Near full rebuild of the dryer appears to be complete. The replacement of the igniter seems to have restored this to full working order (knock on wood, LOL). Output of the burner measured inside the dryer was showing 100F before the new igniter, now reads 120F. Load of clothes dried in 2 hours; the load prior took 4 hours (heat too low!). #appliance #repair

Tempted to snag this as a spare, LOL (fixing my existing dryer though). The rumbling is worn rollers, which are not that expensive nor very hard to replace. #appliance #repair

LOL still debugging my dryer. I'm now pretty sure the timer motor is dying, found a used one on eBay and waiting for it to arrive. Will not go down without a fight. There are NO electronics in this thing, only mechanical/electrical things. (It's now limping along, but the timer motor appears to be slow/not working). Dunking your dryer in a plumbing flood not recommended! #appliance #repair

1980's dryer is BACK IN BUSINESS. Maytag DG303. Found some long discontinued part someone was selling on eBay. #righttorepair #appliance #repair

Dryer motor in the temple of appliance repair. New motor ordered, but I need to get this pulley off... somehow. Soaking in PB blaster. #appliance #repair

Saga of the dryer continues. Rip in the felt around the door was causing metal on metal contact. Local parts guru found the replacement felt and insisted on giving it to me for $0.00. Hope this fixes it, otherwise we're moving on to replacing the motor ($200). #dryer #appliance #repair

#Random Blower wheel is fine, motor runs fine when dryer drum is NOT installed. Found a loose connection on the motor which was rattling and which started shorting... re-crimped a new connector on the motor (but, that is not the problem). Too much friction on the drum when installed. Looks like the felt between the front drum cover section and the drum has ripped and some metal on metal contact, so will probably take that to the parts place and consult the guru on next steps.. #appliance #repair

Drat. Fixed one squealing wheel in the (ancient) dryer, but it's still not running well, and it sounds like the blower wheel is ALSO squealing. Runs for 10 minutes and then thermal shutdown due to overheated blower motor. (note: this dryer was dunked in a plumbing burst... so....) Debugging continues... #appliance #repair

Unexpected dryer rebuild today, LOL. Maytag DG303. Appliance guy says the last year these were made was in 1990. #appliance #repair

Someone also threw away a perfectly good dryer, so, uh, now I have a dryer too.

This has been a productive dump day!