Interpid II gasket question?

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I have an Intrepid II (Model 1308) that I have used for 17 seasons. Recently, I have heard a whistling sound when I am starting a fire that seems to be coming from where the thermostat cover meets the back panel. I took it off and there was no gasket there and from looking at the manual it doesn't mention a gasket for that area. In my cleaning last year I found a small piece of cast iron in the primary air intake that seems to have broken off from somewhere. The piece doesn't seem to fit anywhere around the thermostat cover. Do I need to put in a gasket or does this call from stove cement?

Thanks.
 
Take a look at the area where the damper rod enters the body of the stove. Also may try using the incense or cigarette method while stove is burning to see exactly where air is being drawn in,,,,
 
That area doesn't use gasket. Any air leaking there flows into the flue, not the firebox.
Check the primary air intake area...get down close to the floor and look up in towards firebox. There's a spot there where the vertical tie rod passes through that cement will drop out/fail. This allows air directly into the firebox from the primary air intake, rather than following the typical route around the ashpan and washing over the glass. You can aslo inspect this area by cleaning ash from back right corner of the firebox and looking where the tie rod passes through at the firebox floor.
Also check vertical seams at sides of stove between side castings and front casting. Sometimes these can open up.
 
Thanks for the information and just and update.

I had time to to work on the stove today and there were a couple of places where the stove cement had broken loose: in the area where the ash pan goes and then the seam on the side. I used Rutland stove cement on the seams and it seems to have solved the problem. It may be my imagination, but the stove seems to be burning better tonight.

I may need to start talking to the wife about a new stove in the near future.
 
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