Kitchen Gas Appliances - Gas oven door cover - reassembling
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07-19-01, 12:08 PM
I've recently moved into an older apartment with some old appliances. I wanted to clean my new place from top to bottom and I decided to start with the gas stove. The stove looked as if it had never been cleaned. The grease stained outside of the stove was nothing compared to the clumped up, thickly-caked-on inside.
I started cleaning the stove and began to notice there were areas that I couldn't get at, specifically the stains between windows on the oven door. I noticed that there were 3 screws that hold the door cover on the door. I removed them and cleaned the inside of the windows. Feeling better now that I can see into the oven without obstruction, I attempted to put the door cover back on the door frame. That didn't work. When the top of the cover was aligned with the screw holes on the door frame, the bottom of the cover seems to fall short of covering the bottom corner of the door frame. When I started with the bottom, the top didn't align properly.
So my question is: Is there some trick to putting the door cover back on the door frame on a 20 year old gas stove? Thanks for your time
I started cleaning the stove and began to notice there were areas that I couldn't get at, specifically the stains between windows on the oven door. I noticed that there were 3 screws that hold the door cover on the door. I removed them and cleaned the inside of the windows. Feeling better now that I can see into the oven without obstruction, I attempted to put the door cover back on the door frame. That didn't work. When the top of the cover was aligned with the screw holes on the door frame, the bottom of the cover seems to fall short of covering the bottom corner of the door frame. When I started with the bottom, the top didn't align properly.
So my question is: Is there some trick to putting the door cover back on the door frame on a 20 year old gas stove? Thanks for your time
Sharp Advice
07-19-01, 06:59 PM
Hello DBaz and Welcome to the Do It Yourself Web Site and my Gas Appliance forum.
Not sure which part your referring to between the two halves, as being the cover or the frame. The outer part is the cover I assume. This would be the side facing outwards.
I'll take a guess here and say try reversing the proceedure. Put the door frame on the cover, hold it together and flip the entire assembly over. Line up the screw holes and assemble it and reinstall door on brackets.
Check for any part or other obstruction inside the door that may be causing the corners to not line up.
There may have been the same distance there prior to cleaning but hard to see if the oven was as dirty as you say. Could also be salvaged parts assembled together from another oven prior to your arrival.
If all else fails, possibly the maintenance person, landlord, etc. could assist you with the reassembly, since you where kind enough to cleaned it when they failed to.
Regards & Good Luck
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Tom_Bartco
Energy Conservation Consultant & Natural Gas Appliance Diagnostics Technician.
Not sure which part your referring to between the two halves, as being the cover or the frame. The outer part is the cover I assume. This would be the side facing outwards.
I'll take a guess here and say try reversing the proceedure. Put the door frame on the cover, hold it together and flip the entire assembly over. Line up the screw holes and assemble it and reinstall door on brackets.
Check for any part or other obstruction inside the door that may be causing the corners to not line up.
There may have been the same distance there prior to cleaning but hard to see if the oven was as dirty as you say. Could also be salvaged parts assembled together from another oven prior to your arrival.
If all else fails, possibly the maintenance person, landlord, etc. could assist you with the reassembly, since you where kind enough to cleaned it when they failed to.
Regards & Good Luck
Forum Moderator
Tom_Bartco
Energy Conservation Consultant & Natural Gas Appliance Diagnostics Technician.