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Minister of Fire
Welcome to the 2017 half of the 2016-2017 thread!
We managed 69 pages in 2016, so she's shaping up to be a whale of a thread.
We managed 69 pages in 2016, so she's shaping up to be a whale of a thread.
2016-17 Blaze King Performance Thread (Everything BK)
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lsucet
Minister of Fire
Do newer BK Princess stoves use 7/8" rope gasket? Plan on ordering some as none of the stores around carry that oddball size.
It's not just the size, you need the fancy high density stuff. It's like 30$ to get the real deal from bk. Lots of time to do it too so I recommend just ordering bk rope.
Ok. Good to know. I was going to order the graph-o-glass from Rutland. I'm heading to town on Tuesday so I'll run by the BK Dealer and see if they have it. Went by yesterday and wouldn't ya know they closed 4 hrs early for New year's.
I really don't even know if mine is bad. The lower corners of the glass gets dirty but that seems common. It just seems really hard for a door gasket so I figured I'd just get a new one.
I would not pre buy gaskets for the bk. The door and bypass gaskets are adjustable tension so you know that when your adjustment runs out to order a new one. I had the gasket shipped to my house and it was fast. I keep no spare stove parts. If your life depended on the stove for heat every day then a backup combustor with gasket is about the only thing I can think of that can be kept on hand. Really you could burn with a dead cat if you had to.
Thinking about it now, time would be better spent making sure that your other, automatic thermostatic heat source is ready than to stockpile spare stove parts.
I'm excited for you for Tuesday tar.
shoot-straight
Minister of Fire
I definitely would get a extra cat gasket to keep on hand. It's a one time use item. If you pull the cat, you will
Need a new gasket. I couldn't find it locally either.
I am excited to buddy! Our winter has really only just started so I will get to burn it a lot yet this year. I still have propane as a back up and I have been using it of late but I don't want to start that again as I hate burning dollars! lol I do plan on burning 24/7. We started working on getting 3 years ahead on our firewood supply today by splitting and stacking 2 cord of Pin and Red oak.Received a call from my logging buddy last night and he turned me on to 40 White oak tops! Life is good! I will get started on them this weekend after the ground freezes back up and then a long over due wood shed is in order.
I've installed dozens and dozens of BKs, I've never once seen this issue. It's isolated.
Thats good to know because I got my shorts torqued pretty tight about it...lol Hope I am lucky...
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It was the same with the BK probe.
Bummer. I was hoping the aftermarket probe would fit better.
That's were I could be wrong then. We rarely do an optional convection deck. The few I've done were ok from what I remember. I was mistakenly thinking of the PI and the King, where the probe recesses into the deck.
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