the 10 flashes indicate a fault with the sensing "eyes" near the bottom of the door. Make sure that the sending and recieving units are pointed at each other and there is an LED brightly and "steadily" lit on each unit. If one is out or if the lights "flicker" then align the lens at each other better until both lights are on steady.

If you can't get both units to light trace the wires to check for breaks, shorts, or a disconnected wire.

Thanks so much for your help. We traced the wires and found a small break that we had overlooked. Your advice was great. Do you have any idea how to get a manual for this particular opener?

I'll bet it was at a staple holding the wire down. Did you splice it and you're back in action?

That number didn't come up as a valid model on the sears.com parts site. You might try verifying the model number and checking the parts site for an owners manual.

Another option is to goto www.sears.com search for garage openers. If you can find your model than goto the page for it and sometimes they have a link to see the "owners manual" which brings up a PDF. If they don't have your specific one then check out something similar.

hope that helps.

I have moved into a two garage door house. One garage door needs work and has a remote to it, the other one does not have a remote. Until I can get the other door repaired I would like to use the remote on the other door. Both are craftsman garage door openers. The model # on the garage door opener is 41A3493-1, and the model # on the remote is 139.53879, it has three buttons on it small at bottom, medium in the middle, and large oval at the top. How can I transfer the garage door opener remote? Hope someone can help! Thanks for your help!!!!

On the end of the motor unit near where all those white wires go you will find a smart/learn button.

Press and hold this button in for 6 seconds on the opener attached to the bad door. This will erase the memory so the remote will no longer work it.

Now go to the door that you want to work with the remote. Press the large button on the remote and then press and immediately release the smart/learn button. Should get you going.

I have a garage door system model number 41A3493-1. When I use the remote to close the door it goes down about 8-10 inches but then stops and reverses. I can get the door down slowly by inching it forward, but it takes about 2 minutes to get it all the way down going at this slow pace. I've had this problem before and the device just fixed itself. I've fiddled with the up and down controls, but it still isn't working right. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Have a very happy day.

When we try to open or close our Craftsman door opener it stops. If we try again it may work. It does not happen every time. The unit is about 8 years old. We have checked that the lights are clear and green. Is there an adjustment we can make?

Thanks,

Tom

It's important to know if this is happening when you are trying to close the door or when you are trying to open the door. If it is happening in both directions what are you doing to get it to open and close?

The door stops when we try to open it. We hit the button again and it closes. We then hit the button again to open the door and it opens. Sometimes it takes a few trys to get it open all the way.

Thanks,

Tom

Okay. On the back of your opener near where all those white wires go you will find a control labeled 'up force'. Increase this about a 1/4 turn and try. Post back.

Done.....It was set at 1+ with a max of 6 so I moved it to 3
lets hope that is the fix.

Thank you for the help.

Tom

Please HELP!

I have Craftsman 41a4315-7d, suddenly it stopped working. I checked the wires and everything. Motor is working fine (as much as i understood from the sound ) but my question is this, the sensor on the bottom of the door, one of them is green and the other one is yellow, is that how it suppose to be? I think the yellow one is bad sensor, where can i find a replacement sensor for it.

Any help will be useful. Thank you in advance.

First your specific question: Yes one light is green and the other is yellow. They will light when they are optically aligned and should be lit steadily with no flickering.

What do you mean "stopped working"? Does the unit literally do nothing (no noise, movement, etc.) regardless of whether you use the wall switch or the remote? Does it work with the wall switch but not with the remotes? You say the lights are lit (so it getting power) any other signs of life? We need more information.