I need someone that knows how to work on dryers.

[Wulf202]

I actually called them and its $79 just to look at it plus parts and labor. It might be better to buy a new one since the dryer is 8 years old.

yea. Theyre in a buisiness.

You can easily fix it yourself with help from everyone whos chimed in. Whirlpool parts are slightly more expensive. But it is under $100 im betting. If you're going to get a new inexpensive model you'd be ahead fixing what you have.

[rbeau30]

yea. Theyre in a buisiness.

You can easily fix it yourself with help from everyone whos chimed in. Whirlpool parts are slightly more expensive. But it is under $100 im betting. If you're going to get a new inexpensive model you'd be ahead fixing what you have.

I'd go for this. It is either the element, or one of the temperature/humidity sensors.

[SideShow Bob]

Don't stuff the dryer so full that the clothes won't tumble when the drum turns.........

Actually, thought we had a dryer problem awhile back, took forever for chothes to dry. Come to find out that the wife didn't tell me that the clothes comming out of the washer were dripping wet. Ended up finding that the washer had a restrictied drain and couldn't remove all the water during the spin & drain cycle.

[BPTactical]

Actually, thought we had a dryer problem awhile back, took forever for chothes to dry. Come to find out that the wife didn't tell me that the clothes comming out of the washer were dripping wet. Ended up finding that the washer had a restrictied drain and couldn't remove all the water during the spin & drain cycle.

Blonde?

[trlcavscout]

A used one with warranty can be had for $100 at appliance shops. I had a bad switch of some kind on one cause that and cost me like $20 to fix. I had another one not drying, I took it apart and everything tested good, vacuumed it out good and it worked for another couple years.

[Irving]

You can literally just Google the make and model of the dryer and the problem you are having and a whole list of answers will pop up.

[glock74]

Thanks for all of the advice. I'm having someone come look at it tonight.

[Irving]

Get it fixed?

My sister-in-law had a broken dryer. I looked at it and said, "Yep, it's broken." Fast forward a few months and they got a new one from Habitat. Of course the plug they have is a 4 prong and the cord that came with the new dryer is a 3 prong. SIL goes to Ace, and the jackass working there tells her, "Oh you don't want to switch the plug on the dryer, that's a real pain. It's MUCH easier to switch the plug on the house," and sells her a new 220 3-prong receptacle. I come over and see they have a new dryer, look behind to see if it is hooked up and see the 220 with the cover off laying on the floor. I ask her what the hell she's doing and she tells me that's what the guy told her to do. Fortunately she knew enough to turn the main breaker off while messing with it and at some point decided she was over her head. Thank God I caught it in time. I wish she would have just asked me though because I switch plugs from the old to new and had them up and running in about 10 minutes tonight. I want to go punch that guy at Ace in the junk.

Am I wrong on this?

[StagLefty]

^ All I did with mine was switch the dryer plug and it's been fine for about 10 years.

[glock74]

It was going to cost $177 to fix it. I paid the guy $59 to tell me what's wrong. It was the heater element, I bought the part for $65 and fixed it myself.