I did put back the dryer back together after the part arrived on Monday. I vacuumed a bunch of lint from the inside of the dryer which was very satistfying.
You see the break in the heating element? This failed about 2 years ago according to amazon when I bought the exact same heating element. $20 and we are back in business. After I put the heating element in the and then completely reassembled the dryer and then ran a load, I noticed that the dryer is squealing a tiny bit. It’s completely telling me…I’m an old appliance…please treat me well….sqqqqeeeeee. I’m not going to take the whole thing apart again to find the source of the squealing. I should have doused the whole thing in WD40.
You are amazing!!!!