Whitfield Advantage II Pellets Backing Up Clogging Tube HELP!

clincoln008 said:

Yes I got it up and running, it was completely clogged behind the fire brick. I couldn;t get the firebrick in the center to come out the ones on the side where easy. I ran a bag of pellets through it on 1 and let it go until it was out of pellets and shut down, no back up. How do I adjust the damper? I thought the damper was adjusted by the handle on the side?

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I had the same issues as you. My stove is a 1988 Advantage II. I had to be and remove the center brick panel on mine as there was another smaller plate hiding the chamber the dampener slider gate (move gate to the left so you can clean behind it). You got to get in there with a vacuum cleaner and get all the ash, then you'll have a good running stove. Maybe someone can answer a question I have. Apparently the Advantage series had the roman numeral "II" and also the number "2". Is one or the other a older model? bjr

clincoln008 said:

Mine may be an 88 I think it might be an early 90's HOW DO YOU GET THE BACK FIRE BRICK OUT! So the damper gate should be set as it shows in the picture, cool thanks!

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Is it jammed against the feed spout? I can't think of anything that could be holding the center panel as the side panels hold the center in. Maybe someone has silicon-ed it in place? Either way there's chambers behind it. I know I'll get beat up for suggesting this but maybe use a putty knife slid it in behind the center panel. If it cracks or breaks you'll just have piece it back together with some Hi temp silcone or that brick glue stuff. bjr