On the low setting it's running too hot and shrinking our clothes. I opened the back and tested the temperature at the exhaust, and it cycles between 120 f and 160 f or so on both low and high settings. Printed on the selector switch it says the resistor attached should read 6200 ohms and I tested it at 4200 ohms. WOuld that make a difference? It has a purple and blue wire going to the timer. How does it regulate three choices (low/med/high) with only two wires? Is it done at the thermostat? What else would cause this? I was hoping there was more than one heating coil that maybe I could disconnect, but it only has one. Help?

I will do that, and thanks, but it still doesn't explain to me how a dryer can have three heat selections as I discribed. THere is only two wires coming from the switch to the timer, and there is a resistor that goes from the two outside poles of that switch that is 6200 ohm. ( I measured it at 4200). Can you explain to me in laymens terms how this dryer can do that? Mechanically in my mind, it doesn't make sense. If it had a selector switch with 3 wires I could visualize it, but then again, it would have to change the thermostat somehow (which is constantly cycling the same) or some how reduce the voltage to the heating element. (because there's only one element and it's not as if you can choose between having two elements on at the same time or one.) Once again thanks for your answer, but can you go one step more and satisfy my curiosity?

Thanks for your reply... have a great day!

You are correct.

You can stick in a L145 degree thermostat, should regulate at a "standard" 145 degrees.