Whirlpool washer LSR7133KQ0 spins but will not agitate

[L Ron Drunkard]

I have now run four full cycles without any issue (one was a heavy load of jeans).  I've sat in the laundry room while its running and have not noticed any issues.  But there is one thing that is still baffling.  Long after the machine has stopped running, a smell of maybe hot electrical?, maybe hot rubber? will fill the laundry room (it's a smallish closed room).  This smell does not occur while the machine is running and seems to take an hour or more to build up enough in the room to detect.  I have smelled every part of this machine, while its running and after it has finished, and can not detect the odor anywhere (even at the wall socket itself).  The capacitor, dial switch and pump are cool to the touch.  The transmission is warm but not hot.  The electric motor is warmer than the transmission but doesn't seem any hotter than an electric fan motor gets.

I first noticed this smell a couple of years ago, but it was very random (maybe once every 20 loads of laundry?),  but it now seems to happen after every load.  I have even unplugged the machine after it finishes just to make sure there is no phantom power pull happening.  

I have to order a new rear panel plastic support clip/strap thing that I broke during all this, and I'm going to order a new pump too since someone suggested they develop cracks over time (and they're cheap enough).  Is there anything else that might be a good idea to replace, or have a spare of on hand?  might as well get it now and save on shipping.

 

thanks

 

[igloo]

If it's an electrical smell, it could be that wherever that loose connection was, it partially burned the strands just by the connector. I'm *guessing* that the bad connection was at the capacitor, it started burning the wire inside the insulation around the connector, because it was loose. Then you tightened the connector, and it got a much better connection, but those few strands that got burned before and now making the wire weaker and it heats up.

I suggest check every connection, start at the capacitor wires and see if the wire end where the connector is mounted is hard, brownish or crunchy. How well mounted is that connector?

[L Ron Drunkard]

I've been over every inch of wiring, disconnected everything and checked every connecting block.  I don't see any signs of burnt or brittle connections, and when it was running, I felt around the wiring for hot spots.  the smell is hard to describe.  It's not exactly like electrical I've smelled before, like in a car, or when an amplifier burns up.   I am not going to put the case back on until the support strap and new pump get here so I'll have a chance to run a few more loads of laundry and keep an eye on it.