Oh, the irony. Here am I with a driveway full of snow watching Mustie fix an ice maker. In summer I was watching him fix a snowblower.

Whatever you fix, or even attempt to repair, is fine with me. The interest in these videos is your deductive reasoning and natural talent for talking to yourself!

Video you made 3 years ago can still be a great service when troubleshooting the same problem and how you fixed it. Thanks Mustie

I just got to work on our refrigerator . It quit and by the time we noticed things were warming up it was too late to save most of the food . So wife immediately starts shopping for a new one . $1,800 . I said let me take a look at it first . A little KZfaq searching and found a common part that fails . Pull it out and remove rear cover. Pull part in question and you can hear rattling internally . Call around on a Saturday and finally find a place that has 22 of the said part in stock . This was about 12:27 PM and they close at 1 . Can I make it , well I almost did , had some road work 3 blocks away . Pulled into parking lot at 1:03 . Talked to several people that came out . One gentleman in particular , he was a contract repairman for many major brands . He asked what part do you need and do you have it with you . I did and when I brought it out he was standing there with the exact part I needed ! Asked him what he wanted and he said , a gift for your day . Nice !

"Don't get any ideas"! Hey, we're guys. We're always getting those ideas! The wire wheel umbrella was a great touch!

I dont care what you work on...I'd still be glued to the screen watching....great videos!!!!

I am a single gal who loves to fix what I can. After watching this video, I ordered a new one from Amazon! This was way too complicated for my skill level- but loved watching the process.

I took one of these and put an upgraded computer fan in it with greater airflow and it made thicker ice.

I think its good to have a variety of content. This is the kind of thing that people run into all the time. Some insight onto making repairs is always helpful. I'm sure Taryl appreciates you using his mug ! Thanks Mustie

You are in rare form today, Sir! The wire wheel accoutremont and "Don't judge!" admonishment at the end of the video is pure you, my friend. Another top shelf production!

Dude! Priceless video. I'm so tired of buying these every 1-2 years. Thank you

Winner, winner...chicken dinner! Awesome ocean shots at the end.

My favorite part of any Mustie video is his chuckle. Always makes me smile.

Wire wheel drink umbrella was a very festive touch.

Back in the mid-80s, I was living in SF, working in data comms and went on vacation to Cape Cod. Naturally, we picked a cold, drizzly, miserable week to be there. We took the ferry out to Martha's Vinyard, where the sun was shining and the breezes were warm. I turned to my wife and told her that I wished to defect to this marvelous land, where I would set up a table under a tree and do small appliance repair for the rest of my life. Thank you for bringing that memory back to me.

The decorative drink 'parasol' at the end, was a true touch of mechanics class.

My dad was a lot like you before he passed over 30 years ago. He said the only thing he couldn't fix was a broken heart. I have one of these ice makers that is doing the exact same thing. This will be on my list to fix after I try fixing a pressure washer that continues to dump fuel out of the carb and air cleaner after it ran out of gas. I have learned a lot from you, thanks!

Just trash that little motor, and let's adapt & mount a 18volt cordless drill motor to the side of that bad boy !! ...Hell we could make it pitch ice across the counter into your glass !! 😂🤣✊

You are the 1 out of 50,000, 6 year old kid that took apart the clock, reassembled it, and got it to work better than factory spec. Said kid has never looked back since!, Intelligent, inventive, and fearless in not following convention.That's why we watch you and marvel. America at its finest.

This worked beautifully with my Frigidaire. I could hear the motor running but cup was not moving. I took the motor out and the shaft that turns was seized up with rust. So I sprayed it with WD 40 and let it sit for an hour. After that I grabbed the shaft with pliers and started turning the shaft by hand until I freed it up where it turned by itself freely. Awesome job man. Thank you very much . Saved me $100+ buying a new one

"The Tetanus Shot" 1/2 oz. Rum, overproof/151 proof 1/2 oz. Rumple Minze 1 oz Southern Comfort Add ice from rusty ice maker.

The umbrella in the drink made me laugh out loud

way to get going in this deep deep, you not only went over switches you skipped right over that to the motor itself. that's just bravo man. nice fix

I just fixed an ice maker that was given to us. Exact same problem of the shaft stuck on the bearing. I was able to free the shift without having to pull the motor apart. Thanks a lot sir.

