The freezer compartment on my mom's Frigidaire refer/freezer doesn't always keep things frozen solid. The cubes from the ice maker ([u]not[/u] thru-the-door) often are damp to the touch and the loaf of bread that's always stored in the freezer is sometimes hard as a brick (as it should be) and other times fairly soft. She also told me the defroster wasn't working properly and it would build up frost over time. So I put the probe from an indoor-outdoor thermometer inside the freezer a couple of days ago. It records high and low temps and hasn't shown anything above the high 20s, even with the door opening and closing. And if the door is left undisturbed for several hours, it reads as low as 12°F. I'm thinking that it getting to as low as 12° indicates that the freezer and the door seals are okay, and that the most likely cause is that she sometimes isn't completely shutting the door, because that would explains both the soft/unfrozen items and the collection of frost. What say the experts?

Ok so Ive got this GE gtun275gm1ww that will not spin. Agitation is good, lid switch/lock is good, belt fine, timer fine, motors good. This model has a sort of shifter fork that engages the gear for the drum to spin but it is not engaging. This gear engages during the wash but not the spin. When the spin cycle starts the motor moves back and forth a few times to let the gear engage and starts spinning with only the center inside moving. There doesnt seem to be any troubleshooting material anywhere for this model. I have 110 of these units on my property and Im about to torch every single one.