Might want to get a multi meter or a 120 volt bulb screw into a pigtail and
make sure you have ~120 volt between ground and each leg, and ~220 volt
across the 2 outside legs. Thats what was wrong with ours one time, only it
would spin and but not heat.

I'll prob. catch hell for this, but if the voltage is OK, Unplug it, and
Open the machine, and give the motor houseing a mediun wack with a hammer,
and if possible turn the motor shaft about 1/2 turn, and try it again. If it
runs now, its the motor.
Tony D.
"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message
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"WARRENRN1" wrote in message
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have an old kenmore *ultra* clothes dryer ( about 11 yrs old). my wife
had
just
put some wet clothes into it....close the door...set the temp and
timer....pushed the start button.... and nothing... there is a nice
*humm*
when she depresses the start button, but nothing after that....

any suggestions?? i am not sure if it is sound to repair or just to
replace
the machine.... after all it is 11 yrs old and it has had a tough
life....

on the same stance... our washer is a matched set.... it still works,
but
what are the chances that it will die one of these days soon ?

Just a hum could be the motor. It will cost about a third of the price of
a
new dryer. You can get some information at www.repairclinic.com

Dryers are simple construction. Motor, heating elements, belt, controls.
Not a lot of stuff to go bad, but they will. Could last another 11 years
with the new motor, or another part could go tomorrow.

Washers are more complex and more likely to have problems. Anything can
be
fixed, but only you can decide if it is worth tossing for a new model.
Anything mechanical will eventually wear out and break.
Ed