This Kenmore gas oven came with the house I purchased in 2010; I'm not sure how old it is.

A couple of months ago the oven failed to heat, though the gas range was working fine. I took it apart, put it back together, flipped some breakers, and everything worked fine.

Last week the same thing happened. Flipping the breakers fixed nothing. I noticed the igniter wasn't heating at all. Finding advice on forums like this one, I purchased a voltmeter, removed the igniter, and tested it for continuity, and it appeared to fail.

Today I my new igniter came in the mail; I joined the wires, hooked it up, and everything is still broken... igniter is still not warming or glowing.

When I re-wired the igniter, I wasn't sure which wire on the igniter should go to which source... does it matter? I detached it and tried it both ways but saw no difference.

When I turn on the oven, I still hear a quiet "click" one second later.

I got a "non-contact AC voltage detector" with my voltmeter, and I just tried using it on the 4 relevant contact points: the two that (I think) connect to the gas safety valve (just beneath the igniter); and the two that (I think) connect to the control board (at the back-left of the oven bottom).

- When I'm not running the oven, no voltage is detected on any of these contacts.
- When I'm running the oven, the two control board connections both report current...
- BUT when I'm running the oven, only ONE of the two connections to the gas safety valve have current: the one on the left. The one of the right reports no current.

Doesn't this mean that current isn't flowing through my igniter?

I could really use some help or advice. Do I need to replace my oven safety valve? I'm not even 100% sure that's the part I'm looking at, I'm feeling all this out as I go. Thanks in advance for your help!