ok, addendum.

I've spoken, on the phone, with a sales clerk. They pointed out where the thermal fuse is-- on the exhaust blower housing. I then found that the element on the heat intake cone is the high level thermostat. I checked both, and they appear to be fine-- I get noise on my meter. It's set at 20k ohms. If I'm supposed to set it at some other value, I suppose I need to know that...

In removing the wires from the thermostat, I noticed that the wire ends are tainted a brownish color, from what I can only guess is due to being so close to a high heat source-- the burner flame. I did check those for continuity, and no noise. I can only guess here that it's because the circuit is inactive due to the machine being unplugged.
I suppose my question here would then-- how would I test these? It's only the plastic covers that are browned.

I see nothing else that would give any clear signs of a problem there.

Thoughts here would be appreciated.

Sorry, we where typing at the same time.
Did you take off the wires from the fuse and hi limit when you were testing them?
When everything is back together(except the kick panel) set the dryer for heat and check if the ignitor glows, cycling on and off.
Post the results.

Simon.

Well, I pulled the thermistor, and got no continuity from that. I called and spoke with the same guy I'd chatted with this morning, and he said there should be continuity. So, I've ordered the part.... we'll see how that goes.
Be back in 2 days after I've installed the new part.
Till then.
Thanks.

hi Simon. Please forgive the tardy response.

As to your question-- no, the thermal fuse was not at the back. It was near the front-- I however did not know that, and just decided to open the back-- not knowing where anything was-- so I could see what to look for. I was eventually told where it was located, and so worked through each item.

Another tech responded directly by Tuesday afternoon, and we worked through a number of items until Friday.
The thermistor is not it (in my laundry room, on top of the machine, on mid Friday afternoon, it tested at 1.39, with the meter set @ 20K-- The tech I had on the phone said this was within tolerance), the thermal fuse is not it. the hi-limit thermostat is not it. I bought the igniter-- it is not the problem, and I do get a voltage of 123V at the plug of the igniter. I then spoke with a young man on the phone on Saturday, and he thought it was the flame sensor. I pulled the sensor out, and followed his instructions.

I placed it near a light source, and got a resistance back of 0.00 ohms on the meter.
I then placed it inside the box the igniter came in for 10-20 seconds, and the resistance (I set the meter @ 20k) was a range of 2.85 to 0. It took a few seconds, but once I pulled it back into the naturally lit room-- my kitchen-- it dropped from the 2.85 to 0.
The young man I spoke with told me-- if there is no change, the flame sensor is bad. he could not however tell me what-- "no change" meant. he was nice, and tried to be helpful, but felt unsure.


I also checked the resistances of the Solenoids, on the gas valve. Each was within tolerance, according to the tech on the phone.

I've already bought the thermistor, and once it was determined it was not the right part, I was refunded. I then bought the ignitor, at the recommendation of another tech who worked extensively with me through this on the phone-- it does not appear to be the issue either.

My wife is ready to go buy a replacement dryer, though I am not.

All that said... still-- no heat, no flame, nada.... It works fine beyond that though.