avid_hiker wrote:
What I can find....is that new glass will cost you around or above
$700.00 . A new complete unit is around $1000.00 .

After/if to have it serviced.....you will probably be at the 1000
dollar mark anyhow........so just buy a new one......save the old one
for parts for the future.................and install it yourself if
needed by the end of the week.
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OK; warning!
This is one of those "I told you so" postings!
I have never liked those 'ceramic/glass' units or in fact counter cook
tops generally. Although affluent relatives have them.
In this house, after 36 years, we are on our third stove, or maybe our
fourth? (another used one thrown out by a neighbour who was upgrading
and knew my penchant for 'fixing' things) The only thing wrong so far
with this one, apart from a good cleaning cos I think the neighbour
smoked? This one must be about 20 years old BTW; is that the lettering
of one set of controls has worn off. It works fine and I have at least
a dozen spare elements and parts from other stoves scrapped over the 30
or so years we ran a catering business! Over the years we ran the gamut
of the 'Avocado' = green, then the 'Gold' = yellow and finally white.
We even got the second generation fridge resprayed white to match and
it survives to this day (at least 25 years+).
Finally; have found the typical stand alone stove plugged into the wall
behind it, is far easier to work on and or quickly replace than units
mounted into counter tops. The parts also seem to be far more standard;
i.e. it's often possible to use a similar burner element whether it is
a plug in unit or hard wired and/or the whole stove can be pulled out,
carted out onto the front step or into the garage for later repair (or
scrapping) and another stove quickly put in place. Because of course
it's usually leading up to Christmas or some other significant period
of the year when one is most busy that the stove decides to misbehave!
Doubt if we have ever spent more than $50 on a stove repair.
Anyway best wishes to the OP while he gets 'cracking' repairing the
cook top! Also for all the various posts, opinions and advice, which
are, as usual, informative.
Thank you. Seasons Greetings to all.