JGP631ER1WH General Electric Cooktop

took me a a while to find my problem. One burner would not spark to ignite gas burner. From Part Select website I noticed the part that was the problem from the parts diagram. I did not realize it was related to ignition until I saw that. Easy and cheap to fix after that.

The drip bowls of my stove had to be replaced. The tough job about this is that the bowls need to be ordered which we did. The order was sent to my house within a couple days. The drip bowls were replaced and they look and work just fine. The gas stove is about 10 yrs old and it needs the parts special ordered now. I used to wash and use ... Read more a bit of elbow grease but this time it required too much effort. So an easy replacement did the trick.

1. Turn off gas and unplug cooktop
2. Use knife to score underneath glass cooktop
3. Remove burner grills and caps, remove knobs, remove rings
to access 3 screws that hold drip bowls.
4. After removing drip bowls carefully lift up on glass cooktop
(May have top use knife again to help release silicone ca ... Read more ulk)
5. Remove 2 screws with nut driver that hold the bracket that has
the burner attached to it, very carefully tilt burner and bracket
to access screws underneath, being careful not to kink gas line
6. Remove 1 screw and loosen the other to rotate bracket enough
to access screw that holds igniter.
7. With new igniter installed replace bracket, turn gas on to check
for leaks, you can also plug in power and check igniter.
8. Turn gas off and unplug power, turn glass cooktop over and
clean old caulking off and recaulk, carefully replace cooktop
and make sure holes are centered over burners and knobs.
9. While caulking is still fresh screw new drip bowls in place
(May have to move top slightly to center bowls).
10. Once everything is back in place caulk around edge and
turn gas and power back on.