Flat Style Oven Igniter

Checked the top burners and broiler operation, they worked. Checked amp. draw for the oven igniter. Low, even though it was glowing. Replace igniter and rechecked oven operation, ok. The oven burner now works.

Unplug the power.Took off the broiler door . Reached in , unscrewed the two screws holding the igniter (one screw was stripped so that gave me a little problem) put on the new igniter. Stripped the wires & put the caps on. Plugged back in the stove & worked great.

Took off racks, oven covers, and heat shield. Cut one wire at a time ensuring I remembered what wire went where. Spliced the wire together and re-connected everything else. Works better then before, preheats in 8mins to 350 degrees.

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Removed oven grills and oven bottom floor plate secured by two thumb screw bolts at rear of plate which exposed v-shaped iron plate covering the igniter and the gas emitter pipe. Remove the iron plate secured by a single 5/16" nut. Disconnected igniter from mount with nut driver and followed connection instructions enclosed with igniter for attaching the two wire connectors.

I removed the old one and cut the wires on it. Spliced the wire so the new one and attached It. Very simple.

The repair is straight forward, make sure to turn off the gas and power to the stove. First, you will remove the shield(s) in the bottom of your oven, first with a flathead screwdriver with the two screws in the far back. Then there is a center nut and 3 screws on the next shield, my advice here is to get a 1/4" socket because they have a odd sized square hole in the middle and are not metric. After removing that shield it exposes the flat style oven igniter, it has two screws holding it in that are also 1/4". After removing the screws from the igniter, remove the broiler pan and tip the oven back against the wall behind it. Cut the appropriate wires and twist the wires from the new igniter onto them using the provided wire caps. Then just put the oven back on the floor and screw everything into place...This repair should really take less than 15 minutes even for a novice but I spent longer than I should have trying to make an adjustable wrench work when I should have just got the 1/4" socket.

Unplug stove from wall , removed inside bottom of stove and the heating plate. Then removed the igniter. Had to save the plug and splice the connectors to new igniter and re-installed the new igniter. Plugged oven back in to wall. Oven works great! Very simple repair.

Removed oven door, racks, & bottom pan. Removed the 2 bolts holding the bad ignitor & 2 wires. Installed new ignitor, very easy to do. Oven lit right up.

I narrowed the problem down to the three major components that would cause the problem and after doing research on the Frigidaire web site, I saw that the igniter had the highest percentage of failure, and would resolve the issue 97% of the time. I ordered a replacement and it was here in 2 days (outstanding service!!!!) I read the other posted replacement steps and decided that I could do it the same way with one small difference: I removed the oven "floor" plate and the broiler drawer which gave me unhindered access the the part I needed to replace. I unplugged the oven and after cutting the leads of the new Igniter to length, stripping the insulation back to expose the wires, I used the supplied ceramic barrel nuts to join the 2 wires, made sure there wouldn't be any issues with the routing, reassembled the oven floor plate and broiler drawer, plugged the appliance back in, and tested. Success, it now works great and I saved a lot of money over having to buy a new oven !!!

Simple repair. 2 wires connected with wire nuts and mounted ignore with bracket.

First off, the broiler door has to be removed by unscrewing the glides. The igniter itself is held in place with a couple of screws taken out with a 1/4" nut driver. There's a shield covering the plug end of the igniter that is held in place with one Philips screw. There are also two slot type wire connectors below the igniter that can be unplugged by hand or with a pliers. Once the old igniter is removed, make cuts in the leads of the old igniter, giving yourself a little extra, so that reuse the plug connections on the leads of the new igniter. Strip about 3/8" of the insulation off and use the supplied ceramic wire nuts to attach the old plugs to the new igniter leads. Installation is the opposite of removal. Give it a test before reinstalling the shield and the broiler door just to make sure it's all working properly.

Removed oven broiler drawer . Then cut the 2 wires. Used the roberts square drive to remove the 2 screws holding the ignitor. . Installed the new one. Oven works great again. Easy job

Remove the old ignitor. Be careful in removing the wireclips at the safety valve. It is best to use needle-nose pliers on the clip ends (don't pull on wire). Cut,strip and wire-nut (provided ceramic) the new ignitor. One wire-nut can be located behind the metal heat shield in the left corner. My new ignitor worked perfectly. However I still had a gas odor while not in use? I shut down the gas and unplugged the unit. Used soapy water at all the fittings and flex line w/ gas pressure on. No leaks detected! I shut off gas supply again and removed the safety valve. With safety valve in hand, I placed a drip of dishsoap onto the hole of the orifice and blew thru from the inlet with my mouth. Sure enough I was able to blow a big bubble. Thus the valve is leaking! All appliance dealers will tell you that they very rarely fail. Well this one did. I imagine that there are O rings or seals inside that were worn. New safety valve and all is functioning as it should. Oh, if you converted to propane, the new safety valve will come set up for natural gas. Thus, be sure to turn the orifice in as far as it will seat into the valve. Don't over do. This will reduce the flame height at the burner tube appropriately. Good luck!

but never hot. gas valve would not open to actually heat the oven, despite ignitor glowing as expected. I was surprised how easy this was. First I unplugged the stove's electrical plug. I removed the oven racks, took out the oven bottom (mine no longer has the screws holding it down) and removed the nut holding the heat shield over the burner and slipped it off. From there, I pulled the broiler drawer out a few inches and everything I needed to get to was readily visible. I cut the wires as directed, noting which connected to the top and which connected to the lower part of the old ignitor. Stripping the wires was trick as I didn't have wire strippers in my new house yet, but I managed to get the job done with regular wire cutters. Once that was done, I unscrewed the old one, connected the old wires to the new ignitor with the provided caps, without twisting the wires together first per the instructions, screwed it into place and reassembled the oven. Then I plugged it back in and tried it. It didnt work any better than before. Then I remember I had flipped the switch on the gas valve under the cook top when diagnosing the problem. So I pulled off the burners, lifted the range top, and flipped the switch down again. Then I tried the oven again and Voila! I now have a quick lighting, even heating oven for under $45 dollar shipping and all! It makes wonderfully evenly baked cookies just like I hoped. What a great house warming gift to myself. :)