Hi, someone gave me an old Montgomery Ward gas clothes dryer a few months
back. The model # is LNC8375A80. This may be an 1982 or so model, as it
reference something or another about 1982 on the info plate.

The dryer worked pretty decent, maybe a little noisy, but heated good until
a couple of weeks ago. There's some heat, but weak, and if I set the timer
for say 90 minutes, it seems to start getting warm, but if I go and check it
after about an hour, there's no heat and the clothes stay wet. If I restart
it at 90 minutes again, it will usually get just luke warm again, and maybe
stay that way, eventual getting my clothes dry in 4 hours or so, after
restarting a few times.

What should I look for to try to resolve the heat problem. I keep the lint
filter clean. I can't find any info on that dryer online, so I don't know
what else to look for, as any other vents that may be clogged, etc. Anything
inside that I have to take apart/install I'll call a repair guy, but again,
anything I can look for as something clogged, etc. The vent going outside is
not the most secure, but it gets warm, but that only exhausts, not bring
inside air as far as I know. Thanks in advance.

Danny Kewl wrote:
Hi, someone gave me an old Montgomery Ward gas clothes dryer a few
months
back. The model # is LNC8375A80. This may be an 1982 or so model, as
it
reference something or another about 1982 on the info plate.

The dryer worked pretty decent, maybe a little noisy, but heated good
until
a couple of weeks ago. There's some heat, but weak, and if I set the
timer
for say 90 minutes, it seems to start getting warm, but if I go and
check it
after about an hour, there's no heat and the clothes stay wet. If I
restart
it at 90 minutes again, it will usually get just luke warm again, and
maybe
stay that way, eventual getting my clothes dry in 4 hours or so,
after
restarting a few times.

What should I look for to try to resolve the heat problem. I keep the
lint
filter clean. I can't find any info on that dryer online, so I don't
know
what else to look for, as any other vents that may be clogged, etc.
Anything
inside that I have to take apart/install I'll call a repair guy, but
again,
anything I can look for as something clogged, etc. The vent going
outside is
not the most secure, but it gets warm, but that only exhausts, not
bring
inside air as far as I know. Thanks in advance.


Those old dryers are very good, probably a Whirpool design. Those noisy
drum roller wheels are cheap and easy to replace. The top lifts off all
the sides pop out and you can get to everything. Check the appliance
parts sites. They have tutorials on disassembly.
Obviously, you have no gas coming through and igniting. Within a few
seconds of your turning on the dryer you should hear the burner light
up as the gas valve open up. The gas valve looks like a square box in
the gas line before the burner. You can see this all by removing the
lower front plate. Try cleaning electrical connections to the valve and
tapping on with the dryer turned on. I suspect that valve is not
opening. If it opens when you tap on it then it is bad and should be
changed.

Thanks for the reply. I checked around and indeed did find the exhaust vent
half off the dryer. I secured that and it works better, at least the clothes
get dry, but I think the heat can be a bit hotter. Any way of adjusting
temperature, besides the dial settings? Maybe I'll eventually have to take
the top off and look around and maybe clean the insides.


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Danny Kewl wrote:
Hi, someone gave me an old Montgomery Ward gas clothes dryer a few
months
back. The model # is LNC8375A80. This may be an 1982 or so model, as
it
reference something or another about 1982 on the info plate.

The dryer worked pretty decent, maybe a little noisy, but heated good
until
a couple of weeks ago. There's some heat, but weak, and if I set the
timer
for say 90 minutes, it seems to start getting warm, but if I go and
check it
after about an hour, there's no heat and the clothes stay wet. If I
restart
it at 90 minutes again, it will usually get just luke warm again, and
maybe
stay that way, eventual getting my clothes dry in 4 hours or so,
after
restarting a few times.

What should I look for to try to resolve the heat problem. I keep the
lint
filter clean. I can't find any info on that dryer online, so I don't
know
what else to look for, as any other vents that may be clogged, etc.
Anything
inside that I have to take apart/install I'll call a repair guy, but
again,
anything I can look for as something clogged, etc. The vent going
outside is
not the most secure, but it gets warm, but that only exhausts, not
bring
inside air as far as I know. Thanks in advance.


