Fixing the Icemaker

The icemaker broke and I didn't want to pay someone to fix it.  It is pretty obvious what is wrong in this picture, so this should be an easy fix.

It turned out that the hardest part of this project was removing the icemaker unit.  This was partly due to the bolts and molex electrical connectors being frozen together, partly due to restricted working space, and partly due to a lack of helpful Google results for a teardown guide.

One of the ice cube ejectors is stuck on one of the fingers that are meant to keep the cube from falling back into the tray after being scooped out.

This frozen mess is what happens when you jumper the motor advance circuit through in an effort to start making ice when the tray is already full.  Ice makers work on a timed sequence of actions, not with sensors, so it doesn't know that it has already filled the tray.

Now we have ice!