Whirlpool WP8557403 Dryer Thermostat OEM Part

After reading the reviews of others, I ordered and replaced the heating element, thermostat, cut-off & the moisture sensor bars. It was a success! The element was definitely bad on one end, the wire was burnt in two pieces. Now it doesn't take 3 hours to dry a load! Well worth the money I spent. Easy to fix & do it yourself. I watched the video before buying the parts just to make sure that it was something I wanted to tackle. Very easy with the video. Great job Appliance Pro's!

I replaced the "heating element" which was bad.........as well as the "Thermst-fix" and "Thermal Cutoff" which are located on the side of the element mounting location while I had the dyer all opened up and the element mounting tube removed.......I also replaced the Dryer Thermister which is located on the top of the blower fan.....To get to these parts, you must open the top of the dryer which has spring latches on both sides of the front corners... they need to be pressed in (use a putty knife or kitchen knife) to press in and then the top will raise on it's back hinges.....you then must get the entire front panel removed before you can get to the bottom of the dryer where these are located...after the top is raised on its back hinges, take a screw out on each side of the top panel and then raise the front panel straight up to remove it from it's bottom brackets....You will also have to remove the Dryer Lint screen housing Bottom center ( 4 screws) to get to the fan blower housing

The parts arrived quickly, I replaced both moisture sensor bars and the Dryer thermistor. Thank you for the great video's, I was able to take my whole dryer apart, clean everything, replace the parts and the dryer is working again. The fix to longer than expected only because I cleaned every inch of the insides. No lint build up anywhere anymore. Has a single Mom, I choose to do many of my own repairs, to save expenses. I am however, very handy at electrical, plumbing and other fixes. This was extremely easy and if you follow the online video's even a non handy person can do these easy fixes. I figured I saved over 200. dollars and that was well worth it.

I replaced all the fuses and belt including heater and then cleaned the exhaust pipe it's working perfect.

Reviewed video supplied to test and replace thermal fuse. After existing thermal fuse tested bad replaced with new unit. Dryer back to normal. Found that air flow was being blocked by lint at exhaust port on outside of home. Lint was building up on mesh that was placed to prevent rodents entering the home.