On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:56:09 -0500, philo wrote:

On 08/14/2018 11:35 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 08:42:58 -0500, philo wrote:

Due to several problems and the fact that it's 20 years old I purchased
a new clothes drier.

Kind of curious though as what the problem is with the old one. I do my
own repairs and this one stumped me.



The gas only comes on intermittently. I can see the igniter glowing but
most of the time, there is no gas present.

Sometimes it will ignite but after a few minutes goes out again.


The timer and thermal breakers all check ok. I'm thinking it must be the
solenoid that actually turns the gas on.


I did not think it worth investigating because half the time the drum
sticks...I got my $400 worth.

Sounds more like the thermocouple.




I'd have to do more disassembly to get to that.

I am curious but not quite curious enough to disassemble the drier any more.

Set it on the curb and forget about it then ;-)