Hey Mustie, foolproof ice maker advice, go to Wallyworld snag 2 plastic ice trays and a small bucket, fill trays from tap, place in freezer remove ice when frozen and place in small bucket. Works every time.

A true mechanic that drinks out of the cup he catches gas from carberators.!

I am a refrigeration tech and that little ice maker is clean, you should see some of the big ice makers I have to work on. when you pull the covers and see how nasty some places let them get you would never order a drink with ice again. I owned a packaged ice co for a few years and our maker made several tons of ice a day and we did complete cleanings each month.

Perfect video. Solved my problem, right down to the stuck bushing. Did exactly what you advised and the ice maker works perfectly, although I did have 3 screws left over. Thanks alot.

Another amazing repair. Topped off with Watermelon Juice and a wire wheel umbrella. Great job as usual.

In a world of "throw away buy new", great video

We have one of those. Ours stopped working after about a month. Would go through the dump cycle and just stop. Traced it to one of the little limit switches on the left side. Found one in my junk box, replaced it and has worked like a charm ever since...

My machine stopped working recently and I've been putting off opening it up until I watched this video. I had the exact same issue; rusted motor spindle, but was able to get it working by just cleaning off the rust and using pliers to manually rotate the mechanism and gears. Plugged it back in to see if the motor would run the full rotation cycle and it did--the machine works now! Thank you so much for the informational upload.

My mother is on her 3rd ice maker just like this one! Looks like it’s time for me to wrench... Outstanding video!

I love these appliance repair videos, it's amazing to me how electromechanically complex these little kitchen devices are.

I actually watched your whole video.. I have the same Icemaker and with your video I was able to fix mine... thank you

Yesterday I found a machine identical to this one, discarded in a downtown alley. It had the exact same problem, and I fixed it the exact same way. Thanks for the video!!

Nothing wrong with something a little different. I would have figured plastic gears with chewed up teeth was the culprit. Good call on rust being the issue. Looking forward to more on the Econoline. Keep up the great work! And I loved the wire wheel drink umbrella!

Buys pack of ice cube bags. Fills 2 bags with water. Lays them in the freezer. Next day, icecubes. Works every time🤣

23:31 jams the pliers right into pointer finger and doesn't even flinch. what a warrior!!

I'm here because my Frigidaire ice maker stop making ice. It started when the ice that it makes became smaller and smaller until nothing is coming out. I try to repair it like DIY but couldn't remove the top cover then upon watching your video I know now how to remove all the screws from the top cover. My problem was there are hard water sediments that is blocking the water flow that is coming out so I just cleaned it up and do some testing and its back to its normal thing. Thank you for your video because I thought Im buying a new one. Lol... Have a great day!

I'm always amazed that the videos are an hour long, I sit to watch one and by the time it's over it feels like maybe 10 minutes went by. So much good tech and knowledge displayed in each vid. Keep up the great work Mustie, always looking forward to the next one!

This appliance has no serviceable parts. Mustie 1 - "Hold my beer"

Thanks for this! My ice maker had the same problem and watching your video gave me the confidence to fix it.

Haha awesome umbrella. Cool to see something out of the ordinary. Keep fixing stuff.

This type of motor doesn't have a "polarity" or "direction". Every time it gets AC power, it just spins a random direction. You can turn it off and on several times, and it will randomly start spinning one way or the other. There is also no current detection on the logic board. The only inputs to the board for motor position is those two limit switches on the far side from the motor. Typically, the machine will store the tray in either the dumping position or the filling position, and not between (because it can't tell where in between it is). This is why every time it turns on (plugged in), if it is not in the dumping position, it goes to the dumping position (restart position) and stays there until you press the power button. It knows its there because it's limit switch is pressed. When the machine wants to move the tray from one position to the other, it just energizes the motor, and the motor picks a random direction to move. If it is the "wrong" direction, it doesn't move very far before it just automatically changes direction (it can't go the wrong way, because the tray is already against the limit switch and can't physically go that way). Eventually, if it is working properly, it will run until the opposite limit switch is pressed, and that tells the logic board the tray is in the correct position and to proceed with its program. However, if an error occurs (the tray hits something, or in the case of this video, the motor binds), it just changes direction and presses the wrong limit switch. This tells the logic board the tray hit something, and it will typically try again a couple times before giving up and throwing an error.

