How to Troubleshoot & Replace Ge AP5805478 / WE04X20416 Dryer 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. 

Replaced timer and control knob. Glad I ordered the control knob, because that had cracked and would not advance the new timer (push to start switch was still good, so didn't really need it). Took almost as long to remove the back cover panel as to swap out the timer. The screws were very tight, had to go slow and easy to not strip the heads. No screws securing the timer, just a wing clip, easy to release and rotate the unit out. Swapped out wire connectors one at a time. Easy fix. Thank you AppliancePartsPros for making it easy to get the parts needed. 

Replaced the timer after taking the whole thing apart to check the fuses and heater coils. 

Ordered new part with help from vendor’s staff. Removed six Philips screws from the back and removed the rear cover plate. Slid the front of control panel to the right to release it and laid it flat on the dryer top. I did not remove any wires because I wanted to move them one at a time to insure compatibility. After transferring the wires, one at a time, I removed the old timer. It is held in place by a small Torx screw. Snapped the new timer into place and reversed the proceedure. Everything worked fine. 

Remove back panel disconnected wire connections extremely easy to replace saved repair cost of 499.00 

Replaced the timer and bought new control knobs 

Part ordered was exact replacement from GE. Removed control module from back panel and reconnected around 4 to 5 wires and bingo the dryer was working like new. Took no time at all and anyone with a little know how could do. 

AppliancePartPros.com had the timer and replacement knob for the dryer model at what appeared to be reasonable prices (plus I did not have to drive all over two counties looking for the parts). Installation was simply a matter of removing the back cover of the control panel, removing the old timer (rotating out of snap-in brackets), and transferring seven clip-on wires. I suggest making a sketch of the timer from the back side (as well as a cellphone photo), labeling the connection tabs on the timer body and showing the color of the wire that connects to each tab. As an added precaution I numbered the tabs on the sketch and made corresponding numbered labels for the seven wires before removing the connectors from the tabs. A 30 minute job, but I took extra time to make the sketch and wire labels. The shipping was excellent. I paid $6 additional for 2-3 day FedEx shipping. I ordered the parts at about 1400 local Texas time, and FedEx delivered the parts noon the next day. The return address was Lousiville, Ky. Very impressive.