I'm a novice at repairing appliances but through the help of the manual and sites like this I am thinking that I have narrowed my problem down to the thermostat. I tested my 2 thermostats this morning, the high limit and the normal. I'm not sure which is which but one tested at 1 ohms and the other didn't move at all. Is this telling me that one of my thermostat's is bad? And are they the same thermostat? If not how do I know which is which?

Thanks for the quick response, I was curious if I needed to take the thermostats off prior to running the continuity test? If not then I believe it is the hi limit thermostat as well. Now I just have to remember which wire goes to which thermostat. Does it matter? I was obviously getting in too much of a hurry:(

I have ordered the part today, thanks for all the great help. I will let you know how it turns out.

You are welcome

And thanks for getting back to us. Now when others search for a similar problem they will see what actually worked instead of just suggestions about what could be the cause.

Could be that there is a problem with the control board pulling too much current through the thermostat or just a faulty replacement part.
I would also carefully check the wiring going to it just to be sure it is not shorting out anywhere.

I do not know what it is rated for. It would be hard to test unless you have an amp meter and it would probably have to be the clamp on type depending on the current.

I would replace it and see what happens since it is fairly cheap and this is the easiest.