ckz72reddale
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1972 Red Dale 12' "Foxy"
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Post by ckz72reddale on Sept 19, 2017 18:23:21 GMT -8
We have a premiere 3 burner cooktop, no oven, the back left burner works great, cranks out a pot of boiling water in no time. The front single burner works well, but not as hot as the back left. Or at least that's my opinion, hubby thinks I'm nuts. Back right burner barely lights and holds a very small blue flame that can very easily be blown out. Any idea what's going on here and how to take these stoves apart to clean out the burners?
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Post by vikx on Sept 19, 2017 21:16:39 GMT -8
Clean and air blow everything. Spiders LOVE propane, they may have blocked something. PO could have melted something into the openings as well.
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Post by ckz72reddale on Sept 24, 2017 6:17:36 GMT -8
The stove is very clean and I took our air compressor and gave it good blow out all across the face of the burner. It doesn't look like anything was melted in there. Now I get no flame, so I am assuming there is something clogging the gas pipe to the burner. How do I take these burners apart to check the pipe? Is it safe to do that? I get real skittish about messing with anything hooked into the LP gas system. Thanks! <a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/134931553@N07/37261794005/in/dateposted-public/" title="IMG_7496"><img src="https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4344/37261794005_3abb156a7c_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="IMG_7496"></a><script async src="//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
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ckz72reddale
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Post by ckz72reddale on Sept 25, 2017 8:31:05 GMT -8
Replying to my own post so that maybe it will help others. First SHUT OFF your propane tanks. Found info in a forum comment about lifting the enamel top. After removing the black grates, it took quite a yank, but the front popped up. The pin holding down the top on the front of the top, right above the middle burner knob, inserts into some very tight tension fit clamps. Then the whole top just lifts off. This exposed the fairly simple workings of the interior. Unscrewed the screw holding the burner assembly to the bottom of the stove liner. From there, it just lifted off of the brass nipple that feeds the gas to the burner. Blew out the interior of the aluminum tube/burner and felt air coming through immediately (did not have take the burner apart, just blew through the tube). Then removed the brass nipple/nut off the end of the gas distribution tube that feeds gas to each burner. I could see light coming through the little pinhole in the end, so thought that couldn't be the problem but, in good light I could see that little pinhole was mostly blocked. Got a very fine finishing nail and inserted it into the pinhole, gave it a little twist, and the gunk popped right out. Reassembled, turned on the gas, lit the burner that has never worked and VOILA! dragon flames. Yeah! Followed up with a similar cleaning to the other burners and one more system is fully functional again!
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Post by vikx on Sept 25, 2017 22:16:41 GMT -8
Good on ya, Red Dale! Cleaning helps every time...
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