How to Install a 4-Prong Plug for a Kenmore Dryer

Remove the back panel of the dryer. On Kenmore dryers this is a sheet metal panel, held in place with either regular or hex-headed screws. Use the correct type of screwdriver or socket to remove the screws. Set the panel aside.

Look inside for the dryer's terminal block. This will be a metal and hard plastic rectangular panel, with three screws attached.

If there is a grounding strap (a wide metal strap) attached to the center screw of the terminal block, remove it by taking out the screw it is attached to on the terminal block.

Remove the other two screws on the terminal block. Attach the white wire that's connected to the plug to the center screw by positioning the ring on the end of the wire over the screw hole, inserting the screw through the hole and tightening the screw.

Attach the red wire that's connected to the plug to the right hand screw by positioning the ring on the end of the wire over the screw hole, inserting the screw through the hole and tightening the screw.

Attach the black wire that's connected to the plug to the right hand screw by positioning the ring on the end of the wire over the screw hole, inserting the screw through the hole and tightening the screw.

Attach the green wire to the grounding screw on the frame of the dryer. If you can't locate the grounding screw, drill a small hole into a metal portion of the dryer frame and attach the wire with a sheet metal screw.