How to Troubleshoot & Replace Ge AP5805478 / WE04X20416 Timer

I replaced the timer and knob. 

Replaced the timer. 

Replaced timer. 

Myself 

Appliance Parts Pros made it simple. I put in the GE model number from inside the door of the dryer into their web site. A diagram of all the parts came up. I found the timer switch. I watched the short 5-minute video on how to open up the back and install it. Ordered it and it came the next morning! Followed the video without a hitch and the dryer was up and running in less than 30 minutes. The video was generic on how to install any such timer and showed a slightly different dryer (unlike my experience the previous month with Appliance Parts Pros where the repair of my dryer door hinge showed the exact model which made it a breeze) but modifying it for my dryer was quite straightforward. These guys are great. I would have waited weeks for a repair person and paid them much more when you include the service visit charge. Appliance Parts Pros is a lifesaver. I’ll definitely use them the next time an appliance in my house breaks, as I now already have successfully twice! 

The part for this dryer was perfect. 

Replaced timer. 

To whom it may...In response to your request for a position on my interface with you and repair of our GE Dryer. Everything went very well with few exceptions. The part and the Dryer are cheaply made which of course is not your fault. This is only noticed by the victim buyer when parts and machines that are built to break down, do break down strictly for the after-market income. This is the same timer to be replaced twice in the last 7 or 8 months. The first one cost $300.00 with $250.00 of that being labor. This time the timer knob protrusion stripped. This is such poor construction and Corporate lack of integrity that I will never buy another GE product. The upside was that it was exactly the same part and with your available video I did not have to guess on how to proceed. None of this is your problem with the exception that the 3 to 6 day delivery forecast was a couple of days off. I had to hold off my wife, also called the “Unstoppable Force”. I appreciated your video, regardless that it was of a different machine and era. The video gave me the confidence and considerable knowledge of how to proceed. I am aware that it might be cost prohibitive to have videos for every version of GE products on file and available. I would guess however, that if you did so in the long run, your competition would be nonexistent. Respectfully, Bob 

Replace clothes dryer timer/ rotary dial. 

Ordered a new zone valve, installed it and retested. found a faulty thermostat in zone 2 also. Hopefully, this was the cause of the wire getting so hot. All is well now.