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Anonymous Posted on Dec 08, 2009

Two problems: soap cover and seal?

Two problems: soap cover won't stay closed, and now leaks down front on one side when running. do i need new seal?

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Door leaked because of a plastic bearing ($4.10 part) on the lower arm causing water inside to surge and splash out the vents on the bottom of the door. Soap cover problem was a corroded spring caught on a plastic part inside the door panel. The spring actually broke and now seems to work fine because there was another spring helping to do the same job that is now allowed to work.

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