Tech is here installing the parts as I type this. Yes folks it took almost 2 weeks to get the parts. They ordered them all from Canada. This seemed far fetched to me, but we need heat! Hopefully the estimate that they gave us is the same and when he presses the power button we are in business! He replaced the circuit board, agitator bracket, bearings for the agitator and chain for the agitator. He is telling me now that possibly the agitator motor may be burnt......I will have spent enough money to almost buy a new stove.....YIKES![/quote
Parts all installed and stove is up and running! $760.00 later....YIKES
!! he replaced the agitator bracket, chain, sprockets and bushings and circuit board. I am skeptical that this may happen again. The agitator itself was hitting the burn pot edges when he put it back together. He made some adjustments and now it is fine. This is a 3 month old agitator that we replaced because the old one had cracked. It is supposed to be made stronger. I am curious as to why the bushings wore out so badly in the 5 years that we have had this stove. We have only this heating season run it 24/7. Before it was in the basement and was used in conjunction with our wood stove, but never 24/7. Fingers crossed that this does not happen again