ECBP85WJ3WW General Electric Range - Instructions

My husband pulled out the bake element with no thought about the connection wires. They totally disappeared. He couldn't find them anywhere. Of course, he started this little project at 6:00 PM, I said forget it, I need to use the stove for dinner. The next day I attempted to find the wires & couldn't. I pulled the stove out, took off the panel on the back, found the wires, pushed them through & used clothespins to hold them in place. I put the new element in, attached it loosely so I could put the insulation back in, used a socket wrench(if that's what it is called)tightened it up, went behind the stove & did a good cleaning, put the panel back on with the same socket wrench, pushed the stove back, turned the electric back on, turned on the oven & it worked perfectly. I called my husband & he said "don't turn the oven on until I check what you have done to make sure it is right". I said "it is already on & is working just fine, thank you!" If I would have done this myself in the first place, I would have said easy, 30 minutes(even if I had to pull the stove out)& it sure beats paying for a GE service repairman to do the job, which is what my husband originally wanted to do. I forgot to mention, make sure you turn the circuit breaker off before you start. I used directions that I found on your site from other customers that installed the same bake element & it was easy. They were such a big help. I was also very happy with PartSelect & how quickly I received my order. Sorry to write a book, but I thought that someone might get a laugh out of this story!

Directtions were by diagram only, no written instructions. Drawing was small and difficult to follow but the repair itself was easy.

Instruction were very easy to follow.

Like the others, the element is easy to remove. Just 2 bolts. However, the wires attached to the element are very short on this appliance and if not extremely careful, they will pop back into the insulation. I was half careful as only 1 popped back. I secured the 1 wire with a small clamp and removed the central panel in the back of the range (5 bolts). I worked the wire back into the oven, attached both to the element, attached the element to the back of the oven, neatened the insulation in the back, and replaced the center panel. It wasn't difficult.

Followed the example picture on the part bag. Anyone could do this, incredibly easy. Took about 4 minutes to install both sides.

I ordered it online and it came to our house in less than 24 hours which is very impressive since we live in a very remote place. There were responses from other people who had the same problem and what they had to do to fix it which was very helpful because we knew what might happen. The wires went into the back of the oven when the old element was removed. We were ready, opened up the back of the oven and stuck it back in, connected it, cleaned behind the oven while it was out, put it back, and it works like new. Thankyou so much!

Turned circuit breaker off to range as recommneded. Removed 2 screws from old heating element using a nut driver after removing the two racks from inside the oven. Considereing others had noted the wire sometimes came off and had to be retrieved by removing the back panel, I removed the back panel using the nut driver instead of waiting to see if that would happen. I removed the back panel after sliding the range out for easy access. Back panel was removed using the nut driver on approximately five screws that secured the back panel. This step may not have been needed because the wires were secured snug on the heating element. Secured new heating element and back panel. Turned on power after tripping circuit breaker and noticed a bright red hearting element in range within one minute. Real simple repair quickly done minutes after delivery by UPS.

We pulled the stove out, unplugged it, unscrewed the old element and screwed the new one in.

pull gasket from door bottom and pull gasket to release retainers in door frame. refit new seal in retainer holes and push gasket into slots at bottom of door. done perfect fit.

Extremely easy, two screws pull connection inward to oven grasp push pin pull disconnect (don't let go of oven end or it will recede into appliance) push pin new connection on two connections. Remount with two screws and job was done! And yes a woman repaired her own oven very easy!