defrost Terminator (Thermostat)

1. Terminator is fastened to evaporator tubing with a
spring clip.
2. Snap terminator off tubing and unplug wire
connectors.
3. Remove terminator from unit.

Defrost Heater

1. Remove screws that secure left and right air dams to
back wall of unit.
2. Cut plastic ties that hold evaporator heater leads to
wiring harness. Unplug evaporator heater from wiring
harness at both sides of unit.
3. Grip evaporator tubing at left and right sides and tug
evaporator sharply forward. Evaporator will pop out of
plastic clips that hold it to back wall of unit. Then roll
bottom of evaporator forward and up, exposing
evaporator heater in its location amid fins at bottom
of evaporator.
4. Taking care to notice how and where they are
placed, remove spring clips that hold heater into
evaporator fins.
5. Pull evaporator heater out of evaporator fins, being
careful that heater electrical leads do not snag on air
dams, evaporator fins, tubing or other object.
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