Disassembly Procedures; Oven Burner Ignitor; Broil Burner Ignitor; Oven Electric Gas Valve - Amana AGS730 Service Manual

Disassembly Procedures

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Oven Burner Ignitor

1. Disconnect electricity at main disconnect plug.
2. Remove oven door, racks and oven bottom.
3. Remove lower storage drawer.
4. Locate two wire leads attached to oven burner igni-
tor assembly. The leads are located behind storage
drawer area. Remove two wire nuts securing oven
burner ignitor leads to violet wires. Note the position
and configuration of ignitor assembly to the oven
burner.
5. Remove the screw securing oven burner ignitor as-
sembly mounting bracket to oven burner. Remove
two screws securing ignitor bracket to rear oven
wall.
6. Remove entire oven ignitor assembly. Slide ignitor
to the left keeping ignitor assembly horizontal.

Broil Burner Ignitor

1. Disconnect electricity at main disconnect plug.
2. Remove oven door and oven racks.
3. Remove screws securing broiler burner ignitor
shield bracket to mounting bracket attached to cav-
ity wall.
4. Pull ignitor slowly toward front of oven cavity until
white wires connected to the ignitor are visible.
5. Grasp the white ignitor leads and gently pull until
the wire nuts are inside the oven compartment.
6. Remove the tape and wire nut from each ignitor as-
sembly lead wires.
7. Remove screws securing ignitor shield to broil re-
flector.
8. Reverse procedure to reinstall broiler burner ignitor
assembly. Reconnect wires tightly and retape wire
nuts. Be certain to insert wire nuts through oven
back and combustion chamber.
Push two white ignitor leads through the hole until
the broiler burner ignitor mounting bracket is in po-
sition to be reattached to the broiler burner. Check
position of the ignitor to burner. Correct position is
important for proper ignition.
Important Note: Care must be taken while handling
the ignitor assembly to prevent breakage. Do not inter-
change a round ignitor for a flat type or vice versa. The
current ratings for the two types are different.
Disassembly Procedures
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Oven Electric Gas Valve

1. Disconnect electricity at main disconnect plug.
2. Remove storage drawer.
3. Shut off main gas supply to range or shut off gas
supply to gas valve at manifold pipe shut-off valve.
4. Disconnect four wires from gas valve assembly.
5. Disconnect main gas tubing.
6. Disconnect broiler supply gas outlet line. It is lo-
cated on the right of the gas valve assembly. Be
certain to double wrench the fitting to avoid damage.
Similarly, disconnect the bake outlet line on the left
of valve assembly.
7. Remove four nuts from the mounting studs securing
gas valve assembly to gas valve mounting bracket.
8. Remove gas valve from range.
9. Reverse procedure to reinstall gas valve assembly.
10. Check all gas connections for leaks with a leak de-
tector or a soap solution.
11. Refer to the wiring diagram on the range for correct
wire termination. Be certain all insulator sleeves are
reinstalled and insulating pads are on valve termi-
nals.

Broiler Burner

1. Disconnect electricity at main disconnect plug.
2. Remove oven door and oven racks.
3. Remove two screws securing broiler burner to top
front of broiler cavity.
Ignitor is not mounted to broiler, but to top of broiler
cavity. Edge flange of broiler rests on top of the igni-
tor shield flange.
4. Lower front of broiler, twisting slightly to clear broiler
flange from top of ignitor flange.
5. Pull down gently, then forward to remove broiler
burner.
Care must be taken to avoid damaging the ignitor or
the burner screening.
6. Reverse procedure to reinstall broiler burner. Be
sure burner flange rests on top of ignitor flange.
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