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Grand Master Funk kdog calls out the keyboard dance steps for this adjustment:

It's kind of complicated to make the adjustment, only 2 ice levels are available - 85cc fill and 95cc fill, Initially the unit comes set for the 85cc fill and would have needed to be increased to be on the high setting.

Press and hold "Freezer" button and "Power cool" (the middle button on left, and upper on right) - hold them simultaneously for 12 seconds, and the control will enter an adjustment mode. The displays on the left side will show a code, and the display on the right will show a reference or adjustment segment. You want the number on the right to display "2" (one of the r/h keys will cause the number to change), once it shows "2" - the work the l/h keys to make the left display number show "0". Once you have these numbers displayed, do not input anymore and 20 or 30 seconds later, the control will store the setting and go back to normal display mode.

Source: Samsung refrigerator rf265aabp ice maker adjustment

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Source: Kitchenaid Superba Ice Maker

Freezer temperature needs to be +15F or colder for the IceMaker to "harvest" the Cubes

Source: Kenmore 106.9552611

Common causes for this problem are an incontinent water inlet valve or low water supply pressure (such as from being hooked up to an RO filter) which doesn't have enough pressure to seal the valve.  Another common cause, and the easiest to fix, is to replace the plastic water fill tube in the back of the icemaker with the new aluminum one:

Update time - I purchased the IM fix kit ( http://www.repaircli...05 ) which replaces the PVC fill tube with an aluminum extension.  It turns out this model (or at least our refrigerator) has a heater that goes around the tube.  Apparently the PVC is non-conductive enough that the heater doesn't really work well.  Also, I noticed the PVC would hold a drop of water in the tube with each fill (like how a bead of water sits on your hood after a wax job) - the aluminum tube allows the water to completely drain, and the heater can do its job.

Anyway - it works now.  No more freezing up.  Its been a week and no issues.

On a side note - the water dispenser nozzle decided to get brittle and shatter.  I read all about how the tubing has to be fished through the door hinge and spliced under the fridge.  Well, it turns out on this model the coupling is behind the dispenser insert.  A couple of screws, dispenser pulls out, and a compression fitting is revealed.  Took about ten minutes to get the new one in.  Now we're ready for the next appliance that wants a little attention.  

Source: KitchenAid refrigerator KSSS36DAW05 - icemaker fill tube keeps freezing up

John who?  

John Guest fittings are those magical fittings that connect plastic tubing in refrigerators and icemakers.  The nice thing about them is they don't require any tools to make the connections; just push in/push out.  To learn more about the in's and out's of John Guest fittings, see this post==> http://fixitnow.com/...tings-revealed/

Sublime Master kdog has put together a nice mélange of John Guest fittings commonly used in today's refrigerators.  Come git you some:

Pick your Poison:

Source: Moving a SubZero 532