JES1290SKC01 General Electric Microwave - Instructions

I removed the plastic plug that held the wavecover in place and pulled the wavecover off. I replaced with new cover and it worked perfect.

The wave guide cover (wgc) are notoriously bad on this model. As far as I can tell even a little food that gets stuck on it combined with cooking small/insubstantial items will cause the wgc to overheat and catch on fire. Ordered a part from partselect, found it very easily on their site using a nice diagram and ordered it. The item came in two days and was a cinch to pop in and replace.

Remove white plastic button retainer (flipped out of my fingers and lost it. Found it 2 days later. Dog had chewed on it.) tabs on cover fit in nicely. New cover gets hot. Don't know if this is normal.

no tools required. saved me from buying new microwave. glad i found this site.

Removed the old wave guide cover and replaced it by slightly bending the wave guide cover and inserting 2 tabs on each side into the slots on the side of the micro/convection oven. I was ready to purchase a new appliance. Googled the model number, looked at a couple of sites and read the problems others had with this appliance and found my problem. I saved $$$ by purchasing the part and extended the life of my 11 year old appliance.

1. Remove trim kit - Philips head screw driver
2. Remove Microwave from the wall - Philips head screw driver
3. Remove outer microwave cover - required tamper proof torx bit drivers
4. Replace Magnetron thermostat. On this model there are 2. in this case it was on top of the unit tied into the wiring harness to the main panel.
5. Reinstall microwave and trim kit

pushed guide cover into place without fastening to button

Remove the door and order the part. With in a day the part was at my front door. 30 minutes later was using applicance. Superb service from this company!!!!!!!!!

on the kitchen counter. Removed parts and replaced exactly as the came off. insuring all fits were tight and secure.

Used my pocket knife to remove the locking button that holds the wave guide cover in place. Took out the old wave guide cover and cleaned the area around it. Put the new wave guide cover in place and inserted the locking button. VERY easy to do. So easy a caveman could do it!!! Seriously.

I had kept the old cover, just measured it against the new one, outlined it with a pencil, cut it to the correct size with a pair of scissors. Works perfectly now!