Resolute 3 small hole

[zackshea]

First post, just got my restored resolute 3 installed.

I looked over the manuals etc. but couldn’t find this hole on any of the pictures…

Front left near bottom and is threaded…

Does this do anything? Should there be something in there?

The stove runs pretty hot but I am burning locust and it’s in the 40’s-50s outside

 

[fbelec]

that i know of that is not supposed to be there. don't run it like that you might overfire the stove. cheap fix would be stick a bolt and nut in the hole

 

[peakbagger]

IMHO its not factory. I have seen in the past a drip arrangement on a couple of homebrew units where they dripped used motor oil into the fire (really dumb idea). Buy a nice plug and paint it the same color as the stove and be done with it.

 

[zackshea]

Thanks guys. It did seem out of place. I thought it was strange that it is threaded. That is what made me think something belonged in there. I will plug it before relighting.

 

[rwh63]

that is for the coal kit shaker handle rod. if burning wood, it should be plugged (would have had one from the factory). that stove may have had a coal kit originally.

 

[zackshea]

Yes that makes more sense. I will look for a bolt to fit

 

[peakbagger]

Yes that makes more sense. I will look for a bolt to fit

Keep in mind it could be a pipe thread instead of a bolt thread so you may need a pipe plug instead of bolt. Pipe threads have a slight taper while bolt threads do not.

 

[rwh63]

some have used steel wool, or furnace cement.