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DexterDay
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Well... Bought another stove, got this one on Craiglist too. (Quad-Purchased new, Fahrenheit 1 yr old $2,000, Craiglist, Englander 15 yrs old, Craiglist $300) I brought it home yesterday. Guy told me it was a Kozi at first. Then sent a picture of it to me. Looked like a 25-pdvc. Well it wasn't. I still bought it anyways, #1. Because I drove FOREVER. #2. IT was dirty as all get out. #3 It came with almost a half ton of misc. pellets (21 bags/ around $70-$90) , and a Simpson Duravent Kit from HD that was only a year old. ($200 itself)
Everything worked on it, when I got there. (drove 3.5 hrs to get it) The flame was lazy, but like I said, it was Dirty. Got home and found both blowers to be Plugged and the Comb blower to be almost locked up. Took awhile cleaning it yesterday and this morning, taking it all apart. Lubing, scraping, and blowing everything out. Once done I found the top Auger had one of the spade connectors to have broken off during transport, Wire broke. I am no electrician, but thought if the wire went back "Where it went", it should be Good. Well, it was.. Worked perfectly. Fired it up this morning, ran it for awhile. Shut it down. Comb blower stayed on like it should. But while doing a post burn check. I found the Auger motor that I "Put back together" to be really hot. Like I said, I am no electrician. But I am a mechanic and good enough with electronics to know, that this is not right.
Question is.. Should I buy a new auger motor? Pretty Sure EVERYTHING on this beast is original, except the convection blower. Thinking about buying a new Comb blower too. It works, but it was damn near locked up (Bearing has enough play to feel, but not see). 15 yrs is a long time to run something. Seems like a solid stove. All Gaskets looked good (Door, Hopper, Conv blower) Comb blower is gonna need a new gasket obviously, but its in the garage and for testing purposes was not needed at the time.
Looking for any and all info on this stove. How much parts are? Are a lot of places still selling them? Took me awhile just to find out what it really even was. (Has dials on the control board. Only push buttons are On/Off)
Its gonna be my shop stove, so it doesn't have to be pretty. Will post pics tomorrow, maybe tonight if I get time.. Thanks in advance
Everything worked on it, when I got there. (drove 3.5 hrs to get it) The flame was lazy, but like I said, it was Dirty. Got home and found both blowers to be Plugged and the Comb blower to be almost locked up. Took awhile cleaning it yesterday and this morning, taking it all apart. Lubing, scraping, and blowing everything out. Once done I found the top Auger had one of the spade connectors to have broken off during transport, Wire broke. I am no electrician, but thought if the wire went back "Where it went", it should be Good. Well, it was.. Worked perfectly. Fired it up this morning, ran it for awhile. Shut it down. Comb blower stayed on like it should. But while doing a post burn check. I found the Auger motor that I "Put back together" to be really hot. Like I said, I am no electrician. But I am a mechanic and good enough with electronics to know, that this is not right.
Question is.. Should I buy a new auger motor? Pretty Sure EVERYTHING on this beast is original, except the convection blower. Thinking about buying a new Comb blower too. It works, but it was damn near locked up (Bearing has enough play to feel, but not see). 15 yrs is a long time to run something. Seems like a solid stove. All Gaskets looked good (Door, Hopper, Conv blower) Comb blower is gonna need a new gasket obviously, but its in the garage and for testing purposes was not needed at the time.
Looking for any and all info on this stove. How much parts are? Are a lot of places still selling them? Took me awhile just to find out what it really even was. (Has dials on the control board. Only push buttons are On/Off)
Its gonna be my shop stove, so it doesn't have to be pretty. Will post pics tomorrow, maybe tonight if I get time.. Thanks in advance