Back in Dec. I picked up this stove basically for free (20.00 symbolic). I am thinking of putting it back in service. It took about 30min to remove the lower fireback (warped), inner sides, the whole refactory box (decent shape) & the cat (done), upper fireback (looks ok).
I cleaned it all up including a good vacuum, I put a strong light in the box & does not appear that there are any leaks on the outer shell.
Question: When you VC experts say "I rebuild these in 5hrs" (I believe Frank said this) do you take the outter shell apart as well to be recemented?
Even though I see no light coming through the shell I noticed that someone smeared cement on the seems (outside) of the stove in few areas. This tells me that perhaps there was a leak..., Also, this cement looks different from the cement used for re-gasketing (much harder).
Another thing I noticed is the primary air lever moves from 9 o'clock counter clock wise to about 12 o'clock.....& the little steel cable at 9 o'clock has some tension on it & at 12 o'clock the cable is totally loose...is that normal. My VC encore NC has the primary air flap right above the glass doors & I see it move when I play with the lever. But on this 2550 I do not even see the flap. The air flap must be somewhere else in the stove...
So, do I take the whole thing apart (outer shell) or just regasket the inner parts replace the cat & see what happens, given that I see no light coming through the shell seams.
Thanks
I cleaned it all up including a good vacuum, I put a strong light in the box & does not appear that there are any leaks on the outer shell.
Question: When you VC experts say "I rebuild these in 5hrs" (I believe Frank said this) do you take the outter shell apart as well to be recemented?
Even though I see no light coming through the shell I noticed that someone smeared cement on the seems (outside) of the stove in few areas. This tells me that perhaps there was a leak..., Also, this cement looks different from the cement used for re-gasketing (much harder).
Another thing I noticed is the primary air lever moves from 9 o'clock counter clock wise to about 12 o'clock.....& the little steel cable at 9 o'clock has some tension on it & at 12 o'clock the cable is totally loose...is that normal. My VC encore NC has the primary air flap right above the glass doors & I see it move when I play with the lever. But on this 2550 I do not even see the flap. The air flap must be somewhere else in the stove...
So, do I take the whole thing apart (outer shell) or just regasket the inner parts replace the cat & see what happens, given that I see no light coming through the shell seams.
Thanks