Those old dryers are very good, probably a Whirpool design. Those noisy
drum roller wheels are cheap and easy to replace. The top lifts off all
the sides pop out and you can get to everything. Check the appliance
parts sites. They have tutorials on disassembly.
Obviously, you have no gas coming through and igniting. Within a few
seconds of your turning on the dryer you should hear the burner light
up as the gas valve open up. The gas valve looks like a square box in
the gas line before the burner. You can see this all by removing the
lower front plate. Try cleaning electrical connections to the valve and
tapping on with the dryer turned on. I suspect that valve is not
opening. If it opens when you tap on it then it is bad and should be
changed.

Danny Kewl wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I checked around and indeed did find the
exhaust vent
half off the dryer. I secured that and it works better, at least the
clothes
get dry, but I think the heat can be a bit hotter. Any way of
adjusting
temperature, besides the dial settings? Maybe I'll eventually have to
take
the top off and look around and maybe clean the insides.


You need to go to school on this a bit more Danny. Check some appliance
sites that show pictures and describe how a gas dryer works.
If your dryer vent was actually blocked, that would seriously effect
drying because of reduced air flow and because the overheat sensors
would shut off the gas.
First you need to know what a dryer should look and sound like as it
starts the drying cycle. Within seconds of pushing the start cycle you
should hear a whoosh of air as the gas valve opens and ignites. The gas
stays on during the drying cycle until a heat sensor shuts it off.
Mostly it stays on unless you are using a light dry cycle. The gas
valve might not be opening because it's bad or because of one of the
2-3 sensors is not allowing it to open. You could check those sensors
with a volt ohm meter or jump them one at a time with an aligator clip
to see if that caused the gas valve to open. Do not leave anything
attached beyond the test that you are monitoring or you risk a fire.

If you are getting some drying and just not enough then I lean toward a
bad temperature sensor cutting the gas off.

I had a similar problem, and it was caused by the exhaust being blocked. It
probably hadn't been cleaned in years (the previous owners of the house sold
it to us.)

It eventually blew a fuse in the dryer. I replaced the fuse and cleaned the
exhaust, and it was as good as new.
"Danny Kewl" wrote in message
...
Hi, someone gave me an old Montgomery Ward gas clothes dryer a few months
back. The model # is LNC8375A80. This may be an 1982 or so model, as it
reference something or another about 1982 on the info plate.

The dryer worked pretty decent, maybe a little noisy, but heated good
until
a couple of weeks ago. There's some heat, but weak, and if I set the timer
for say 90 minutes, it seems to start getting warm, but if I go and check
it
after about an hour, there's no heat and the clothes stay wet. If I
restart
it at 90 minutes again, it will usually get just luke warm again, and
maybe
stay that way, eventual getting my clothes dry in 4 hours or so, after
restarting a few times.

What should I look for to try to resolve the heat problem. I keep the lint
filter clean. I can't find any info on that dryer online, so I don't know
what else to look for, as any other vents that may be clogged, etc.
Anything
inside that I have to take apart/install I'll call a repair guy, but
again,
anything I can look for as something clogged, etc. The vent going outside
is
not the most secure, but it gets warm, but that only exhausts, not bring
inside air as far as I know. Thanks in advance.

Thanks, I think this was pretty much my problem too.

"blah" wrote in message
...
I had a similar problem, and it was caused by the exhaust being blocked.
It
probably hadn't been cleaned in years (the previous owners of the house
sold
it to us.)

It eventually blew a fuse in the dryer. I replaced the fuse and cleaned
the
exhaust, and it was as good as new.
"Danny Kewl" wrote in message
...
Hi, someone gave me an old Montgomery Ward gas clothes dryer a few
months
back. The model # is LNC8375A80. This may be an 1982 or so model, as it
reference something or another about 1982 on the info plate.

The dryer worked pretty decent, maybe a little noisy, but heated good
until
a couple of weeks ago. There's some heat, but weak, and if I set the
timer
for say 90 minutes, it seems to start getting warm, but if I go and
check
it
after about an hour, there's no heat and the clothes stay wet. If I
restart
it at 90 minutes again, it will usually get just luke warm again, and
maybe
stay that way, eventual getting my clothes dry in 4 hours or so, after
restarting a few times.

What should I look for to try to resolve the heat problem. I keep the
lint
filter clean. I can't find any info on that dryer online, so I don't
know
what else to look for, as any other vents that may be clogged, etc.
Anything
inside that I have to take apart/install I'll call a repair guy, but
again,
anything I can look for as something clogged, etc. The vent going
outside
is
not the most secure, but it gets warm, but that only exhausts, not bring
inside air as far as I know. Thanks in advance.