Got the cover off, capacitor discharged, unit unplugged but for life of me can't figure out how to remove the bottom micro switch. See it's held in by 2 tabs and it rotates on a pin but how to remove it without breaking something plastic ???
You are right at the bottom of the door there are screws you can take out if they are not there go to the bottom of the microwave and take the bottom off and replace the magnets or tighten them up
SOURCE: Door Latch has broken plastic tab
The door latch assembly comes as one piece. It would actually be much simpler to purchase the new latch and replace the whole assembly instead of trying to put pieces and parts back inside a latch that may or may not work after all your hard effort. If you decide to replace the latch, follow these steps: 1. Unplug the machine. 2. Remove the lower kick plate panel if you like (this can help you reach the latch from a couple of different angles). 3. Open door and feel around the rubber door boot for a wire hoop. At the bottom of the door open is a tension spring. Pull the spring apart and remove the wire hoop from the groove. 4. Gently lift the rubber boot from the groove around the door opening and push inside the machine so you can access the inside of the casing. 5. The door latch assembly is located inside the case on the right-hand side. There should be a couple of wire connectors going to it (remember how they come off). Be careful with the wires, they are small and can break. 6. Unplug the wire connectors and remove the three screws holding the latch in place from the outside of the casing. 7. There should also be a plastic retainer holding the latch in place. Remove latch from retainer. 8. Install new door latch by placing it in the plastic retainer, first. 9. Plug wires connectors in. 10. Re-install the three door latch screws. 11. Re-install rubber door boot around the door opening. Make sure it is properly seated in the groove. 12. Reinsert wire hoop. starting at the top of the door opening, carefully push the wire hoop into the groove and work your way all the way around the bottom where the tension spring would be. (A second set of hands to hold the wire hoop in replace would be handy at this point). 13. Pull tension spring apart and snap into groove. Done. Hopefully this will take care of your problems. Of course, you may not like the idea of having to purchase a whole new door latch assembly, or the effort required to remove and replace. But, it sure beats trying to rebuild the old one. I hope this helps.
SOURCE: heats but tray does not rotate...
This one does not have a turntable shutoff option, which is available most commonly on over the range models.
You likely have a bad turntable motor or turntable support (the 3-legged part with rollers).
If yours is a Dacor DMT2420, it is essentially a rebranded Sharp model R440DK/DW / R540DK/DW.
There was an issue with the original turntable motor on these Sharps.
The new Sharp turntable motor kit is part # RMOTDA264/KIT and they are available from Tritronics at http://www.wehaveparts.com
I cannot guarantee that this is the correct Sharp part for this Dacor, but I believe it is, based on the other parts being the same.
Another thing to be sure of is that your turntable support does not have a cracked coupler (the part that connects to the motor) and you need to be sure the legs are straight.
Sometimes heat and weight cause the legs to bend so that the coupler will no longer go down far enough to make contact with the motor shaft.
To fix these, I use a gas stove burner or torch to heat up the area where the legs connect to the hub, then I turn it upside down with a weight on the hub / coupler and leave it until it cools.
This straightens the legs back, and you can do this once or twice before you have to replace the support. But if the support is cracked or charred, it needs to be replaced.
The Sharp turntable support part number is FROLPB025MRK0 and it's also available from Tritronics.
If you don't want to take the chance, the Dacor part numbers are:
66245 motor Ref # 1-11
66184 support Ref # 6-3
But it will depend on your supplier as to whether these are original parts prone to failure or the new and improved parts.
You can order the Dacor parts from sources listed here:
http://ww1.dacor.com/findus/PartsDistr.asp
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SOURCE: Turntable does not rotate when switched 'on'.
K, I'm not familiar with that particular stereo unit but there were a lot of stereos from years gone past that used a turntable made by BSR. When you activate the switch to start the turntable listen closely to the record platter for a hum or possibly the sound of a motor turning (they're quite quiet). Is the switch lever you pull rectangular made of black plastic, you pull it towards you one click to start the record and pull it one step further (spring loaded) to make the tone arm lift from the record automatically? Just want to make sure I'm talking about the right turntable before we continue.
SOURCE: The vaccum has been cleaned and checked but the
3 on the front and one on the back. where the belt runs
SOURCE: Removing front cover to fix non-closing dispenser door
If your talking about the disp/foutain cover for the ice door chute not closeing problem heres how its done.
1 That cover is plastic and plastic flexs.
2 There should be two notches in the bottom area of cover. Insert flattip screwdriver in either one and pry out towards you. Bottom should pop off and top then slides up of tabs in door.
you can also try pushing down on top of disp cover when prying at bottom or pressing down really hard on fountain cover till part sortof flexs/slides down a milimetter and pulling towards you. The pressing down and pulling is down at bottom of cover inside disping area.
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