Kitchen Gas Appliances - Chambers gas range - how to clean or repair clogged pilot lights
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dougy
11-14-04, 08:59 PM
Hello,
We have a wonderful 40-yr-old (ca. 1963) four-burner Chambers gas range, and we are having trouble with the burner pilot lights. One pilot stays lit, but the others may be partially clogged because we can smell a slight gas odor but cannot get the pilots to light (or stay lit). Does anyone have any advice or experience with how we can unclog or repair the pilot light fixtures or gas lines so that they will stay lit? Our standard appliance repairman will not touch it. I would even be willing (even eager) to contact Chambers directly for more information but I do not know how to reach them (I think they may have been gobbled up by a larger manufacturer).
Thanks,
Doug in Boulder
We have a wonderful 40-yr-old (ca. 1963) four-burner Chambers gas range, and we are having trouble with the burner pilot lights. One pilot stays lit, but the others may be partially clogged because we can smell a slight gas odor but cannot get the pilots to light (or stay lit). Does anyone have any advice or experience with how we can unclog or repair the pilot light fixtures or gas lines so that they will stay lit? Our standard appliance repairman will not touch it. I would even be willing (even eager) to contact Chambers directly for more information but I do not know how to reach them (I think they may have been gobbled up by a larger manufacturer).
Thanks,
Doug in Boulder
Sharp Advice
11-14-04, 09:39 PM
Hello Doug. Welcome to my Gas Appliances topic and the Do-It-Yourself Web Site.
Two methods I have used that work well for cleaning pilot assemblies and the tiny lines that supply the gas to the pilot cups. Use a tobacco smoking pipe cleaner. Burn off the outer materail. Allow it to cool. Than untwist the two wires and straighten them, using needle nose pliers.
Once that is done, blow out pilot flame if there is any, hold the thin wire with the pliers, about 3 inches from the end of the thin wire, and insert it into the hole where the pilot gas comes out of in the pilot flames cup and wind protector.
Use an up and down motion and slight twisting motion of the wire. Leave the pilot gas on to help blow out any debris in the tube. Once you can determine the hole is clear, clean the wind protecting cups which surround the pilot.
Than relight pilot flames and adjust height of flame so pilot flame is not any larger than the head on an unused stick match. Pilot flame size can be adjusted using the set screw in the tubing nut where it attaches to the gas manifold.
Above cleaning method should solve the problem, unless overspilled liquids have gone down into the tiny pilot tubes. Other means are used to resolve that type of problem.
If you need further assistance, use the reply button to add any additional information or questions, etc. Using this method also moves the topic back up to the top of the list automatically.
Try the above method, note the results and post them back here.
Sharp Advice.
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Two methods I have used that work well for cleaning pilot assemblies and the tiny lines that supply the gas to the pilot cups. Use a tobacco smoking pipe cleaner. Burn off the outer materail. Allow it to cool. Than untwist the two wires and straighten them, using needle nose pliers.
Once that is done, blow out pilot flame if there is any, hold the thin wire with the pliers, about 3 inches from the end of the thin wire, and insert it into the hole where the pilot gas comes out of in the pilot flames cup and wind protector.
Use an up and down motion and slight twisting motion of the wire. Leave the pilot gas on to help blow out any debris in the tube. Once you can determine the hole is clear, clean the wind protecting cups which surround the pilot.
Than relight pilot flames and adjust height of flame so pilot flame is not any larger than the head on an unused stick match. Pilot flame size can be adjusted using the set screw in the tubing nut where it attaches to the gas manifold.
Above cleaning method should solve the problem, unless overspilled liquids have gone down into the tiny pilot tubes. Other means are used to resolve that type of problem.
If you need further assistance, use the reply button to add any additional information or questions, etc. Using this method also moves the topic back up to the top of the list automatically.
Try the above method, note the results and post them back here.
Sharp Advice.
Web Site Host, Gas Appliances Topic Moderator & Multiple Forums Moderator. Energy Conservation Consultant & Natural Gas Appliance Diagnostics Technician.
Personal Safety Reminder:
Buckle Up & Drive Safely.
"The Life You Save, May Be Your Own."