Hello
After fixing up this bad boy, I turned it on. Pellets were spitting out, the ignitor was red hot but No fire! :-(
I even put in a new ignitor and still no lite! :-(
I tried adjusting it but could not seem to get it right, looking at it from the burn box above the wear plate, the adjustment was way off! I could only see half the ignitor tip!
Finally I removed the burn box and found that there was very little left to the Lytherm gasket.
Then I could really see how far off the ignitor was! Also it was much easier to turn and assure it was in the center of the hole!
Then I cut a new gasket cleaned all the rust and gave it a good coat of Dry Moly spray!
Bingo, the pellets lit in 5 mins. with the cap or hole plug off the ignitor tube. That seemed to be better.
My question is:
Should this cap or hole plug be On or Off?
Pic 1 - Ignitor tube with cap on top left
Pic 2 - Cap on bench
Pic 3 - Cap off Ignitor tube allowing more air for ignitor.
Pic 4 - Ignitor works fine on bench
Pic 5 - tip of Ignitor shown from front with alignment way off - see lower left half of it!
Pic 6 - Ignitor with burn pot out of stove. Ignitor is touching the side of the tube. That's a No No !
Pic 7 - Tracing a new Lytherm burn pot gasket
Pic 8 - Gasket fits back of burn pot
Pic 9 - Ignitor alignment is now spot on! In exact center of tube and hole
Pic 10 - Fire ! ! !
Click on pic to enlarge:
After fixing up this bad boy, I turned it on. Pellets were spitting out, the ignitor was red hot but No fire! :-(
I even put in a new ignitor and still no lite! :-(
I tried adjusting it but could not seem to get it right, looking at it from the burn box above the wear plate, the adjustment was way off! I could only see half the ignitor tip!
Finally I removed the burn box and found that there was very little left to the Lytherm gasket.
Then I could really see how far off the ignitor was! Also it was much easier to turn and assure it was in the center of the hole!
Then I cut a new gasket cleaned all the rust and gave it a good coat of Dry Moly spray!
Bingo, the pellets lit in 5 mins. with the cap or hole plug off the ignitor tube. That seemed to be better.
My question is:
Should this cap or hole plug be On or Off?
Pic 1 - Ignitor tube with cap on top left
Pic 2 - Cap on bench
Pic 3 - Cap off Ignitor tube allowing more air for ignitor.
Pic 4 - Ignitor works fine on bench
Pic 5 - tip of Ignitor shown from front with alignment way off - see lower left half of it!
Pic 6 - Ignitor with burn pot out of stove. Ignitor is touching the side of the tube. That's a No No !
Pic 7 - Tracing a new Lytherm burn pot gasket
Pic 8 - Gasket fits back of burn pot
Pic 9 - Ignitor alignment is now spot on! In exact center of tube and hole
Pic 10 - Fire ! ! !
Click on pic to enlarge:
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