I think my heating element just burned out on my dryer. It is more than 13 years old and I have never had a problem with it. Tonight I dried a load of clothes that had a chenille blanket in it, the blanket creates a lot of lint, I checked it once and pulled out a bunch but then forgot about it until the load had finished and the lint shoot was packed with lint. I am guessing this would have overheated the element causing it to burn out but am wondering if it could be the thermal fuse instead.

Yes my husband can perform those tasks, we just have to pull it out and get the back off. I will have to get him to do it on Sunday because I am going out of town tomorrow morning early and I know he won't feel like doing it after work tonight. I read one of your other posts walking someone through this process, you are a very kind man! I will post after he checks everything and let you know what we find. Thanks Gene!

Gene, Can you give me specific intructions on how to check our machine, the heating element has a connection on either end and there are 2 other things with wires going in and I am not sure which is the fuse etc... I know the machine is more than 13 years old but don't know exactly how old. Thanks!