4846 - Instructions
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My bake element (lower element) just about caught fire and needed replacing
23 of 26 people
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Ryan from Greenfield, MA
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Nutdriver, Screw drivers
The repair was straight forward and the video was a big help. I removed the oven racks and then used a 1/4" socket with a nut driver to unscrew the bolts at the back. Since this is a really old oven, the connecting wires were a bit difficult to remove from the bake element connectors. They seems kind of stuck, so I took a small, thin
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screw driver and pried up one of the metal clamps of the connecting wire just enough to let me budge the connector to detach the bake element. Had to do that for both sides. Then I just put the new bake element in, attached the wire connectors, made sure the wires and the ends of the bake element were all the way back in their holes, screwed the screws back in, and then put the racks back in. It was really easy, except for the bit of a challenge getting the wire connectors detached from the old bake element connectors. Works now without catching fire. :-D
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corroded terminals
22 of 25 people
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Gary from hollywood, FL
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
was more of a job of splicing wires together than anything else. Loved the heat shrink electrical tubing
to put over the wires for insulation. used a hair
dryer. must buy more of that amazing stuff
to put over the wires for insulation. used a hair
dryer. must buy more of that amazing stuff
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Lens missing for burner "on" indication
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Carol from Houma, LA
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Screw drivers
Lifted the oven top, removed the controls cover, slipped the lens into the hole and slid the light holder device onto the lens
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Broken bake element
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Chris from DeRidder, LA
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Nutdriver
From learning the hard way on a previous repair, I opened the circuit breaker for the oven at the circuit box (arc welders use 220 volts also). Then using a nut driver, I removed the two retaining screws and pulled the bake element from the oven (about 3"). Then I removed the spade connectors on both ends of the element and reconnected th
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em to the new element. Then I gently pushed the element back into the rear wall of the oven and replaced the retaining screws. This procedure is extreamly easy and very straight forward, anyone could accomplish this task.
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missing oven racks
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ALLAN from APACHE JUNCTION, AZ
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
order pcs fit perfect.
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Element shorted out
19 of 23 people
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Patrick from Louisville, KY
- Easy
- 30 - 60 mins
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Nutdriver, Screw drivers
I removed the screws holding the element in place, pulled the element out, and one of the leads came off and dropped into the oven. I had to take the back of the stove off and feed the lead back through the hole into the oven. If I had been careful to keep the leads from dropping out of the hole, the whole repair would have taken only a f
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ew minutes. But even so, it was quite easy.
REMEMBER TO UNPLUG YOUR APPLIANCE FIRST!
REMEMBER TO UNPLUG YOUR APPLIANCE FIRST!
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Large burner would turn on high and not cycle off
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Kevin from Nashville, TN
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
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Nutdriver, Pliers, Screw drivers
TURN BREAKER TO RANGE OFF! Move range out to access rear of the unit. Remove 6 screws to gain access to rear of controls panel. Pull knob off switch. Remove 2 pan head Phillips screws to take switch out. Lugs not in matching pattern but are clearly labled, swap wires one at a time. Reverse the disassembly steps and push the range bac
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k in place. DONE
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Block terminal burnt out, hot plate not working, needed to replace the terminal block
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Shaun from Whitehall, MD
- Difficult
- More than 2 hours
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Pliers, Screw drivers
This should take approx 15-30 mins. It took me 1.5 hours as I pushed the terminals into the wrong end of the block. It's very difficult to get them out when you do that... However, there are no easy instructions on the block or in the instructions to tell you which end to push the terminals into!!! So, with a 50:50 chance of getting
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it right, I got it wrong. I think most people would need to buy a new part if they do this. It would be very much easier if the block, had an arrow that simply said IN here so that this type of simple mistake is less easy to do... If you get that right, the fix is quite and straight forward. Good luck.
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Went to use the stove and the main baking element had a melt down.
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Tracey from DEVILLE, LA
- Really Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Screw drivers
shut off power to stove. Opened the oven door, removed the racks. removed 2 screws holding the element in place. gently pulled element out to expose connections. removed connections. discard old element. reattach connections to new element and reinstall. very simple.
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new switch was not wired like old one
20 of 33 people
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PERRY from LECANTO, FL
- A Bit Difficult
- 30 - 60 mins
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Screw drivers
i first replaced element after old smoked & quit. replaced switch but i noticed when i started to replace the wires one at a time something didn't seem right. after checking the #s on the old one, they didn't match up with the new one.luckily i had the stove diagram from a packet on the back of the stove. i traced each wire according to
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the diagram and everything worked out fine. i'm just glad i didn't replace each wire to wire.the #'s were on the switch where each wire went which was different than the org. even though they looked the same.
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Element burnt out
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Larry from Danville, IN
- Easy
- 1- 2 hours
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Nutdriver
The old element burnt a hole in itself and just glowed in an area about the size of a quarter. I unplugged the oven, removed the two screws that held the element and removed it. I plugged the oven back in so we could use the top burners. When I went to install the new element I did not unplug the oven as the controls were off. I did not k
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now the element was hot from the outlet (by design) so when I tried to attach the new element sparks flew and it welded itself to the wire so I jerked it looose. I then unplugged the oven, replaced a blown fuse, and installed the element.
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Oven drawer fell out
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Donald from Gainesville, FL
- Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
Removed the one remaining drawer guide and stared at it for 10 minutes trying to understand where it came from and how it worked. Looked it up on partselect.com. While there was no part number, the detailed photo on your web site was enought to assure me that you had the correct part. Ordered them in a few moments and three days later
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I had the parts. The hardest part of the job was trying to understand how to install the widgets. After 20 minutes to crawling around in the stove's inards, I finally got the "aha" and the drawer on this antique stove was finished. Thanks! Couldn't have done it without you.
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burner wont heat all of the time
14 of 17 people
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Daivid from North Attleboro, MA
- Really Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
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Screw drivers
removed old terminal block . cut wires and spliced new terminal block and insulated with shrink wrap. Very eazy
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Element caught fire when i preheated my oven
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Michael from Union City, TN
- Really Easy
- Less than 15 mins
I first turned the power supply off to my oven. Then I removed the two screws that hold the element in place. I then pulled the element out about 3 inches and disconnected the ends. After that I connected the new element to the wires on my oven and secured the element with the two screws and turned the power back on. I pushed the oven-on
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button and now I'm back in business.
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burner wouldnt heat
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Doug from Ashton, IA
- Really Easy
- 15 - 30 mins
removed element , cut wires, conected wires,replaced element
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