36275298790 Kenmore Range - Instructions

Of all times, my oven quit working the Friday before Thanksgiving. Since this has happened in the past, we knew it was the igniter. After placing our order with Part Select on-line, it was promptly shipped the same day and received on Monday!! Since my husband has replaced this before, he knew to unhook the electric wires from the igniter and remove the old one. Once we received the new part on Monday, it only took a few minutes to hook the igniter back up to the electric wires, push the wires to the back of the oven out of the way of the flame, and I was back in business ready to start cooking for the holidays!! Barbara and Derrick at Part Select on-line were so very helpful since I was not able to locate the part here locally, and they really came to the rescue for me!! Thanks so much!!

Fairly easy to accomplish. First unplugged the oven from the power outlet, then removed the oven racks and the bottom pan which required a screw driver to remove the two screws in the front of the pan. Then, using a socket wrench, removed the nut which holds the thin metal deflector/reflector on top of the gas burner tube. Moved the broiler drawer forward to provide room to work. Using a Phillips screw driver, removed the two screws holding the igniter in place and removed the igniter after pulling the wire connectors from the power and gas hookups. Cut the old wires about three (3) inches from the connectors (the ones farthest from the igniter). Stripped the wires and connected them to the new igniter using the ceramic wire nuts provided. Screwed the igniter back into the retaining bracket and connected the spliced wires into their oven connectors. Plugged the oven into the power supply and turn the oven control to 300 degrees, waited 10 - 15 seconds and watched the igniter glow. Shortly thereafter the gas kicked on and the oven tube ignited. Turned off the oven, reinstalled the deflector/reflector, and reinstalled the oven bottom. Put the oven racks in and plugged the oven back in.

Unplugged the range. Took out all the necessary screws and lifted up the cooktop cover. Unscrewed each gas tubes connecting to each gas burner's dial to allow more working space. Pulled out the old thermostat, installed the new one. Put back the gas tubes and all other necessary screws. Plugged the range and tested out the new thermostat.

Replaced the oven thermostat and calibrated the new thermostat by adjusting the temperature setting knob. Instruction I found on-line were very helpful and the repair was moderately difficult. Trickiest part was threading the new thermostat into the oven. Total repair time about 1 hour.

Cut off the power. unscrewed the cover. fed the new thermostat inside the over and rescrewed. Feeding the line was the most time consuming finding the hole to insert it in the back of the oven.

I read the instructions from other peoples repairs. One note: unplug stove, and turn gas off, remember where wires go. I didnt have to remove top of stove completly.

Unplugged stove. Removed the top rear panel to see where the thermostat cable fed into the oven. Left the current cable in place and fed new cable along side the old one. Pulled out the old cable once new one was installed. Attached wires to new thermostat and installed. Turned oven on to test. Everything went great.

Opened up the top of the stove using a screwdriver. Lifted it up about 3 inches and legs popped out on each corner and held it in that position. Traced the wire to the back and down to the oven. Pulled new thermostat along that route. When I got to the back it was a little tricky moving the thicker end around and down into the hole without removing anything from the back- but I did manage to do it. I then unhooked old thermostat from 2 clips, inserted new one and then went to the front and unsrewed the 2 small screws behind the oven control knob. Magnetic bit on screwdriver is a must! Pulled it back and removed wires one at atime and put onto new unit, then screwed it back in place and replaced knob. Plugged it in and turned it on. It came on ,stayed lit. Turned it off and it stayed lit- surprised me. . . . . . 25 Seconds or so and it went out. . . . . Job done!!