After asking for help here and getting advice I'm still stymied. I've gotten the rebuild kit and managed to remove the problem burner but cannot get it apart. The only directions I can find are an assembly diagram for a Primus burner. (The stove is a Hillerange pressure kerosene. The manufacturer is still in business but this model stove is long discontinued & they have no info about it.)
There appears to be no way to disassemble the top dish, main stem & surrounding pipes. I'll have to admit my ignorance, I don't know the names of the parts. Is there a special tool to reach in from the top of the burner to remove the needle & the piece that holds it in place? My husand tried the sockets we have. Also, I cannot remove the shaft that opens and closes the burner aperture and connects to the control knob. I was able to remove the nut & the shaft came only part way out. It now turns freely in both directions but I didn't want to apply too much force.
Jo Chamberlain
CD33 Maggie Rose
jchamber@crosslink.net
need help with stove burner disassembly (kerosene)
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Tom
Re: need help with stove burner disassembly (kerosene)
Virtually all of the pressure kerosene stoves regardless of brand used the Primus burners. Primus had the patent on the burner for years and sold them to stove makers, thus the HIllerange has Primus burners. Yes there is a special tool for removing the jet. It's not a hex head so no normal socket will fit it. It's kind of oval shaped with flat sides. It comes as a single piece with a long shaft and a T handle. You might try camping supply stores as kerosene camp stoves often used the same Primus burners. The chances are that the shaft won't come out because the jet pricker is still engaged.
But here's the catch -- what are you going to do after you get the jet out and the shaft removed? Unless the jet is clogged there is nothing to clean in there. What is often the problem is that there is another internal screen inside that clogs with carbon. It is totally inaccessible. I guess the original idea was that this screen would never clog so one didn't need to be able to get to it, BUT eventually they did clog and then you went to the Primus store and bought a new burner for $ 3.95. Well, times have changed. There is no Primus store any more and new Primus burners are hard to find. If you do find one it is going to be in the $ 30 to $ 40 dollar range.
One thing you can try is soaking the burner in oven cleaner. Sometimes that will work if you can get the cleaner inside where the screen and carbon is and the carbon isn't too bad, but it's a crap shoot, sometimes it doesn't work either. Primus burners were state of the art in 1930, but the world has gone to propane and other things in more modern times.
I think there are some postings on this in the serch function. Good luck!
TomCambria@mindspring.com
But here's the catch -- what are you going to do after you get the jet out and the shaft removed? Unless the jet is clogged there is nothing to clean in there. What is often the problem is that there is another internal screen inside that clogs with carbon. It is totally inaccessible. I guess the original idea was that this screen would never clog so one didn't need to be able to get to it, BUT eventually they did clog and then you went to the Primus store and bought a new burner for $ 3.95. Well, times have changed. There is no Primus store any more and new Primus burners are hard to find. If you do find one it is going to be in the $ 30 to $ 40 dollar range.
One thing you can try is soaking the burner in oven cleaner. Sometimes that will work if you can get the cleaner inside where the screen and carbon is and the carbon isn't too bad, but it's a crap shoot, sometimes it doesn't work either. Primus burners were state of the art in 1930, but the world has gone to propane and other things in more modern times.
I think there are some postings on this in the serch function. Good luck!
Jo wrote: After asking for help here and getting advice I'm still stymied. I've gotten the rebuild kit and managed to remove the problem burner but cannot get it apart. The only directions I can find are an assembly diagram for a Primus burner. (The stove is a Hillerange pressure kerosene. The manufacturer is still in business but this model stove is long discontinued & they have no info about it.)
There appears to be no way to disassemble the top dish, main stem & surrounding pipes. I'll have to admit my ignorance, I don't know the names of the parts. Is there a special tool to reach in from the top of the burner to remove the needle & the piece that holds it in place? My husand tried the sockets we have. Also, I cannot remove the shaft that opens and closes the burner aperture and connects to the control knob. I was able to remove the nut & the shaft came only part way out. It now turns freely in both directions but I didn't want to apply too much force.
Jo Chamberlain
CD33 Maggie Rose
TomCambria@mindspring.com