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Found a stuck float valve on a 12 year old fridge, fixed it with a zip tie
After 3 visits to a rental unit in Tucson, the ice maker kept overfilling and leaking. I finally pulled the whole valve apart and saw the float arm was binding on a stripped screw hole, so I used a zip tie to hold it in place and it has worked for a month now. Has anyone else used a temporary fix like that on a sealed system and just left it?
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the_joseph2mo ago
That zip tie fix is clever but you might be masking a bigger deal where the plastic bracket is warped from heat over time, which means the next flood could happen mid-rental turnover and cost you way more than a new valve assembly.
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