Disposable Society Mentality We live in a disposable society for several reasons: 1). Prices for products have come down. 2). People have gotten away from learning, developing DIY skills, and having interest. 3). We are in the age of instant gratification. This leads to lack of patience, and persistence to see a project through to the end. 4). Society has gotten increasingly lazy, and complacent. 5). Demand for repairs decreases as each decade goes down. Great fix! Love it.

I painted my mm deep sockets orange color 25 years or so. Saw your sockets orange, reminded me. Nice videos as always!

Great video! Fixed my unit saved it from land fill. Cleaned the sensor for water flow. It was saying out of water,but it wasn't. Thanks you very much ! Ontario Canada

I applaud your efforts on this one, Mustie. Those motors don't usually take too kindly to being opened up and reassembled. . . For the record, they are geared synchronous non-directional AC motors, commonly found in microwave ovens (turntable motor), tabletop rotisseries, 'flame effect' electric fires, ice makers! and a whole host of other products. Just trash-pick a few microwave ovens and strip them for parts. You'll get these little geared motors, a useful fan (We have one above the workshop bench), heaps of microswitches, some useful electronic timer parts (even a usable clock!), a usable small lamp and loads more other bits. Just be sure NEVER to power up the EHT transformer out of the appliance - those things are literally lethal, but everything else can be reused. Just strip the transformer for its copper wire. Alternatively, those motors can be bought on eBay etc for "ten-a-penny". These motors will turn in which ever direction is easiest. If they stall, they will simply turn back the other way. There's no magic, no electronic gizmology nor anything else, just simple physics. Watch a microwave turntable and notice how sometimes it will turn one way, and other times it will turn the other way. It's a 50/50 probability which way they turn, but once turning they will continue to turn the same way until either, they are stalled, or switched off, and back on again, and even then, it's back to the 50/50 probability. Oh yes, I almost forgot, if you have a few hours to spare, you can actually build a functional and accurate clock out of one of those motors - True! You just need to know the output RPM, and then buy, or make, some suitable gearing to drive the clock hands. The motor is synchronous to your local AC mains frequency, so will never run fast, nor slow - to point of fact, you can set your clock by them, literally!

It's 'refreshing' to watch you fixing something so 'cool' Blessings from Hopatcong NJ to you & the family. :)

Watched MOST of your shows. And now.?. I have the SAME ICE MAKER... Your'e out of the park for me! Tks.

dude is hella funny and tons of knowledge...hats off, best video

they make a silicone grease that is fda approved for ice makers {tip from an old technician}

When I first looked at the video title I thought it said ‘fixes a portable pace maker’!🤣That I would like to see......

Dude - I’ve worked on electronic equipment as an amateur for about 30 years now - is everything from telephones , DVD players, computers and parts, RC Cars, drones and much much more but never over all those years have I opened up a motor - until today after watching this video - I’ve taken this igloo ice machine apart a few times and cleaned out the calcium buildup inside the hose, checked everything out , and when I’d put it back together it always seemed to work again even though not at its best capacity but it was working - then a few days ago I couldn’t even manually move the scooper back and forth with my hand so I started taking it apart again and watching KZfaq videos , found yours , watched it in its entirety , and when I got to the point of removing the motor and saw the rust all around the shaft , I knew right then what to do thanks to you- did everything that you did including the fine sandpaper on the shaft, cleaning out the round thing the shaft goes through , got that gear spinning nicely no longer rusted to the motor cover - put it all back together and it works great - I bet even the technicians who work on these doesn’t even know how to do that they probably just swap out the motor - I live in Huntington Brach Ca and wherever you’re at your video saved some Huntington Beach dude $120 or more - You’re the MAN !! thank you Jess Wynn

Thank you for this great video!! I had shut off my ice machine for a few months but needed it for the summer months. When I started it up the motor was frozen. I followed your steps and it works fabulous again!!!! Thanks for your video 😊

Brilliant bit of wrench'n bro. Non serviceable yeah right, not on your watch.

