Whirlpool WP8578906 Timer (Fm-3) OEM Part

I had an incident where a full and heavy box of Borax had fallen against the timer, and after that it didn;t work right, but I found that if I wedged a piece of cardboard of a plastic "make-do-disk" at the dial gap I could get it to run.--(ONLY AFTER I made CERTAIN that there was no build up of lint in dryer duct--wanted no fire hazard!) Eventually that didn't work. Between what I knew, what I read, and what I discussed with the "Live Chat" person I was certain it was the timer. I was also directed to a helpful VIDEO on the process. I did a dry run on the process and made sure the part # info on the "dead" timer matched the new one I wanted to replace. Ordered the part, received the part, and had it installed in minutes. Tested it. Then I had to move appliances back in place and re-hang the room doors. Indeed, the re-hanging of the doors and moving appliances back into place took longer than replacing the part. I found it very EASY for my skill set--I have repaired things before--and I had the necessary tools. The new PART saved me a bunch on $! I couldn't afford the cost of a new dryer and was very glad I didn't go and borrow money against the relative low cost of the part and my own labor. Your part was identical to the "Genuine Whirlpool Parts" and saved me another $15 or so. My one disappointment was that I paid for the standard Fed EX shipping and it did take a whole week. But when the part arrived it turned out it came from a warehouse about a 30 minute drive from my house! If I had a "Local Pick-Up option" I could have saved an entire week of a torn apart laundry room, and the shipping (though it would have cost me a little bit in gas to drive to the warehouse.) The absolute worst part was removing my bi-fold doors and moving the appliances...because the BUILDER of our home BUTCHERED the framing and drywall and practically need a shoe horn to get those heavy appliances in place correctly. I would do this again if I needed to. I would access info again and directions again from your site.

I watched the video to see the difficulty and it was fairly simple. So I took the opportunity and coached my wife while she changed it. I was able to show her all the safety issues and make sure everything went smoothly. It took about fifteen minutes and it's working great.

My wife wanted to call the local appliance repairman to fix the dryer. My friend suggested going to AppliancePartsPros.com website. We did and I was amazed at the repair video and how easy it was to follow step by step. I told my wife I can do this. In less than 15 minutes we transferred all the wires from one timer to another and job completed.

I called an appliance technician friend who located the problem.

Replaced the timer.