Harry H Valparaiso , IN September 13, 2020 Appliance: General Electric Gas Dryer GTD42GASJ2WW Two year old GE gas dryer stopped heating. Changed ignitor. Ordered new ignitor by just putting dryer model number in the search box. When I opened the dryer up and took the old one out I was originally upset. The meter read 73 ohms. I was expecting OL (open line). The new one read 273 ohms so I put it in. Dryer works now. The install video’s are old. It was much easier than the video’s showed. Opening the control panel was a little trickier than the video. You do NOT need to take screws off the back of the dryer. There are 2 screws that hold the control panel to the top of the dryer. One on the back left and one on the back right. They face down and not visible from the front but easy to find. Remove the two screws, pop the panel straight back and it loosens up. There are 2 more screws that hold the top down when you remove the control panel. One in each corner. Open the dryer front door and remove the two hidden screws that face up, they hold the top in place. You can now lift the top panel up and remove the two screws that hold the front panel in place. Again one near the top left and right. Lift up on the dryer front panel and you can swing it open to the left. You need a stubby Phillips screwdriver to remove the ignitor. It just unplugs from the wiring harness. You do NOT need to remove the drum. Easier than the video’s online. The hardest part of the job is getting on your hands and knees to remove the ignitor. Get a good soft knee pad from Menards. I’m 67 years old and consider this an easy job. I don’t do anything in less than 15 minutes. Never tell your wife it was an easy job. Remember to unplug the dryer before you start. Clean out the lint good before you close it up. Don’t be laazzzy. I was surprised by all the lint in there. Open up, change part, cleanup, close up, put the dryer back in place and test about 90 minutes. Read More... 21 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 1-2 hours Tools: Screwdrivers, Socket Set
Freda H Oak Lawn , IL August 21, 2021 Appliance: General Electric Gas Dryer DHDSR46GE1WW The dryer was not getting hot anymore. Thank goodness for how-to videos! I was able to get the part diagrams and instructions from AppliancePartsPros. I watched several other available videos out there to make sure that the information is consistent. As a middle-aged woman who works in an office, I was able to identify the most likely cause - the igniter, because I couldn't see a glow from the bottom viewing hole. At least I had a pretty good idea that this was the first thing to try from reading other reviews and several videos. While I was prepared to test the bad one before installing the new one, there was no need. It was easy to see the part was missing a chunk.. I ordered a new Rear Drum Bearing Sleeve as long as the drum had to come out since my dryer had been noisy for a while too. We'd already changed out the bearing slides, the Dryer Drum Front Support Bearing, and the trap duct asm the previous year, and those parts still seemed ok. The rear drum bearing sleeve was easy to install with the drum out, and that part did the trick. Installing the igniter isn't an easy fix because of where it is. My boyfriend was able to change the part but it has to be done by feel. Putting the drum back in was tricky too because you can't SEE the pulleys, you have to feel your way with those parts too. He has experience working on cars, I don't think I would have been able to do it myself. Together, we make a good repair team, because finding the right part to change is just as difficult as changing it. Seeing that appliances have a long lead time right now, I was up and running faster than if I had gone out and ordered a new one. Repairing your own appliances is very rewarding! Read More... 4 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 30-60 minutes Tools: Screwdrivers
David N Fairfax , CA December 08, 2018 Appliance: General Electric Gas Dryer DBVH512GF1WW Dryer heating for only a short time then no heat at all GE Gas Dryer Model DBVH512GF1WW began to heat for only a short amount of time so drying clothes took WAY too long. Read online that the first thing to replace are the solenoids. Bought the two solenoids from AppliancePartsPros.com for about $50 total, and it seems to have fixed the problem. Had to watch a few videos to learn to disassemble the dryer, and the job took a couple of hours, but now that I know what I'm doing it could be done in less than 30 minutes. Also, the old solenoids tested for correct range of resistance (and nearly exactly matched the resistance of the brand new ones) but apparently they can test ok when cold and then fail to work properly when in use. Could have ordered same two solenoids online for $10 (guess where?) but they would not be original GE parts and I read some reviews suggesting the cheaper ones could easily fail in a year or less. Probably worth the extra $40 to get original parts. WIll change my rating from 4 to 5 stars if the solenoids hold up and are confirmed to be the solution to the heating problem. Read More... 24 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 1-2 hours Tools: Nut Drivers, Screwdrivers
Michael P Flagstaff , AZ June 13, 2014 Gas dryer had no heat I had seen this twice before in other gas dryers I had. I went straight to the igniter and removed it, then took a close look at it. The heating element was broken, not unusual for something that gets yellow-hot whenever the dryer is started. The element was also charcoal gray instead of white. The first one I worked on had a broken white heating element and when I replaced it the igniter glowed but no gas flowed - in that case because of a bad solenoid. The element was white because it had burned off the soot from the gas. Dark is normal, white is not so much. Anyway, I put the new element in (as always, the AppliancePartsPros part was an exact replacement), reassembled and tried it out. Life is good. Read More... 22 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 30-60 minutes Tools: Screwdrivers, Socket Set
Carmela B Wayne , NJ March 14, 2014 Appliance: General Electric Gas Dryer DPSQ475GT4WW No heat in my dryer Checked voltage to the igniter when it should have been activated. It had voltage but wasn't heating. Ordered the part on Sunday which was received first thing Tuesday AM(Thank You). Replaced the igniter and reassembled the dryer. The only problem encountered was the old igniter connector. The nylon had become rather stiff and the connector on the bad igniter needed to be cut with cutting pliers release the holding tab. After doing the repair, I looked at the video and found it to be very accurate. I always tend to read the instructions AFTER I complete a job. Read More... 14 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 1-2 hours Tools: Pliers, Screwdrivers