maacac said:
What all are you doing when you do the major cleaning?
I just follow the manual.
Remove big front cover.
Give the glass a good cleaning, damp paper towel and a little ash, wipe w/dry papertowel.
Dump the ash pan.
Drag the the Rigid wet/dry w/ hepa filter over
Vac accumulated ash around burnpot, pull the shields and stick vac hose in there. Put shields back on
Remove baffle plate, vac that and inside heat exchanger.
groan to wife that I skun my knuckles getting baffle plate out, make a drink, have a smoke.
Replace baffle plate.
Remove little flapper behind ash pan, stick vac hose in there.
Remove little side cover, flip switch to rotate burnpot, scrape a little, vac. Repeat x 3, get 'em all. Replace little side cover.
Remove caps from cleanout tees, run brush in and out, vac. Replace caps.
groan to wife that I skun knuckles on other hand, make a drink, have a smoke.
Replace ash pan
Replace big front cover.
Puff out chest, beat w' fists, do Tarzan thing.
Remove big front cover.
remove ash pan, replace little flapper, replace ash pan.
Just like it sez in the book