I have an older Whitfield pellet stove that the room air blower keeps "cutting out" I bought a new one. I was told it was easy to replace, But I don't know!! There are only two bolts holding the housing and then there seems to be some type of sealant around it and I can't remove it. Does anyone know what this might be???
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It's probably just the same dark silicon they use on the rest of the stove, although I doubt it needs high temp sealant when you install the new one.
It's still too cold to be tearing into mine right now - I remember looking at it and thinking it wouldn't be hard, but I wouldn't call it easy either. You can use a razor knife to cut the sealant.
I'm assuming you've tested the voltage to the motor?
It's still too cold to be tearing into mine right now - I remember looking at it and thinking it wouldn't be hard, but I wouldn't call it easy either. You can use a razor knife to cut the sealant.
I'm assuming you've tested the voltage to the motor?
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It is an old rubber gasket they put on those for vibration. When it gets really old it kind of melts and sticks. Just run a razor knife and work it out, along with some scraping and prying using a flat head screw driver to break loose under that lip. Took me about 20 minutes of scraping and prying to get mine out last year.
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