Product review (5 stars): So Far, So Good
I opened my bedroom door the other evening to be greeted by a half inch of water making its way across the kitchen floor and into the family room. There was so much water that it had run over the threshold and into the garage. The Whirlpool washer was overflowing like mad. What a mess. My wife was so glad she decided not to wait until going to bed to turn the washer on.

I wasn't certain which switch to order, so I opened the control panel and read the number directly off the bottom of the exposed switch. I could not locate the water level switch locally and ordered it via Amazon with expedited shipping. I received it in just a couple of days (no Prime shipping available).

To remove the switch, first unplug the washer. After opening the control panel the switch has a tab on the right side (as you're looking at the bottom of the switch). Press the tab in toward the switch and rotate counter clockwise until the switch released. Notice that just below the knob shaft that the switch body has a square portion. This square has to fit into the square knockout in the panel. When installing the new switch install it so that the tab is in the one or two o'clock position and the squares line up. Push in slightly as you rotate the switch clockwise and everything should snap into place.

On my particular model washer, after removing the two screws holding the control panel in place, I had to slide the panel forward slightly in order to get it to release.