Amulet
Well-Known Member
I posted earlier telling of my woes with burners on my Taylors stove. I'd replaced a malfunctioning 4 leg with a new 2 leg.
My problem with the two leg was simple. Cleaning needle burnt and jammed in the main jet. However, in my search I took it to bits and I couldn't get it together again (couldn't get the cleaning needle rack to engage, which sounds pretty incompetent, but I have no trouble with this on the four leg. I'll try again ashore and see if I exhibit more dexterity. And yes, I know there are two types and was using the right one)
However, on thinking about the problem, I decided to try to get the leaky 4 leg to work again. I gently spun a twist drill in the the needle valve seat. I did this though a spare one of the packing screws (the one that squeezes the graphite washer) using a drill which was a neat fit to keep it central.
Fearing that this may have raised a burr I ran it backwards for a little while afterwards in an attempt to polish off any burr. I then vacuumed it carefully to remove all debris and reassembled it with a new spindle. It worked like new straight off.
Seems a good result to me!
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My stove has been a stalwart. Seven years on I was having trouble getting the burners to shut off properly. I think I had cranked them to too hard and damaged them - new spindles no help. I decided to replace the burners. Two new ones - the two leg type replacing the four leg ones. They roared wonderfully for the first hour of use. They then started to surge (pulse) and burn much more slowly. Now one seems completely bunged and the other poor. Meanwhile my old four leg in the oven burns perfectly. Muck got in somehow?
N.B. I have never cleaned the inline filter and have never encountered any instructions as to what to do with it.
However the fact that the oven works fine makes me doubt a filter problem.
Any advice?
My problem with the two leg was simple. Cleaning needle burnt and jammed in the main jet. However, in my search I took it to bits and I couldn't get it together again (couldn't get the cleaning needle rack to engage, which sounds pretty incompetent, but I have no trouble with this on the four leg. I'll try again ashore and see if I exhibit more dexterity. And yes, I know there are two types and was using the right one)
However, on thinking about the problem, I decided to try to get the leaky 4 leg to work again. I gently spun a twist drill in the the needle valve seat. I did this though a spare one of the packing screws (the one that squeezes the graphite washer) using a drill which was a neat fit to keep it central.
Fearing that this may have raised a burr I ran it backwards for a little while afterwards in an attempt to polish off any burr. I then vacuumed it carefully to remove all debris and reassembled it with a new spindle. It worked like new straight off.
Seems a good result to me!
---------- previous posting ----------
My stove has been a stalwart. Seven years on I was having trouble getting the burners to shut off properly. I think I had cranked them to too hard and damaged them - new spindles no help. I decided to replace the burners. Two new ones - the two leg type replacing the four leg ones. They roared wonderfully for the first hour of use. They then started to surge (pulse) and burn much more slowly. Now one seems completely bunged and the other poor. Meanwhile my old four leg in the oven burns perfectly. Muck got in somehow?
N.B. I have never cleaned the inline filter and have never encountered any instructions as to what to do with it.
However the fact that the oven works fine makes me doubt a filter problem.
Any advice?
