My Door Lock Light comes on, but nothing else results from any position of the timer when I pull the knob to on position. I found my wax motor in the door lock mechanism had expanded and therefore seemed to have shorted and burned itself up. I also found black marks on a resistor and a transistor on the motor control board and I've even replaced the timer. These three elements have been replaced. Still no change in behavior.

upon second inspection, I had improperly installed a wiring harness that came with the door lock factory replacement part. Once I spotted that, my troubles were over.
As there are two ways to install the harness and lock due to early and late series numbers of that same model I had misled myself to believe that not all wires were involved. I was wrong.

The electronics failed due to age and wear, I didn't short anything out.