Oslo air gate advice.

[Clodhopper]

The air control on one of my Oslo's has been sticky for a while (doesn't like to come out of the closed position) and usually I have to bump it with the poker in the morning. Today something broke loose in there so that the lever doesn't do anything when I move it, and it only moves from the right position to 2/3 of the way toward the left position. I have new parts on hand an the stove is almost cool enough to work on. Anything tricky I need to know about it? What size wrench do the doghouse bolts take (I'm assuming metric)?
Thanks,
Pete

 

[Clodhopper]

Never mind, it was a piece of cake. Turns out the lever was bent about 45 degrees. I replaced it with the new one and I'm ready to go.

 

[firefighterjake]

To keep the new lever from sticking you may want to take apart the doghouse periodically (I do it as part of my fall cleaning procedure) and liberally apply powdered graphite.

 

[bostock]

exactly what FFJ said above. I take mine apart at least twice per season because it only takes a few minutes. (I believe it's a 10mm socket/wrench.) Get some powdered graphite in there where there is metal on metal an it'll move like new.

One trick - once the doghouse is off, go in through the side door and you'll get a much better view of things in there.

 

[xman23]

Time to do mine again. P&B dry lube for me. Never open the front door , somehow this gets the air control gummed up quicker.

 

[Kevin Dolan]

To keep the new lever from sticking you may want to take apart the doghouse periodically (I do it as part of my fall cleaning procedure) and liberally apply powdered graphite.

Does the Oslo have the same primary air control as the castine?

 

[firefighterjake]

Does the Oslo have the same primary air control as the castine?

I think it does . . . any Castine owners want to chime in here?

 

[begreen]

I don't know if it is the same parts, but functionally they have a similar slider valve.

 

[Valhalla]

Never have needed to take the Oslo 500 dog house apart. The primary air control still works great.
I vacuum it out from both sides twice a year during the flue cleaning.