powerfin64
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As some of you know, my '72 Lady K set is my pride and joy.
she have been doing a great job washing and drying, never missing a beat.
This past saturday evening, washed a decent sized load of whites, and put them into the drier, set the controls, turned the timer to "Automatic, #2"( Lady K/Kenmore owners know what setting this is.) pushed start, she started as always.
came back about 20 minutes later to check what portion of the cycle it was in, it had moved to 4, felt the top of the cabinet, it was cold!( not normal!) Opened the drier, clothes were damp. Ok, either curcuit breaker tripped or my heating element blew. First checked the breaker, it was fine, but switched off and back on, to make sure. Started her up again, waited 5 minutes, no heat still. Ok, my heating element blew, nothing can be done till monday.( today)
Called my buddy Mike at "Gordies Used Appliances", where I bought my Lady K set from, and told him the situation.
He told me exactly what to do, to get the old heating element out, and get me a new one.
I did what he said, got the back off and Im looking around with a flashlight to check everything out.
I first notice, a black wire, that goes to a thermostat on the heating element box, had completely corroded away from the prong on the themostat.
I call him back, tell him what I found. He says com'on down, and I'll give you the parts to fix it, Its not rocket science, Rich.
I get 3 little parts: A wire nut, a piece of wire, about 5" long, with one end stripped back a bit, the other end with a small slide-plug, and a thermostat. (NOTE: My buddy told me it is NOT that Uncommon, to have a wire corrode over the years, that goes to this thermostat.)
He tells me exactly what to do, step-by-step. Unscrew the old thermostat,( which literally fell apart when I took it out!) cut off the bad portion of the old wire, replace with the new piece, secure with the wire nut, and a little electrical tape, put in new thermostat and replace the screws for it, attach the both slide plugs to the new thermostat, put the back on, plug in, flip curcuit breaker back on, and Im good to go!
Everything went like clock work, and she up and running like new again! I've dried 2 loads tonight, and everything is back to normal.
This was my first appliance repair that I have done my self. Glad it was a pretty simple repair, AND having great instructions on how to do it made it MUCH easier than I expected!( THANK YOU MIKE, YOUR THE BEST!!)
Rich
she have been doing a great job washing and drying, never missing a beat.
This past saturday evening, washed a decent sized load of whites, and put them into the drier, set the controls, turned the timer to "Automatic, #2"( Lady K/Kenmore owners know what setting this is.) pushed start, she started as always.
came back about 20 minutes later to check what portion of the cycle it was in, it had moved to 4, felt the top of the cabinet, it was cold!( not normal!) Opened the drier, clothes were damp. Ok, either curcuit breaker tripped or my heating element blew. First checked the breaker, it was fine, but switched off and back on, to make sure. Started her up again, waited 5 minutes, no heat still. Ok, my heating element blew, nothing can be done till monday.( today)
Called my buddy Mike at "Gordies Used Appliances", where I bought my Lady K set from, and told him the situation.
He told me exactly what to do, to get the old heating element out, and get me a new one.
I did what he said, got the back off and Im looking around with a flashlight to check everything out.
I first notice, a black wire, that goes to a thermostat on the heating element box, had completely corroded away from the prong on the themostat.
I call him back, tell him what I found. He says com'on down, and I'll give you the parts to fix it, Its not rocket science, Rich.
I get 3 little parts: A wire nut, a piece of wire, about 5" long, with one end stripped back a bit, the other end with a small slide-plug, and a thermostat. (NOTE: My buddy told me it is NOT that Uncommon, to have a wire corrode over the years, that goes to this thermostat.)
He tells me exactly what to do, step-by-step. Unscrew the old thermostat,( which literally fell apart when I took it out!) cut off the bad portion of the old wire, replace with the new piece, secure with the wire nut, and a little electrical tape, put in new thermostat and replace the screws for it, attach the both slide plugs to the new thermostat, put the back on, plug in, flip curcuit breaker back on, and Im good to go!
Everything went like clock work, and she up and running like new again! I've dried 2 loads tonight, and everything is back to normal.
This was my first appliance repair that I have done my self. Glad it was a pretty simple repair, AND having great instructions on how to do it made it MUCH easier than I expected!( THANK YOU MIKE, YOUR THE BEST!!)
Rich
