For the next poor sole who deals with this. Basically all I had to do was replace the heater coil. It was faulty and visably had a broken link. About $20 for the new heater coil was the trick. If you have a Kenmore model referenced above be sure to remove the top and front panels (just remove screws) and lift the drum up (about an inch), and then pull it out (it can stay inside but enough to get at the heater coil. That's it!
Defintely look at the heater coil first before testing out the electronic controls. In my case (and what I was told by local applicance guru) is those parts rarely fail relative to the heater coil (on electric models).
Last edited by rotty : 11-21-2007 at 09:48 PM.
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