Clothes dryer repair

Our clothes dryer had gone kaput..no heat. I've watched two U-Tube videos and am now an expert on the repair. Yeah,right.
Figure I'll pull the dryer out from the wall and see what I can see. A new heater element is a whole lot cheaper than buying a new dryer.



The dryer part came in the mail today and I installed it (heater element). Darn dryer still didn't work although I knew via testing that the old element was no good. I educated myself further via the Internet and tested the Thermal Cut-Off fuse. That was another malfunction. Okay, now I need that part and I don't know of a local appliance parts store and I need that part NOW so back to the Internet I went.


In reading reviews of the various suppliers of said part one person suggested that "sometimes" you can reset that one-time fuse by throwing it on the ground,flat side down. I've got nothing to lose so I followed his advice. I again tested it for continuity with my multi-meter and the fuse is good again.Sometimes you just have use the "force mode". Glory be!!



Dryer is now re-assembled and the operator (Mrs.Tyme) is busy using it.

This old dog learned a new trick today!!
That fuse is a safety item and we discovered that some debris was in the discharge vent going outside. Looked like a bird might have gotten in it and started to build a nest. The debris was removed, tight things that should be loose were adjusted and things that were lose and should be tight also adjusted.



I'm so pleased with myself I might, oh heck no, I WILL have several Woodfords this evening.

[QUOTE=Tyme2fish;546127]Our clothes dryer had gone kaput..no heat. I've watched two U-Tube videos and am now an expert on the repair. Yeah,right.
Figure I'll pull the dryer out from the wall and see what I can see. A new heater element is a whole lot cheaper than buying a new dryer.



The dryer part came in the mail today and I installed it (heater element). Darn dryer still didn't work although I knew via testing that the old element was no good. I educated myself further via the Internet and tested the Thermal Cut-Off fuse. That was another malfunction. Okay, now I need that part and I don't know of a local appliance parts store and I need that part NOW so back to the Internet I went.


In reading reviews of the various suppliers of said part one person suggested that "sometimes" you can reset that one-time fuse by throwing it on the ground,flat side down. I've got nothing to lose so I followed his advice. I again tested it for continuity with my multi-meter and the fuse is good again.Sometimes you just have use the "force mode". Glory be!!



Dryer is now re-assembled and the operator (Mrs.Tyme) is busy using it.

This old dog learned a new trick today!!
That fuse is a safety item and we discovered that some debris was in the discharge vent going outside. Looked like a bird might have gotten in it and started to build a nest. The debris was removed, tight things that should be loose were adjusted and things that were lose and should be tight also adjusted.



I'm so pleased with myself I might, oh heck no, I WILL have several Woodfords this evening.[/QUOTE]

At first I thought Mrs. Tyme had a bad shoulder and needed a repair! :0)
I have repaired my dryer so many times now it aint funny....its a lot cheaper than buying a new one! I mean it's a large heating element with forced air.....yeah I can't get some of my fancy settings to work but I don't have delicates!

Tyme that is how I fixed mine on YouTube. I could take out a kidney and replace it after watching YouTube. I won't garantee it but could do it.