Do-It-Yourself Story

We followed the instructions provided with the new element. When powered up for burn in phase, heard a loud 'pop'. Turned the power back off. Pulled oven out of wall to access the back of the oven. Took off the back of oven. It was very obvious that the element had shorted out on the oven case. The connectors on the element end up touching the oven case when installed per instructions. When using the existing screw holes to secure the element to the interior oven wall, the element did not sit flush on the oven floor. Used the broken element to fashion a mounting clip from a piece of the mounting plate to hold the new element in place. With this revision, the element connectors did not touch the exterior oven case anymore, I believe the short pieces of wire shrink wrap are not the best long-term solution to prevent the element from touching the oven case. Additionally, you would still need to bend the element connectors down and that is not in the instructions provided with the element. The failed element connectors were bent down. You cannot see this from the interior of the oven but it is suggested when the element does not sit flat. It was easy to see and fix the problem once the oven was out of the wall, but not everyone has the ability to remove an oven from the wall. Tin snips easily cut the mounting plate from the failed oven to make the mounting clip. Retested continuity of the new element before reinstalling with 'macgyvered' clip. Very happy to find and create a fix for the problem. Avoided the cost to buy a new wall oven! Also allowed me to see the condition of the other wiring and connections to make sure nothing else needed to be addressed while the oven was out of the wall!