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Many washing machines have cone-shaped inlet screens to protect the rest of the plumbing within the machine. Disconnect the feed hose and look into the inlet with a flashlight. You can use a pin or piece of fine wire to hook the screen and pull it out. Flush it free of debris, reinstall it and see if that solves the problem.
If that fails, then the inlet solenoid valve assembly may be bad. They're a pair of electromagnets that cause the hot and cold valves to open when power is applied to the respective coils. Typically, there's one outlet hose connected with a clamp and the valve itself is mounted to the back panel of the machine with a pair of hex-head screws. Three or four wires attach to the terminals on the coils-note their order or your hot/cold selection will be ass-backwards. Sears/Kenmore machines were made by Whirlpool for many years, and parts are readily available. WAG is that part will run you about $30.
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