Whirlpool ECKMF94 Installation Guide - Page 14

Mounting, ice maker - model

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Mounting the ice maker Refer to the side diagram for the following step. 1. Look at the ice maker's fill cup and note that the rear of the cup has a "U" shaped groove (either of the sides may also be grooved). Use your fingers, (or a pair of pliers, if it is easier), and remove only the rear "knock-out" from the cup. Bend the area back and forth inside the groove until it breaks free. The fill tube will fit through this cutout when you install the ice maker. Remove knockout Removing the knockout Refer to the side diagram for the following /-' DETAlLA . steps. 1 SXS MODELS W hex-head 1. Remove and discard the blank connector from the wiring harness. To remove it, lift the locking arm on the side of the blank connector so it is over the tab of the wiring harness connector, and pull the blank connector off. 2. Insert the end of a small-bladed screwdriver under the edges of each of the three ice maker mounting hole plugs in the side of the freezer liner, and pry them out of their holes. You can discard the plugs. 3. For Top/Bottom Freezers Only: Partially install two %" hex-head sheet-metal screws into the two top mounting holes (shown in the diagram) of the freezer liner. You will hang the ice maker over these two screws later, so make sure that they protrude out far enough. PlYJet' 1 Lift locking arm over tab I Blank connector a (remove and discard) Installing Wring harness -1 connector the ice maker clips 4. For Side-By-Side Models Only: Refer to DETAIL A and mount the two mounting clips (from the ice maker kit) to the top mounting holes of the freezer liner with two S'hex-head sheet-metal screws. Make sure that both clips hang straight down and then tighten the screws. 14

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Mounting
the
ice maker
Refer to the side diagram for the following
step.
1. Look at the ice maker’s fill cup and note
that the rear of the cup has a “U” shaped
groove (either of the sides may also be
grooved). Use your fingers, (or a pair of
pliers, if it is easier), and remove only the
rear “knock-out” from the cup. Bend the
area back and forth inside the groove until it
breaks free. The fill tube will fit through this
cutout when you install the ice maker.
Remove
knockout
Removing the knockout
Refer to the side diagram for the following
steps.
1. Remove and discard the blank connector
from the wiring harness. To remove it, lift
the locking arm on the side of the blank
connector so it is over the tab of the wiring
harness connector, and pull the blank
connector off.
2. Insert the end of a small-bladed screwdriver
under the edges of each of the three ice
maker mounting hole plugs in the side of
the freezer liner, and pry them out of their
holes. You can discard the plugs.
3.
For
Top/Bottom
Freezers
Only:
Partially
install two %” hex-head sheet-metal screws
into the two top mounting holes (shown in
the diagram) of the freezer liner. You will
hang the ice maker over these two screws
later, so make sure that they protrude out
far enough.
4. For Side-By-Side
Models Only:
Refer to
DETAIL A and mount the two mounting
clips (from the ice maker kit) to the top
mounting holes of the freezer liner with two
S’hex-head
sheet-metal screws. Make
sure that both clips hang straight down and
then tighten the screws.
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/-’
DETAlLA
.
1
SXS MODELS
W hex-head
PlYJet’
1
Lift locking
arm over
tab
I
Blank
connector
a
Wring
(remove
and
harness
discard)
-1
connector
Installing
the ice maker clips