Sandor said:
Hey Craig,
Girlfriend has a Resolute Acclaim that has been burning almost non-stop this year.
Looks like the back steel plate is in rough shape and it needs a new gasket for the top lid. I think I need to replace the "space age" secondary burn material also. Other than that, this thing works like a champ. I did take off the back plate and cleaned those two channels that were full of ash. The steel plates on the sides look ok.
Question is, do they still sell parts for this thing? Think I want to freshen it up come springtime. Anything else I should look for?
I'm sure they still sell parts BUT, here may be the problem. If she has an older one - which can be told be the cast-iron waffled side interior as opposed to firebrick in the newer ones, then they may only have the "new" parts. In short, she may have to buy an entire inside retrofit kit which includes the new sides, back, etc. - and the stove has to be ripped down to almost nothing to replace this all.
Total cost of parts could be $500+ - plus labor.
It is possible they have the older parts......the rear, as I remember, consisted of a fireback and then the three middle "keyed" cast iron replaceable arches.
Hopefully you can squeeze some more time out of it. Some degradation of the rear and even the bottom of the combustion chamber material is ok.