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Post by PT on Mar 8, 2017 19:43:21 GMT -8
Ok - I blame this on the wife... and cornbread. I'm a sucker for cornbread and when she mentioned she wanted to make some while camping I made the mistake of looking at the stove and seeing that it was all jacked up. For some reason a PO cut and mangled the lines in the stove compartment... See them on the left side of the image.  This is a no-name stove in a 64 Aloha made by the "modern metal mfg company"    The lines that were cut inside the oven come out of the "oven dial" mechanism (made by Harper) and look to be aluminum. One question I have is - do I need to find aluminum replacement lines - or is it possible to use copper as a replacement? I've measured the oven and trailer door and can get it out to work on so that's a plus. One more question - are there replacement parts out there for this type of stove? I hear Trailertrasher is a great resource - but would hate to pour time into this and then find that some of the parts for this kind of stove are nowhere to be found. Any thoughts or guidance are appreciated. Thanks :-)
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Post by nccamper on Mar 9, 2017 6:53:36 GMT -8
I've bought stove parts from trailertrasher. Excellent parts, fair prices, and he ships right away.
The easiest thing would be to use the part deigned for the stove. Others may know more about using copper.
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Post by PT on Mar 9, 2017 18:48:28 GMT -8
Thanks for the reply. I'll cross my fingers that it works after I replace the gas lines. If not - hopefully the parts are out there :-). I think I'll look for aluminum gas lines and stick with what's there if possible.
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Post by vikx on Mar 9, 2017 22:45:52 GMT -8
Beware using aluminum gas lines. They corrode easily and you can't see the damage until it's too late... Wonder how I know that?
The bottom lines appear to be aluminum. I'm thinking there's missing parts there. The stove top should work well with a little effort.
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Post by mrmarty51 on Mar 10, 2017 2:02:56 GMT -8
I wasn`t so sure about the aluminum lines. I am just not that familiar with them. I was going to suggest copper but I did not know the manufacturers purpose for using the aluminum. It makes Me curious as to why a PO had hacked, chopped and cut the lines the way they did. I`m with You vikx on this, there probably is some missing components and if the oven were to be used may or may not be an unsafe thing, without knowing what exactly is missing. a search of the innernet might reveal some info on the stove.
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Post by PT on Mar 10, 2017 7:59:37 GMT -8
The stovetop actually works fine - it's just the oven that's not working. So sounds like copper would work with the existing compression fittings and be OK inside the oven compartment which I was curious about. I too wondered why the PO would cut and crimp/mangle the lines.... All I can think of is it was a super dumb way to try to stop a gas leak. I'll try to get the burner mechanism out of the oven and check for missing parts - thanks again!
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