Whirlpool WRT138FFD Installation Instructions - Page 7

Side-by-side models

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Side-by-side models Refer to the side diagram for the following steps. You will be working inside the freezer compartment. 1. Remove the phillips screw from the ice maker wiring cover and remove the cover. 2. Refer to DETAIL A, and with a pair of pliers, break away the tabs from the wiring cover and discard them. 3. Insert the blade of a small screwdriver under the edge of the round hole plug for the fill tube, (located at the back of the freezer liner), and pry it out. You can discard the plug. Insert pin into hole Hole Pin Wiring harness DETAIL A Wiring cover Hole cover Slot Phillips screw Insert tab Tab into slot Refer to the side diagram for the following steps. You will be working on the outside at the rear of the cabinet. 1. In the upper right corner of the cabinet, peel off the label that is over the fill tube hole. 2. Pull the foam insert out of the fill tube hole and discard it. Refer to the side diagram for the following steps. 1. Locate the fill tube and the round foam gasket from the ice maker kit (the gasket may already be installed on the fill tube). If not already done, slide the gasket over the end of the fill tube. 2. Insert the fill tube through the hole in the rear of the refrigerator with the spout facing down, and secure it with two 1⁄2" hex-head sheet-metal screws. Break off and discard Ice maker wiring cover Remove this label for Ice Maker installation Label Foam insert Removing the label and foam plug 1⁄2" hex-head sheet-metal screws Spout Foam gasket Fill tube Installing the fill tube/gasket 7

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Side-by-side models
Refer to the side diagram for the
following steps. You will be working
inside the freezer compartment.
1.
Remove the phillips screw from the ice maker wiring cover
and remove the cover.
2.
Refer to DETAIL A, and with a pair of pliers, break away the
tabs from the wiring cover and discard them.
3.
Insert the blade of a small screwdriver under the edge of the
round hole plug for the fill tube, (located at the back of the
freezer liner), and pry it out. You can discard the plug.
Refer to the side diagram for the following steps. You will be
working on the outside at the rear of the cabinet.
1.
In the upper right corner of the cabinet, peel off the label that
is over the fill tube hole.
2.
Pull the foam insert out of the fill tube hole and discard it.
Refer to the side diagram for the following steps.
1.
Locate the fill tube and the round foam gasket from the ice
maker kit (the gasket may already be installed on the fill
tube). If not already done, slide the gasket over the end of
the fill tube.
2.
Insert the fill tube through the hole in the rear of the
refrigerator with the spout facing down, and secure it with
two 1⁄2" hex-head sheet-metal screws.
DETAIL A
Hole cover
Slot
Phillips
screw
Tab
Insert tab
into slot
Pin
Hole
Wiring
harness
Break off and discard
Wiring
cover
Insert pin
into hole
Ice maker wiring cover
Foam insert
Label
Remove
this label
for Ice Maker
installation
Removing the label and foam plug
Spout
Fill tube
Foam
gasket
1
/
2
" hex-head
sheet-metal
screws
Installing the fill tube/gasket