Frigidaire 5303207409 Gas Valve Assembly OEM Part

Frigidaire Gallery gas dryer from maybe 15 years ago. Based on the fact the the smell was only in the dryer, I concluded it must be the gas valve failing to completely seal when closed. After looking at the insides again, I suppose it is possible that it was a connection near the burner, but that stuff had remained untouched for 10 years so I still think I made a good assumption. I got a new ignitor as well since I was in there, and compared to the valve, it was cheap! I thought I could get in through the back to do this, and told my wife an hour should do it. Whoops! Turns out access is from the other end. Top comes off with the putty knife (and no good place to disconnect harnesses, so I had to find a chair to set it on to avoid dangling it by the wires). Remove the front panel with two screws and some spring clips. You can get the screws on this thing with a philips, but a square drive is much easier. The front panel supports the front of the drum. Release the belt from the motor and lift the drum out the front. You have to pop the rear bearing ball up to get it out of the bearing (I replaced this and the felts and belt a few years back, but if yours are original, I would replace these now too. It will save another trip inside. If the drum is really sloppy on the felts that support the front, do those too!). At this point I see all the lint everywhere! I didn't count on that in my time estimate! Lots of vacuuming. Also cleaned out the lint trap and surrounding duct. Pretty packed with lint. The gas valve came out easy by removing it on its bracket. Loosen the brass fitting with a couple of large adjustable wrenches (and pull the two electrical connectors). The gas fitting you just separated has to come out of the old valve to go into the new valve. That required a large allen wrench, I think 1/4" or 5/16". I bought a little tube of thread sealant as well. I had read that teflon tape isn't the thing for gas connections. Not sure if that is accurate, so take that for what its worth. Used a little bit of the sealant to put the new fitting in the new valve. Put the new valve on the bracket, put it in place, tightened the gas connection, then the fastener for the bracket. The new ignitor is just clipped into place on the burner. The new one came with a new clip. The parts were perfect fit replacements, which I have come to expect from AppliancePartsPros. I have never been disappointed. Re-assembly was the reverse of disassembly! And I was done in two hours. Got to remember the time it takes to clean out the thing I am working on! My wife was happy that she doesn't have to shut off the supply valve each time though, so no harm done.

Replaced the Gas Valve Assembly.

Replaced gas valve.