Cats are in!!!

[AppalachianStan]

Cats are in the stove but the gaskets are not tight.

 

[coltfever]

Stan if you will look back at one of mellow thread he has some good pictures of the correct gasket for the cats. The ones you have as you can see are way too thin. My guess is the correct ones are about 1/2 inch thick to make a good tight fit. Maybe mellow will stop by and post the picture again.

 

[KaptJaq]

This might be the image coltfever is referring to... Click on the up arrow near "Mellow said":

Ok, got the new gaskets in from Service Sales, will put those in the next chance I get, thanks Matt!

I installed the condar cat probe, I put the cat probe on top of the cats, as it will not fit into one of the cells. Works great, I did have to push back the gasket a bit to get it to fit but I did a flashlight test from the back of the cat and did not see any light around where the probe was inserted. Works great, cruised at around 1500.

Cat housing removed to get this shot.
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Picture of both cats while housing was off

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[AppalachianStan]

I thought Matt at (broken link removed) said he would send enough gasket to wrap the cats twice but I only had enough to wrap them 1 1/2 times. I guess I need to call him tomorrow.

 

[mellow]

Yea, that is for sure way to thin. I am sure Matt will have no problem sending you more, you can always email him that picture and he might give you some suggestions about wrapping it.

 

[mellow]

I find it interesting how little has changed with these stoves over the years, not sure when yours was manufactured, guessing early 80's when the cat stoves first started coming out.

 

[AppalachianStan]

I think it was 1979 when it was manufactured. I just emailed Matt.

 

[AppalachianStan]

Matt said. "They make a “blanket” of rockwool type material to fill large gaps like that. It’s about $9.00 for a sheet, which should be enough to fill the gap." So I guess I will have to order that Friday.