Was not my issue unfortunately. I have the same model. I watched this great tutorial and bought both the switches and black holder together not to have to do the work twice. I tested and retested the switches while in place for proper opening / closing with the door open and closed. All was find. I plugged it in , turned it on, fuse blow in split second. Oh well. it is 14 years old. guess it is time for new one. Thanks again for this video and update.
Great video on this most common problem. In my case, the switch holder was slightly moving and making one switch break contact if you gently pulled on the door, blowing the fuse since the other two switches were still made. If you notice on the switch holder piece, there is a place for a third screw by the lower switch. I added a screw here and it took out the excess play and now works as intended. It sure looks like it was made for a third screw as the case has the hole also, GE just cut corners and left it out.
Just disconnect the middle switch and leave it unconnected to the switch. You will still have the other two switches for safety. This is bypassing the blown fuse.
