Comments on: Appliance Repair Revelation: Troubleshooting a Gas Oven That Won’t Fire Up

By: Kim T.

Kim T. — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This information was so very helpful. Our gas oven just stopped firing up one afternoon, and I had just used it that morning! I downloaded the Hot Surface Ignitors service sheet and we determined that the ignitor had to be replaced. I purchased the ignitor, installed it and now the oven works like a charm. We were able to avoid a costly visit from a repair service and we only spent $70 for the part.

Thank you!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

What about the range ignitors? None of my gas burners will ignite unless I use a match Thanks.

By: Samurai Appliance Repair Man

Samurai Appliance Repair Man — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Are you referring to your stove burners? See this page.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

With the help of this site I was able to repair my sister's older Hotpoint gas range. Pretty easy diagnosis as the ignitor was not lighting at all. After ohming out the ignitor and getting an open reading and then checking for voltage at the ignitor and getting 120 volts I knew the ignitor was shot. However, accessing those two screws holding the igtinor in place were another matter. After two hours of feeling incompentent, I was able to get to them with a small socket fingertips only. My sister and I were very happy. Thanks for the help.

Jason

By: Samurai Appliance Repair Man

Samurai Appliance Repair Man — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Cool, thanks for the repair story!

In the future, when you run into something like that, be sure to come see us in the repair forum where we can get you diagrams and detailed repair procedures specific to your range.

By: Samurai Appliance Repair Man

Samurai Appliance Repair Man — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Uh, the link to the repair forum is here.