That's one of the reasons we use them. We have a recordable sound effects circuit that has 2 possible modes, latch (push button on, push again off) and momentary (push button on, release off) by cutting off the 0Ω resistor.
Welcome to the forum. Keep in mind you are responding to a 5 year old thread.
https://www.newark.com/potter-brumfield-te-connectivity/rp489018/rp489018/dp/45AJ7398?ost=rp489018
Personally I would give it my best shot to fix it, especially because you're getting good advice from very intelligent people. If all else fails you know where to get the part. I found the service manual on ebay...
Welcome to the forum. Try pushing the switch BEFORE applying power and hold it. Then apply power. If it turns on then all you need to do is short the switch. If not, then you need electronics to simulate a button press.
Welcome to the forum. Maybe someone else can help - I can't make out what that is. This is the cheapest one I could find if it comes to that:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=6208428+&_sacat=0
From the manual:
F10 to F24
Failure of a component
Switch off and unplug the dryer
.
Wait for about half an hour
.
Plug in the dryer and start the
programme again
.
If the failure persists, call the
After-Sales Service
.
Welcome to the forum. I did something similar at work for different sound effects. It plugs into your computer headphone jack and records 20 seconds of sound from a wav file. Perhaps you can use something shown in this link and simply record race car sounds from the internet with the microphone...