8351VV Magic Chef Cooktop - Instructions
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A burner wouldn't spark strongly enough to light the gas.
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Matthew from Brookfield, MA
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Replacement of these burners is very easy. You just twist the burner counterclockwise a quarter turn and pull it out. (You may need a big wrench if the range is very old.) Once out, just pull the two wires off and push them onto the new burner. Crimp them on with pliers if they're loose -- mine were. Twist the burner back on.
If the ... Read more gasket under the burner has disintegrated, don't worry about it. They don't offer replacements for them because they're not necessary as a safety feature. They were designed to keep overspills from running under the cooktop, but the ridge around the hole is likely higher than you'd ever need.
If the ... Read more gasket under the burner has disintegrated, don't worry about it. They don't offer replacements for them because they're not necessary as a safety feature. They were designed to keep overspills from running under the cooktop, but the ridge around the hole is likely higher than you'd ever need.
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gas burner ignitor failure
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roy from East Providence, RI
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Screw drivers
Lift out sealed burner assembly rear of stove first while careully sliding to rear to disengage ignitor probes.Remove philips head screws from bottom sheet metal housing to expose bottom of burners Remove gas tube assembly screws and move tube away carefully.Unplug wires from ignitor.Remove screws for ignitor .Remove ignitor, I noticed t
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hat rust and dirt had built up around burner to pan connection.I used my oil filter wrench to turn slightly the burner to remove it from the pan to clean.Reassembled in reverse order.
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top burners on stove won't ignite ,no clicking noise
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scott from centreville, VA
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- 15 - 30 mins
remove small panel on right side of stove,then un clip moduke and put wires from old module to new one.
Exact fit nomproblems.
Exact fit nomproblems.
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Burner Was Worn Out
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arnold from la punte, CA
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- Less than 15 mins
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Burner head arrived when I got home from work. Just timely to cook for dinner that monday night, got the 4 burners disconnect the element from the old burner, then connect element to the new bunners, in less than 10 mins, and I had save estimate $600 buying a brand new stove or gas range, this will last me another5 to 10 years. Espec
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ially this time of recession
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burner would not light; ignitor did not produce spark
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Candace L. from Woodinville, WA
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Take a few screws off the back of the slide in burner module. Take off the back. Unscrew the ignitor screw, remove ignitor carefully, replace with the new ignitor, put the screw back in, put the back back on, try it out! Ours worked after a couple of tries - don't know if the ignitor had to "rev up" by several sparks or we just didn't
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have it properly installed at first. Anyway, very easy. Did it in my pajamas on a Saturday morning.
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Gas range would not light
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Mike from Menlo Park, CA
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- Less than 15 mins
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Screw drivers
Replaced spark module but same problem persisted. Realized that the insulation on the spark ignitors were all cracked, causing a short.
Lesson learned: check the condition of the spark ignitors first as these have a tendency to crack. Even the smallest crack will cause a short.
Ordered new spark ignitors and plan t ... Read more o complete repair.
Lesson learned: check the condition of the spark ignitors first as these have a tendency to crack. Even the smallest crack will cause a short.
Ordered new spark ignitors and plan t ... Read more o complete repair.
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Burners would not light and the flame would come out from the bottom of the burner.
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juan from aurora, IL
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- 15 - 30 mins
A quarter turn counter-clockewise and the burner came out. Disconnect the old wires and connect the new wires. Place the burner in its place and a quarter turn clockwise and it was set.
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The burner igniter would not spark to light the burner.
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Margie from San Antonio, TX
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Screw drivers
I had to unscrew 4 screws on the burner unit and then 2 screws on each igniter. slip the olds out and the new ones in and then replace all the screws. And wa la they sparked and I was cooking again.
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burner didn't self ignite or control flame
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Geoffrey from Columbus, GA
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Pliers
The burners turn and lift. I replaced two. One turned very easily, the other was stuck so I used liquid wrench and plumbers pliers. I did get it off. Once off, the old wires slipped right off and onto the new burners. Those twisted on very easily. Good as new easy breezy.
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Burners would not ignite flame...Had to start with match.
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Richard from Los Angeles, CA
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Removed the old burners with a Plumbing Pipe Wrench by turning 1/4 turn counter clockwise. Disconnected (2) wires and replaced with new Sealed Burners. The simmer burner wires were slightly diffrent from the original but they do fit by opening the connector with screwdriver and then clamping once wire inserted.
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black dirty burner grates
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Carolyn from St. George, UT
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- Less than 15 mins
replaced grates
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burner would not ignite
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Scott from Sacramento, CA
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- Less than 15 mins
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Even though the ceramic insulator looked new (white), it had become non-functional, replacement was simple, 2 phillips screws, reassemble and test. Now I will have to order the other 3.
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Lack of burner gas ignition
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Andrew from Lufkin, TX
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- Less than 15 mins
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I used the other good burner assembly to isolate the problem to the igniters or the igniter block. I ordered both parts from Parts Select. They shipped the parts promptly and after 10 minutes of install time, the burners worked flawlessly.
Thank You Parts Select.
Thank You Parts Select.
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Igniter insulation had cracked and spark was shorting out on the flame holder whatchmacallit.
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Melvin from Santa Maria, CA
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Screw drivers
The flame holder twists about 1/2 inch to left and lifts off. I removed the two screws that holds the igniter on and removed it and installed the new igniter.
There was one complication: when I put it back together, there was no spark. I removed the ground wire and cleaned and scraped it and replaced it and still no spark. But, for n ... Read more o apparent reason the spark returned and has been okay since.
There was one complication: when I put it back together, there was no spark. I removed the ground wire and cleaned and scraped it and replaced it and still no spark. But, for n ... Read more o apparent reason the spark returned and has been okay since.
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No spark at top burners
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Joseph from East Freetown, MA
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- 15 - 30 mins
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Screw drivers
Shut off gas supply
Pulled stove away from wall removed spark ignigtor box .
Installed new one .
No problem.
Good for another 10 years
Pulled stove away from wall removed spark ignigtor box .
Installed new one .
No problem.
Good for another 10 years
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