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I answered this Craigslist advertisement last week, the owner told me on the phone that it's mine for $20.00! Yes, the decimal point is in the right place! I went and picked it up on Saturday.
What I have discovered:
1) The door did not pass the dollar bill test;
2) The door retainer (has the hinges on it) was loose inside the door shell due to bottom of door missing the two set screws that hold it in place, this allowed the glass to move back and forth just a little;
3) The door handle assembly was loose due to the nut that holds it on the inside being loose;
4) "T" shaped baffle support bracket is warped (apparently it did get quite hot);
5) Secondary air combustion channel looks to be cracked in a couple places in the back/top of stove.
Everything else seems ok, tubes are straight, front "Y" baffle support bracket is straight, damper plate and slider are not damaged, bypass damper handle is straight, and only 2 firebricks were broken. I dropped it off at my buddy's house for welding the air channel cracks, and he said he will build a new "T" bracket. I got new setscrews for the door and everything seems to be solid and in place, I need to glue the door gasket in before I can verify the dollar bill test.
Lunch for two people on the way home cost more than the stove!
(broken link removed to http://syracuse.craigslist.org/hsh/3055105697.html)
I answered this Craigslist advertisement last week, the owner told me on the phone that it's mine for $20.00! Yes, the decimal point is in the right place! I went and picked it up on Saturday.
What I have discovered:
1) The door did not pass the dollar bill test;
2) The door retainer (has the hinges on it) was loose inside the door shell due to bottom of door missing the two set screws that hold it in place, this allowed the glass to move back and forth just a little;
3) The door handle assembly was loose due to the nut that holds it on the inside being loose;
4) "T" shaped baffle support bracket is warped (apparently it did get quite hot);
5) Secondary air combustion channel looks to be cracked in a couple places in the back/top of stove.
Everything else seems ok, tubes are straight, front "Y" baffle support bracket is straight, damper plate and slider are not damaged, bypass damper handle is straight, and only 2 firebricks were broken. I dropped it off at my buddy's house for welding the air channel cracks, and he said he will build a new "T" bracket. I got new setscrews for the door and everything seems to be solid and in place, I need to glue the door gasket in before I can verify the dollar bill test.
Lunch for two people on the way home cost more than the stove!