(paper scratching)
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- [Steph] Welcome to Mother Daughter Projects.
I'm Steph.
Today, we're gonna replace the baking element in my oven.
The first thing we did was turn off the power to the oven
from the junction box.
Then we removed the racks and used a socket wrench
to remove the two screws
holding the current baking element in place.
Keep these screws because you're gonna need them
for the new element.
Don't forget to stay tuned to the end of this video
where we share what we learned about this project,
including why we had to buy a second element.
Carefully pull out the element,
where you'll find two wires
that you can pull right off the old element.
This oven is about 16 years old
and we could not find any information
about replacement parts,
so we looked on Amazon and searched for GE baking elements
and looked for one that was similar to what we already had.
We'll give you some tips at the end about what to look for
when buying a replacement element.
Here's the new element,
and I'm just pushing the wires into place.
And now I'm using the old screws to secure the new element.
Now, turn the power back on and test it.
Success!
The previous element would not heat at all,
even though the oven would still turn on.
What we learned! - What we learned!
- So you may be wondering, you know Steph,
you probably need a new oven, it looks pretty old.
Well, it's probably at least 16 years old,
and when I moved in seven years ago to my house
- It was old then!
- It was old then, and we went looking for a new oven,
but what we found out is I have a drop-in oven,
and apparently those are really hard to replace
and you usually have to do some work to the countertops
and it's just not an easy-
- It's a whole thing.
So, we've done our best to keep it up and running,
and that's why we're so happy that it was about a $20 part
to just replace this and it's still working fine.
Also, the burners on this work perfect,
so there's really not a huge reason to need a new oven
and why there's every reason
to try to replace the parts that we can.
- First thing we did when we decided to replace this part
was look for a model number on this oven,
and there was nothing obvious,
you open the door, there was nothing obvious,
but a while back Steph realized
that she could open the top of this,
and lo and behold there's a sticker
with all the information we needed,
plus there was some paperwork in there that came in handy
for another thing that we learned.
We actually bought two baking elements.
The very first one I bought, it had the same shape,
so I thought, okay, this is gonna work,
but when I removed the old element,
you can see here that the new element
actually had these little two connectors
that were a little bit shorter than the connectors I had
and they were bent a little bit,
and they're obviously supposed to be bent,
but it did not work for mine,
the element did not fit perfect.
So, a word of advice,
take out your old element before you buy a replacement
and make sure all the things measure up
and look exactly the same or the sizing is the same
so that it works in your oven.
- [Vicki] Now, while we were doing the replacement,
we decided to try out this Super Clean foam cleaner
that we just received,
and we used it on the oven door to see if it'd work,
and lo and behold, it absolutely did that.
We sprayed it on, it's nice 'cause it doesn't run,
sprayed it on, let it sit for 10 minutes,
and you could literally see the dirt
comin' up off of that door,
and we used a little bit of scrubbing,
used paper towels to wipe it off,
and a little bit of water to clean it.
Worked perfectly, and as you can see here,
Steph took the racks outside and tried it,
and again, you can just see that dirt comin' off of those,
so good product, I liked it.
Yeah, and after we actually cleaned the door,
we realized, from the manual that we found
in the top of the oven,
that the door comes off really easily,
so here you can see, literally all you have to do
is open it a little bit and then you pull it right off
and it comes off easily and goes right back on,
so that was a really good piece of information
I now know about my oven.
- I was the one that actually noticed
that this oven seemed to be not cooking quite as fast.
We were actually trying to cook some bacon,
which should take about 15 to 20 minutes.
Well, after 15 to 20 minutes it was-
- There was no bacon.
- There was no bacon, it was not ready.
And if we'd had an oven thermometer,
which you can buy easily online, they're very inexpensive,
we could've seen that, even though it was set at, like, 400,
it was only heated to 200,
and we could've replaced it long before it actually failed.
- I'm really excited that this worked
because that means I'm gonna get some more life
out of my oven
and I'm hoping it will last until I move out of this house
so I never have to replace it, but we'll see.
We'll keep replacing parts if we have to.
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Bye! - Bye!
(electronic beep)
Seriously?
Your dog's licking the door.
Mmm, snacks.
- [Steph] It was probably bacon grease.