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[certified tech group 51]

Customer wants an  automatic I/M installed...Going by the parts list all you get is a $ 20.00 ice cube tray.. (same trays you get at the dollar store for a dollar  )...I tried using Regs style of  swapping control board part numbers and such but, I failed.......This is a simple machine , freezer on top....customer cannot find  a   "  For ice maker use kit number  XXXX "   label any where...   Any thing out there ?????......... Ain't been there yet to check for myself.....

[Chat_in_FL]

You might be outta luck, don't think this model is "Ice Maker ready."

From Owner's Manual:  NOTE: Automatic Ice Maker feature is included only in certain models. Other models are Ice Maker ready. Please check your product specifications.

[certified tech group 51]

Stopped by real fast and the customer had the refer pulled out .....................I told the owner there may be a label on the back that might  say some thing like 'Use I/M Kit XXXX"................No such label............................Checked for a 'Use and Care' guide, all they had was a ' Quick Start ' guide........There was a plug-in for the water valve where the water valve normally would be........At the top , I pulled a protruding cap and it revealed a 'fill tube'  passage,..............But I failed to look behind the little cover on the evaporator panel where the I/M connector would be.......................Rats........... ...

[certified tech group 51]

Broke down and called Sears Parts......gave me the part number 5989JA0002P as the 'Ice Maker Kit' and to be sure, I asked the guy does this come with the water valve and all of the other parts???...............The guy sez "Yup, all of the parts"...... When I run the p/n, it shows an I/M but no other parts...........................I think I will install a Whirlpool after market kit, wires and all................An ice cube is a ice cube ........................ "Service is our middle name".

[certified tech group 51]

Why do I feel like Jeff Dunham???.. .........While looking for some items at the warehouse, I found a used L.G. ice maker p/n 5989JA0002e.. ( who knew I had one??? I didn't )...........I had already received the W/P ice maker kit P/N 4396418.........The mounting tabs are the same on the two  ice makers.......All I gotta do now is make a custom wire harness, 1/2  W/P at the ice maker end  and the other 1/2 of an L.G...........................Trying to piece  together an L.G. water valve, tubing and  fill tube is for the birds.............Now I gotta see if the customer wants W/P shaped ice cubes  or   L.G. shaped  ice cubes...........