Did some poking around on the interweb and found appliancepartspros.com along with the help I needed to fix my dryer. I have never worked on a dryer but am fairly mechanical. Tools I used were a 1/4" nut driver and a pair of needle nose pliers. I watched a youtube video of changing-out the heating element and couldn't believe how easy it is. My dear wife had spent time cleaning most of the stuff that had accumulated around the dryer since it was installed in 2010. I used the small shop vac and cleaned the dryer after the rear cover was removed as well as the duct/wall vent. The wall vent had so much lint in it that the flapper would not close. This is a West wall and the flapper closing will keep the room from getting so cold in the winter. I should probably clean that annually. I didn't do any testing of components, just ordered the Whirlpool Dryer Heating Element, Dryer Thermal Cut-Off Switch Kit and a Hi-Limit Thermostat. Only problem I had (besides NOT being as limber as I used to be working in the tight area Lol), which really wasn't a problem, was that the Hi-Limit Thermostat is included in the Dryer Thermal Cut-Off Kit. The two interchangeable parts look different, the one in the Kit uses a jumper wire and the other one doesn't. The one that doesn't use the jumper wire looked just like the one I took off my dryer so I used that one. Upon disassembly, I found my heating element was broken. I saved the two switches I removed and replaced in case I might need them in the future (will test them to make sure they are still good). As mentioned, there is a slight smell for a few minutes when initially turning on the dryer. First drying cycle with the new element I used a setting ~75% of what I normally used to use for a load. I didn't let it go through the cool-down cycle and when I took the clothes out they were much warmer than in the past and completely dry. I would imagine the element was not working correctly for some time. Great experience with the order. Ordered the parts on a weekend and received them on Tuesday using just the "Fast" shipping. Removal and replacement of the parts could be completed by anyone with a 1/4" socket and a pair of needle nose pliers. A helper is nice to bring a cocktail.