We have maybe a 15ish year old Kenmore HE3 steam dryer that for the most part has been trouble free. Last week it started giving an F01 error. I looked some things up and it all pointed to a main control board failure. I watched a video where it showed to re-solder and add a jumper wire to even the load. This seemed not the greatest advice, so I did some more research and found this video showing to desolder the relay and solder in a new one. Now I haven't done any soldering in a long time so my skills were rusty. I found a relay on Amazon for $10 which funny enough was described as Kenmore/Whirlpool F01 repair. Used my new Milwaukee M12 soldering iron and went to town on it tonight. Now my skills aren't the best at all, but I got it all done. Plugged it back in and it started right up!! Even if this only works for a few months, it fixes a machine and buys us time to pick out some new ones.
Before with the burned out pin:
My terrible soldering skills:
Before with the burned out pin:
My terrible soldering skills: