Hello!
I have the dryer in the subject line, I'm assuming it's at least 20 years old. It was in the house (built in '74) when we moved in about 7 years ago and has worked well enough...until today. It won't go on and Googling around, I wanted to check things like the thermal fuse and the start switch. I was trying to rush around to look at it this morning before work and could not for the life of me get the back panel off where my initial searches suggested the fuse would be. I did get the bottom front panel down and saw what I think was part of the blower housing but couldn't get that off. Having search around some more, I found a parts diagram that came up for this model # that showed the fuse towards the back like I initially had thought but another parts site with a video on replacing showed it in the front where that thing I think is the blower housing is. Other videos seemed to suggest you need to take the top off and pull the drum out to access the fuse in the back by the vent, which would kind of make sense given my inability to remove the back panel but the fact that there's a whole set of screws in the back, I'm wondering if that's really the case or it just needs some muscle after all these years to get it off.
Like I said, it has worked fairly well the past 7 years or so, biggest complaint is it typically doesn't dry completely when using the moisture settings but now that I've seen parts for it, wondering if that could possibly be a simple fix as well if I could just get to where things are. At the same time, it is old (but feels better built than a bunch of stuff we've bought in the last 10 years) and we have a bunch of other projects we need to get done with not enough time to do them so don't know if it makes sense to just bite the bullet and get something new.
If anyone has any familiarity with this model and can give me some pointers, I'd appreciate it!
Thanks,
Casey

I have the dryer in the subject line, I'm assuming it's at least 20 years old. It was in the house (built in '74) when we moved in about 7 years ago and has worked well enough...until today. It won't go on and Googling around, I wanted to check things like the thermal fuse and the start switch. I was trying to rush around to look at it this morning before work and could not for the life of me get the back panel off where my initial searches suggested the fuse would be. I did get the bottom front panel down and saw what I think was part of the blower housing but couldn't get that off. Having search around some more, I found a parts diagram that came up for this model # that showed the fuse towards the back like I initially had thought but another parts site with a video on replacing showed it in the front where that thing I think is the blower housing is. Other videos seemed to suggest you need to take the top off and pull the drum out to access the fuse in the back by the vent, which would kind of make sense given my inability to remove the back panel but the fact that there's a whole set of screws in the back, I'm wondering if that's really the case or it just needs some muscle after all these years to get it off.
Like I said, it has worked fairly well the past 7 years or so, biggest complaint is it typically doesn't dry completely when using the moisture settings but now that I've seen parts for it, wondering if that could possibly be a simple fix as well if I could just get to where things are. At the same time, it is old (but feels better built than a bunch of stuff we've bought in the last 10 years) and we have a bunch of other projects we need to get done with not enough time to do them so don't know if it makes sense to just bite the bullet and get something new.
If anyone has any familiarity with this model and can give me some pointers, I'd appreciate it!
Thanks,
Casey
