>Go
>So the joint stopped mid cycle AFTER it filled with water....
>my deduction was that something has to be telling the machine
>to NOT proceed with the wash cycle now that the tank is full
>of water...
>WHY?
>Because... SAFETY.....a big tub of water doesn't need to be
>sloshing around when....The LID IS OPEN...
>BUT..the lid is CLOSED...
>



Basically if you've got the kind of washer that uses a dial to select the wash cycle, it also controls the timing of the cycle. The dial (really the selector underneath the dial) can get unseated and mess up the wash cycle if it's pulled out too aggressively.

Anyway, like everybody else, I Googled/Youtubed it and decided it would be the cheap fix to try first. I saw how to remove the dial, re-seat the selector and re-attach the dial. Voila, washer was back on it's normal cycle