You tend to crack me up mustie1! Showing the world that cheap bs can still be repaired! Awesome job!

I worked with a guy whose brother-in-law serviced industrial type ice-makers for restaurants, hotels etc, when dining out he ordered all his drinks without ice because he knew how filthy alot of these machines are and there isn't any real standards for cleaning them. Great. New to the channel but think it's fantastic, keep up the great work Mustie1, cheers.

I am an HVAC/R man! Went to school and got the degree!!! I flenched more than once but you did a damn good job! You did a few things I would never have done! I would have run several more trouble shooting tasks than you did and I would have wasted time!! AGAIN I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW FROM YOU!!! I have said 💯 times at least! What can I say, you are a trouble shooting Guru!!! Great Job Again Mustie # 1

Since you always ask what would I do, LOL, I have a couple suggestions. I worked for years as a mechanic and back then we overhauled wiper motors, master cylinders and etc. I also worked as an electronic technician and we still had a lot of old style electro-mechanical devices that had motors similar to yours and were out in the weather so, I've done much the same as you did. I've never used WD-40 penetrating oil but, the best I've found were Kroil and PB-Blaster. I think Kroil is an older brand than PB but, I'm not sure. One more tip: as plastic ages it becomes brittle and when you try to cut new threads in it the plastic can crack or break. So, when I reinstall screws in aged plastic that already has threads in it I put gentle pressure on the screw while turning the screw backwards until you can hear and feel it "click" in place. This is when the threads on the screw are lined up with the threads in the plastic so, you now turn it to tighten. I also do this for wood and sheet metal too. Good diagnostics on the unit and good fix.

It's Sunday, it's lunchtime (UK) and Mustie just dropped another video! The highlight of my week!! 👍

OK... my (broken) icemaker ! ! ! ... can't wait. 👍🏼

Don't you mean don't hate?? Thanks for the variety in what you do. Household appliances and small engines to full size cars. Such a diverse content of Videos. truly enjoy watching , you make us part of the video.

My brother had an industrial one of these that was originally in a pub. Quite fascinating things to watch, especially with the lid off :-D

had the same issue only in my case the tray was cracked by the motor drive, replaced the tray worked good for few months and cracked again, turned out it wasnt level causing the cubes to stick together at the top of one side which cause a ice jam breaking the tray, leveled everything out the best i could and worked for a few more years before the compressor took a crap, its good to know im not the only one that goes thru all this to save a buck lol

Just had the exact same problem. Was going to just buy a new motor but saw ir video and inspired me to take apart the motor and clean off all the rust. Works like new. Thanks for the info

I have a brand new one of these. I was just browsing around trying to find out how they work and I came across your video. It is interesting to know where my unit will eventually/probably fail. I get a kick out of your videos, watching you repair items much the same way I like to do... trial and error, process of elimination, etc. You, however, have this "way" about you as you work, almost like talking to yourself, yet including the viewer as you decipher and repair, and that is a true talent- a talent I do not possess. An incredibly rare and great skill along with your editing expertise makes you a very unique and interesting KZfaqr. I love my garage workshop, but glimpses of your workshop leave me a little envious as well. Thank you, Mustie, for all of your videos.

Looks like a laboratory for incubation of Legionnaires Disease

I got a portable icemaker myself for the same reason to replace the one broken in the fridge. mine has a little better design as far as keeping the motor away from the water but it cracked at the socket that drives the tray. bought a new one for the house because of course it broke when we needed it the most. Took the old one out to the shop and ended up fixing the socket in the tray with some stainless steel wire and epoxy. it's been making ice for the shop drinks for years now just gotta go thru and clean em once in a while

Just another OUTSTANDING production! Thanks!

This guy siunds so much like Luis C. K. Comedian that i just kept on watching and laughing but he's doing a good job and funny at the same time 😂

I have the same issue and to my surprise you did everything I was about to do to mine. Was great to see the whole thing before I got into fixing mine, it helped tons! Thank you :D

good video with an interesting , successful repair ...& that ending , 😂

love the wire wheel garnish ! Much better than the typical umbrella ... haha

Great video!! Just bought a used ice maker and tray wasn't working because the same exact thing had happened to the motor in it 🤯 they really do need to fix these up some so they are more waterproof. Thank you so much for taking the time to figure it out!!

