Electronic Ignition for Stovetop (w/pics)

tvman44 wrote:
You did remove the top to expose the igniter and wiring?
I just a few minutes ago did mine using a coat hanger down the right side hole and it was a piece of cake. Don't give up. Try again & again.

ralphnjoann wrote:
I thought the easy part would be routing the wire from the oven igniter to the control. Wrong! I've tried a coat hanger, a flat piece of plumbers strapping, and the wire itself in both the right and left openings behind the top burners going from top to bottom and bottom to top and I can't get it to go through. What am I missing? Thanks. Note: The stove is an Attwood.

I removed the top of the stove to expose the burner assemblies. I removed the old igniter control, reamed out the hole and installed the new one. I connected the three top burner igniters to the new igniter control and everything works fine. I then mounted a new igniter next to the oven pilot and tried to run the wire through the opening where the other plumbing goes through to the top of the stove. I couldn't get it to go, so I tried a coat hanger from the bottom with no luck. It runs into something then stops. Same thing if I try the hole on the left.

There is a right and left oval hole in the top burner section. The one on the right has the oven plumbing coming out of it. I can stick a coat hanger down it with no problem, but it doesn't show up at the hole in the oven burner cavity. It's the same result on either side. Is it simply a matter of just keep trying? If so, I will. Thank you.