PGS968SER2SS General Electric Range - Instructions

replaced the glow bar ignitor

This job is done from the inside of the oven. Remove the drawer on the bottom. Open the oven and remove the bottom panel in oven which is fastened by two screws at the back. Lift up panel and pull foward to remove. Unscrew deflector plate and small plate that covers wiring hole. Remove ignitor from the burner. Replace ignitor. I found that you should also relpace burner at the same time. Burner usually causes the ignitor to go out. My burner had a hole in it and flames were shooting out directly on the ignitor which shortened the life of the ignitor. When you buy the burner it comes with an ignitor, you can't buy burner seperately but you can buy the ignitor seperately, so I recommend buying the kit.

installed the igniter as recommended by the web site.Fit like a glove. Works like a charm. Appliance repair would have been approx $140.00. Part plus shipping was right at $40.00. Made my day !!!

Removed the broiler pan in order to access the igniter. Removed the 2 retaining screws from the igniter. The hot surface igniter was obviously burned because a metal deposit crossed the arms of the igniter. There was a corrosion deposit on the burner that had also come into contact with the igniter. Removed the corrosion, had to cut the old electrical connector off and put it onto the new igniter by using the 2 wire nuts that came with it. Plug in the new igniter from the back side of the oven and reinstalled it with the 2 screws. Works great!!

Replace the ignition heater. The only slight problem was fishing the connector down through.Works fine.

replaced igniter/replacement part was identical/remove door, just open and lift off, remove oven shelf's, broiler and broiler draw/2 bolts on bottom back oven floor release the floor panel, lift up on back, slide forward/2 bolts release the igniter from the burner tube/only attaches on one side of igniter/have to reach in back of stove bottom opening to release the old igniter wire feed at the plastic connector clip/used needle nose plier to hold stove end of clip to release/also removed right side small back rear cover panel(2 bolts)inside oven/plastic clip end was hard to fish through the gas tube and the back of the oven, pretty tight/pushed thru with screwdriver/can also pry the back oven wall back a bit to get the new one through the same path, little opening in the bottom back, then go back to the back of the stove opening and re-connect plastic clip connector from the ignitor wire to oven feed...

I watched a video on how to replace the Oven Igniter first. Then I took out the racks, removed the bottom of the oven. Removed the warming drawer. I was able to disconnect the Ignitor through the warming drawer area, then I unscrewed the 2 screws holding the ignior in place. I was able to pull the ignitor wires through the opening and then put the new ignitor wires down the same area. It took a little wiggling but it went through. Reconnected the ignitor and put the oven back together. Started the oven and it heated up right away. Entire project took 45 minutes.

replace the oven igniter. Remove screws, couple of panels, some of the screws were stripped. hade to retap one and go oversize. plug in new igniter and re fasten. Oven worked fine .... for a week and quit. Took cover off in back of oven notice sparking in the electrical plug. When I put the plug together the first time one of the pins came out and I didnt notice It. So It made contact for a while.. Stuck a awl in the socket to make the female pin larger and put them back together. Its been working fine since.

After removing the bottom plate I needed to pull out the bottom drawer to reach the connector for the igniter. I fiddled around before I finally dug out the manual (downloaded) and saw that it was by the flame adjuster underneath. This would have saved me 20 minutes. Now the oven seems to be working great! I hope this helps

A friend installed the igniter kit.

I replaced the igniter with one ordered form Parts Select. It was the exact replacement except for the plug. The new one had female pins and the old mating surface also had female pins. Had to cut the plug from the old igniter and replace the plug on the new igniter.

My Husband removed everything that needed the use of tools. I did the plug-in because of gentle touch needed on old parts. It went halfway on then Husband put muscle on it. We put all parrts back in place. I turned oven on and it came on quickly. Happy Wife! Happy Home!

I did not do it my husband did and it went very well.

used a clothes hanger wire to hold the plug in place so i could plug it in,was hard to get to the plug.but thank you it works fine now. didnt no how much i needed a oven till it was gone for three months.

This igniter arrive the next day after ordering- to my surprise- and with that I proceeded to replace it . Although I thought it was installed the same way as I removed the old one, no,it was facing too far away from the actual part where the gas flows. After smelling gas without the oven being lit, I called the national gas co. And was told I had to install the igniter closer to the gas supply. Otherwise and after all is corrected,there is no smelling of gas. Thanks partselect for the overall service in shipping.