Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 11:14:25 -0800
Reply-To: Joseph Heil <jose5353@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From: Joseph Heil <jose5353@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Stove Repair
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thanks to all for your posts to my inquiry about stove repair
Both websites and info helpful
Am not sure...did prelim clearing of tube but still have differential
performance on burners
Got my 87 Westy used....am wondering if I simply ended up with one
burner of each BTU rating
Definitely sounds different coming through the valve when "on." as if
orifice is blocked partially or
simply different size....hmmm
Guess I'll take your advice and go deeper and investigate clearing
orifice...
Is the stove top secured by two screws/bolts on the side only or is
there a trick to getting the stovetop off?
Any luck on finding replacement orifice availability???
Thanks again to all...just found this list and posts mostly incredibly
helpful already on a number of topics...
Joseph
87 Westy
Sebastopol, CA
vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Just finished doing a 100 percent disassembly of my sink/burner unit
about
20 minutes ago.
Going backwards
Flame spreader/mixer unit
Main flow/expansion tubing
Valve/orifice unit
A low flame in this design could be
Clogged spreader
Spider webs dust in the tubing
Contaminant got down the tubing and to the orifice
A drop in the sink and scrubbing out for the spreader unit
A blast of compressed air from a can down the tubing to clear out
spiders
etc.
If it is the orifice/valve you have a tricky job of getting the unit
out o=
f
the van.
Then removing the spreaders looking into it you will see two bent over
meta=
l
pins. Pull these. Then knocking counter clockwise line up the
knotches in
the rings. Remove screw in spreader assembly base. Remove base and
locking
ring. Remove screw under that unit. Repeat for both burners
You should then be able to carefully remove the gaskets at the bases.
Very
carefully.
Then flip over and unit should then be removeable from the base.
The orifices go through the tube to the spreaders and must be very
carefull=
y
cleaned or you can make it worse and the only way to tell is after you
have
it all hooked up again.
Right now I am checking to see what orifices are available for these
units.
If I cant find the larger ones I will be selling this unit. I want at
leas=
t
one 6500 btu burner for my needs.
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jimt
Planned insanity is best.
Remember that sanity is optional.
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