Kitchen Gas Appliances - kenmore dyer won't turn off

Ok i have a kenmore dyer (gas) won't shut down after i start it it will run through the cycle than stop than start backup meaning the timer won't stop it did this once before and we unpluged it for awhile than it would run fine now its doing it again why :wall: ? Is the dyer shot? Is it time for the trash man? is this somthing a Do it yourselfer can do? Its a Kenmore 60 series large capacity soft heat HEAVY DUTY GAS DYER.

Hello lexmarks567 and Welcome into my Gas Appliances topic.

If I am reading the problem description correctly, you are saying the dryer comes to a complete shut down, meaning it stops running than starts back up again??? Never heard of such a problem. Kindly explain in more detail.

Dryer help here: http://forum.doityourself.com/showthread.php?t=159481

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Yes it will shut down completly than start back up the timer won't stop so my guess is either or both the timer and the startbutton are bad or theres a short. the timer will reach the end the cycle but won't stop it will continue on to the next cycle and start back up again. it did this once before. thie timer is supposed to stop running at the end of the cycle but it won't when it reaches stop it will shut down completly but the timer will continue untill the next cycle and the dryer starts ups all over again so the timer and the start button have to be sticking right or there is a short went to sears online and they list this problem for a house call but i don't have the money to get it fixed.

P.S i looked at the help page you posted theres no topic in there about this problem.

ok its working fine now i removed both the timer knob and start button knob and sprayed PB BLASTER into both and removed a peace of lint inside the timer knob could this be the problem.