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Recently my cheap Whirlpool LSR8233JQO washing machine stopped entering the spin cycle, which left me in a bit of a predicament since the basket was filled with water and I had no real way of easily draining it. Conversely, after investigating the timing unit --- the evil and expensive part 3953146 --- and determining that it was more economical to either build my own timing unit from a raspberry pi and some AC relays I had laying around the house or to buy another cheap washing machine, I discovered via googling that the spinning problem can also occur because the switch lid --- part 3949237 --- stops working. Likewise, after examining the switch lid --- noting that I decided to use a screwdriver to push the switch lid down since a complete disassembly of the washing machine would be required to gain access to the lid switch --- the spin cycle started working again, thus I discovered that the part 358684 strike lid switch was not toggling the part 3949237 lid switch. Now, at this point, while some people might have decided to disassemble the machine and address this problem more directly, I opted to create a part using my 3D printer that would extend the Whirlpool Part 358684 Lid Switch in order to fix the problem and the results of my labors are provided here. This model was done in scad and files are included. This model could use some more refinement feel free to modify it if needed. I printed this model using support material; however, you will need some small files --- harbor fright has a nice cheap set --- and a hobby knife to clean up the material before using this part. It might be possible to print this part without support material, but I do not recommend it without doing some work in SCAD first. Beyond this, I like to run my printer slow and steady since my print deck has a tendency to dance around a bit so your configurations will vary. I normally print with the following slicer settings Layers and Perimeters Layer height .15 Vertical shells 2 Solid layers 4 top and 2 bottom Infill Fill Density .25 Infill 1 Solid infill every 6 Fill angle 45 Solid infill threshold area 70 Speed Perimeters 50 Small perimeters 50 Infill 50 Solid infill 50 Top solid infill 50 Support material 60 Bridges 50 Gap fill 40 Travel 60 Filament and Temperature I was printing with 1.75mm filament with a bed temperature between 95C to 110C and a hot end temperature of 220.

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Whirlpool Part 358684 Strike Lid Switch Extension
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