[KarlK]

From what I can tell, I have a General Electric Americana P-7 from the sixties. Looks almost exactly like this:

General Electric Americana Range P-7 1964 Ad - eBay (item 350012737170 end time Mar-06-08 03:47:04 PST)

Before, my burner would only be on high, then it would go off after a period of time. Most of the time the burner would eventually go back on if I pushed the buttons on and off and jiggled it around.

There was a round spring loaded sensor in the middle of the burner which I removed, then tied the loose wires together. I was told this was a heating accelerator. It now seems to stay on more consistently, but I still can't adjust the the temperature, it just stays at full blast high the whole time.

I tried adjusting the little screw adjuster behind the dial that just says "low" clockwise or "high" counterclockwise, nothing. I check the wire connections in back, a couple seemed to be loose, but it may have just happened when I pulled the panel off because when I pushed all the wires down it still didn't change anything. Makes me think it might be the temperature adjusting dial itself.

Anyone have any ideas or know how I could test just the dial mechanism by itself with a multitester?

Thanks much!

Karl