Our Frigidaire gas dryer broke! It seemed to be working properly except it produced no heat. Replacing the gas coils for the solenoid valves fixed the problem. Here is a guide on how to replace the gas coils in your dryer:

Our Frigidaire dryer is model GLGQ332A, and is manufactured by Electrolux. The parts catalog shows where the solenoid valves are and which replacement coils to buy. Since the primary and secondary coils are sold together, I replaced them both without actually troubleshooting which part was bad. I needed parts 71 and 72 (part numbers 5303307291 and 5303307292). I got replacement kit 5303931775 (which contains both coils) from Reliable Parts in SF (on Howard and 12th) for $37. This same package is available for $10 online, but I paid extra so I could get the parts the same day.

OK. Let’s get started. First step is to UNPLUG YOUR DRYER.

Next, we are going to lift the top up. There are two clips in the front of the dryer holding the top on, and two hinges on the back. Use a putty knife to press the clips in so the top pops off. Here is how to detatch the clip on the left:

This is what the clip looks like when popped off:

Now lift the top up and look on the right side, near the timer. You should see a 9-pin molex connector, which you need to detatch. To make my life easier, I always use a sharpie to mark the connector direction. There is a zip tie holding the wires to the frame of the dryer. You are going to take the front of the dryer off, so you will have to cut this ziptie.

Now we are going to take the front of the dryer off. There is a screw on each side of the dryer holding the front on, and there also a few clips. This picture shows both a screw and a clip on the left side:

I think there were three clips on the left and two on the right. You can get them off by pushing up on them and pulling the front out. They are kind of a pain to get off. Since they are designed to snap under force, I think repair guys just yank the front off and then replace them with new ones.

Once all the screws and clips are out, you will be able to pull the front off. Pull the top part of the front towards you and the front will disengage from the tumbler. There are two clips on the bottom. Lift the front off of these clips:

Set the front aside. You can take this opportunity to clean out any lint stuck in the lint chute, seen here in the lower left:

This is what the inside of your dryer looks like:

The gas valves are on the lower left:

Unscrew and remove the metal cover holding the coils in place:

Now lift the coils off of the solenoid shafts, unclip the connectors, and put the new ones in place:

You are now ready put everything back together. Hopefully your dryer now has heat!

If you want to be more rigorous, here are some resistance measurements I made on the new coils. Supposedly you can tell which coil is bad if the resistance measurement is different, but my old, bad coils seemed to have similar resistance:

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