How to Troubleshoot & Replace Whirlpool AP3094140 / 279320 Terminal Block Kit

Found that one of the terminals where the power cord attached had burned up the wiring. and the terminal block was broken. Ordered the terminal block kit. replaced one wire and block and all is good now. 

With your wiring kit. 

Easy fix, video was spot on and no surprises. 

Received new dryer roughly 6 months ago. 3 months in, it had a blown thermal fuse. Replaced. 3 months after that, dryer was producing no heat. Checked systems and found blown high limit thermostat. Replaced. Once I replaced the high limit, the dryer would heat even when not running (as long as the timer was on a hot timer setting). Pulled the heating element out and found that it had ground to the body (I expect this has been the issue all along). Still was getting no heat so I called Appliance Parts Pros and had an awesome conversation with Michael. We confirmed that 1 circuit was at 120V but the other was only 3-5V. After checking all systems, we finally looked at the terminal block and immediately found the problem. The dryer red wire was melted off the terminal block. Ordered a new terminal block kit. Cut the red wire on the dryer and stripped the coating. Spliced it with the new wire in the kit. Swapped terminal blocks and re-assembled everything. Works great now. 

I first contact a repair company. they wanted to charge $75 to come to my house plus parts and labor. I instead watched the Terminal block repair video from Appliance Parts Pros and decided to try the repair myself. After receiving my kit ($60 with shipping), i turned the video back on and it walked me through the process step for step and i got it all done in about 20min with no problems. Dryer has been working great and i am very happy with the decision to do it myself and the help i got from the video. 

With the super easy video and the simple kit. My nerves aside I was successful in replacing the terminal block and the cord. Everything is working again! No more laundromats for me! 

With the help of the video, once I received my new part I had it installed within 10 minutes. Then another few minutes to attach a new cord. So instead of spending $500 on a new dryer, I had my 5 year dryer up and running for under $100. I am pretty sure it was the movers who hooked up the dryer wrong, had to change the plug from a 3 prong to a 4 prong. My sales associate was very helpful. 

Got the terminal block and replaced it 

Appliance Parts Pros offered a great video that not only showed me how to properly replace this part but they were the only company selling replacements parts in a full kit. I attempted to purchase these exact parts from another site & the total was well over $115 not including shipping cost. 

Opened up back of dryer and saw the obvious problem. Went on-line to order the repair kit, When I found the kit I noticed that the supplier had also provided a short video showing step-by-step how to make the repair. I ordered the kit and it arrived the following day. Within 20 minutes, I had made the repair and the dryer was running.