Great Vid. Would recommend cleaning the machine as best you can with a sterilising fluid like Miltons (for baby bottles). This should be done regularly - youd be shocked how dirty bacteria wise these machines get - ice machines - chimerical ones especially tend to notbe cleaned properly.

Very informational, I had no idea a portable ice machine even existed. I wonder how many of those got thrown away because they had the same problem? probably quite a few and many of them are still sitting in people's garages waiting to be sold at yard sales.

Another way to ping those bushings in, would be to put a ball bearing on the bushing and hit it with a hammer, that way all the ring gets bent over. Love the video.

WOW! you have the patience that I could only dream of having. That was a total wreak of a design with that motor interface. Great job on bringing it back to life.

LOL you should have finished with "And there's your beverage" in honor of the cup you are using. Good video

I like, “no parts left over”. Always a good feeling.

Thanks, I have the very same problem with my ice maker, I just got online to order a new one, as I was looking at the reviews for ice makers I came across your website. As I watched I realized I was having the same problem. I will give it a go tomorrow and delay ordering that new one. Great when money is saved, thanks again! I had the same thoughts about the cleanliness of my ice maker, my wife cleans it every week but there places that she didn't even know was there. You would think they would make the top come off without tearing the whole machine apart. Pull that bottom screen out with a pick hook and you will be groused out again.

Funny thing is my niece just bought this very similar if not the exact model. Seems to run well a week in but I was looking at it and wondering how it worked, I could see the same parts as yours and now I better understand whats going on. I am now waiting for the two weak spots, that bearing you fixed and also the IR sensors to go and then her calling me to see if it can be fixed, LOL. With this video and one of the comments below on the IR, I believe I can take a crack at fixing it. Thanks for another great video buddy! The FREE education you provide is priceless and well worth the time to review.

Mustie1 you could start a video with 'let's watch paint dry today' and I would still watch. Love the content and your approach to making it.👍

The crack in the bucket leeks water in to the motor. I glue the crack and by a new motor on Ali express. I by 5 motors at a time :)

Oh my fixing an ice maker. Man you are talented and have a fantastic brain. Taking that ice maker and making a video that is informative and entertaining is nothing short of magic. I learned how those things work. Love the drink at the end. Made my wife laugh as well. Thanks for sharing.

This was kinda like clock repair. Amazed it was salvageable. Great save.

LOL Nice "umbrella" for your drink.

"whole motor is probably a dollar on eBay, but that's not the point." LOL!!!!

You sir, are a true handyman, success or not. I love your attitude and thought processes. Thank you..

These fix-it videos are a nice change of pace. Encourage people to try and fix things instead of throwing them out. If it cannot be fixed, at lease someone can see how it works and maybe get some parts for other projects. "Take it to bits" as Clive would say.

Finally, somewhere to dump all that water he's been collecting from carburetors!

I've always said you could make watching water boil enjoyable. I guess same goes for making water freeze.

Wire wheel in the drink was the best. Well done.

Looked up tiny ice makers on amazon. The one from your parents cost $139.00. Just for fun. Watching this is better than a therapist !!

These are gear-reduced AC Synchro motors. Very common motor. And no, the bearing chase is not supposed to rotate. Also, these motors were never designed to be used in the environments that they decided to use one in, That basically tells me this machine was designed for planned obsolescence.

Classic Mustie1: Not a serviceable unit. They are not talking to me. LOL

Across the pond we call that type of motor a synchronous motor and they are used in many control gear etc, as I`m sure you know. GREAT VIDEO AS USUAL

I recently repaired pretty much the same motor on a Sharp Carousel convection microwave oven. Its the servo motor that spins the plate inside. New part by the numbers on motor was $54. So I repaired the thing my self. My motor sat flat with shaft up... It wore out a tiny nylon washer under the motor shaft and the magnet parts were rubbing inside the housing causing it not to turn the food, overcooking 1/3rd of a dinner plate. I'm not the type to throw SHtuff away without a fight, especially a rather expensive microwave. Found a tiny metal washer and fixed the motor myself. Cleaned the fans and added a drop of oil to them too. Works great again. Good job on it!