Jotul Series 8 rebuild

[tom in maine]

I picked up a Series 8 with a warped inner back plate and damaged back burn plate. 4/7 cat and assembly looks okay and nothing else is damaged. Since these parts appear to no longer be available, this seems like a fun project to mess with. I will be disassembling and cleaning and resealing, although it is otherwise still intact. What I am thinking is using vermiculite refractory bricks to replicate the damaged back parts that pass through to the cat. Has anyone retrofitted orhpaned stoves with newer refractory? Seems a shame to scrap.
We used to develop wood boilers, so I am not a neophyte to this but would like to hear if anyone has been down this road.
tom in maine

 

[begreen]

Check Woodsman's

Jotul Series 8 | Jotul Series 8AP | Available Parts

Jotul Series 8 wood stove available parts include gasket rope, ash pan, catalytic combustor, catalyst insulation, and much more

www.woodmanspartsplus.com

 

[tom in maine]

I did check Woodmans. They have one available. The other is no longer made.

 

[stovelark]

Good luck with the old girl. I liked the original 8 non-cat version, but remember very clearly when the Oslo F500 first displayed in the store in Nov 99, replacing the 8 series. Wow, what a home run stove, the Oslo. The 8 did have a nice look to it though. Good luck with her, espec if its a Blue Black finish.