its going great. Need to install gaskets for the glass and install the cat, cat cover and outer burn plate, then a couple of small fires and away we are ready for winter.
I am at the last steps, replacing the door glass gaskets in the next day or two. It went fairly smoothly. I got some good tips from "Summit' including getting enough gasket cement, Just under 4 tubes (11 oz size), close to 50 ft of 1/4" gasket rope plus about another 20 ft of 3/16 gasket rope for the glass, flue outlet and a few other places. I did not get a second stove for parts, I bought new the parts I needed and paid just about $1200.00 for parts, rope and cement.
A few things I learned or did along the way that you might benefit from.
Mark all bolts as you remove them as to what parts they attached to. This will make it much faster when putting it back together as there are about 4 different length 10 mm bolts I believe.
Clean all gaskets and cement away before starting to put it back together taking note of where and how much cement was used.
Dry fit all parts and take note of where to apply new cement.
Cut fit and replace all necessary gaskets while parts are apart, its much easier to get them to stay when they are laying flat.
Use the matching pieces to apply pressure to gaskets when "gluing".
Be sure of your assembly order, The most critical areas I found were the air draft control handle, the cover over the pedal linkage, and the Cat Chamber.
If you have any specific question let me know.
My "new" 1997 jotul firelight model 12.
I am at the last steps, replacing the door glass gaskets in the next day or two. It went fairly smoothly. I got some good tips from "Summit' including getting enough gasket cement, Just under 4 tubes (11 oz size), close to 50 ft of 1/4" gasket rope plus about another 20 ft of 3/16 gasket rope for the glass, flue outlet and a few other places. I did not get a second stove for parts, I bought new the parts I needed and paid just about $1200.00 for parts, rope and cement.
A few things I learned or did along the way that you might benefit from.
Mark all bolts as you remove them as to what parts they attached to. This will make it much faster when putting it back together as there are about 4 different length 10 mm bolts I believe.
Clean all gaskets and cement away before starting to put it back together taking note of where and how much cement was used.
Dry fit all parts and take note of where to apply new cement.
Cut fit and replace all necessary gaskets while parts are apart, its much easier to get them to stay when they are laying flat.
Use the matching pieces to apply pressure to gaskets when "gluing".
Be sure of your assembly order, The most critical areas I found were the air draft control handle, the cover over the pedal linkage, and the Cat Chamber.
If you have any specific question let me know.
My "new" 1997 jotul firelight model 12.
Did you read the guy's post? "Please research before offering no I will NOT take $500."
