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Smell is going away A load of jeans is almost dry and the smell is going away. If I'm lucky, it will keep working a couple of more years.

Burning smell with new element installation. So, I snipped the lower coil and removed it from the element. Then, I reinstalled everything. When I tried running the dryer for five minutes on low, it heated very hot very quickly but also produced a strong burning smell that was not very...

What about removing one of the strings? The other possibility I'm considering is to remove the lower string (spring) and just snip one of the two wires, leaving the top string with a single contact on each side.

I was able to get a heating element through Ebay that is a close match for the one that was in my 1957 Kenmore Automatic Dryer that had a broken string; however the old string was one continuous piece and hooked over two keys at the end being held down by washers and screws while the new one is...

Best plan for repairing heating element in 1957 Kenmore I finally started work on my 1957 Kenmore dryer that had no heat and there was nothing blocking the exhaust. I got the back off and got the wires disconnected from the thermostat to run the continuity test and it checked out. After...

The search for parts and the plan to service the 1957 dryer: So, I downloaded the parts list for the dryer from the ephemera section (It's a Kenmore Model 110~5108710 and the "heat element assembly" is part S-7040, while the "fixed thermostat assembly" is 229567. I worked with Colin at W L May...

This dryer came with our 1965 house when we bought it six years ago and we’ve been using it ever since, but yesterday it stopped producing heat even though it spins without a problem. Can the heating element in it be replaced? I am outside of Portland, Oregon. Thank you!