Whirlpool Part 358684 Strike Lid Switch Extension

Recently my cheap Whirlpool LSR8233JQO washing machine stopped entering the spin cycle, which left me in a bit of a predicament since the basket was filled with water and I had no real way of easily draining it.

Conversely, after investigating the timing unit --- the expensive part 3953146 --- and determining that it was more economical to either build my own timing unit from a raspberry pi and some AC relays I had laying around the house or to buy another cheap washing machine, I discover