How to Troubleshoot & Replace Whirlpool AP6016540 / WPW10185981 Timer Assembly

Replaced the timer. 

Purchased a new timer from AppliancePartsPros.com. The part arrived one day before the estimated arrival date. The online instructions matched the dryer perfectly and were easy to follow, making the swap a quick and easy task. The dryer works like new, now. 

After testing and talking to your help people we determined it was the Timer assembly. I replaced it and all works fine now. 

Replaced the timer first. This fixed the igniter circuit. The dryer started up fine, but stopped heating after a short time. Went to a local appliance parts store and picked up a pair of gas valve coils and replaced them. All good! 

The video describing the replacement was informative. Looked easy enough so I ordered the part on Wednesday. Friday it arrived but somehow the shipping was totally screwed and I received an LP conversion kit for some fellow in Wisconsin (I live in NY). I called customer service real quick and explained what I received. Customer Service said no problem, they'll fix it. Sunday the timer was at my door. Fantastic, and the timer replacement was easy peezy. I'm a satisfied customer, to say the least! 

My husband fixed it after purchasing the product from you. 

Checked all the other components responsible for heat, including thermostat and thermal fuse. Everything checked out, so I figured it must be the timer. The timer was easy to install (10 minutes) and fixed the problem. Note that some videos recommend prying the front clips of the console to separate it from the dryer. I did that and managed to drop the clip into the dryer. Luckily I was able to retrieve it with a magnet and reattach it without too much trouble. But it would have been a lot easier just to leave the console attached to the dryer and remove the timer from behind, removing the console didn't really give me any more access than I had from behind anyway. Also note that the timer replacement is pretty pricey, I recommend you first consider disassembling the timer you have and see if you can just clean the internal contacts before dropping $140 for a new one. 

Order parts and I installed myself. 

One day our gas dryer stopped heating up. I checked the exhaust ducting. I unplugged it hoping for a magic reset of some kind. That seemed to work. We had heat. But it happened again. No heat. After checking and ruling out the usual causes of “no heat”, it occurred to me there may be an issue with the timer/cycle dial. By chance, I realized I could get the burner to fire by pushing on the dial. I could hear something being actuated down by the burner. So I ordered a new timer/cycle assembly. Installing it took 5 minutes. Diagnosing the issue on my own took me several hours. I did not see this issue addressed during my online search efforts. Hopefully this might save someone else some time, frustration and unnecessary part replacement. 

Ordered and installed the new part per the video and everything is working great.