Ha ha, fooled you. Dr. Biggles has a handy tip for adjusting the burners on old stoves, if you're lucky enough to have one. Wrench yourself over there and have a gander, as usual he's cooking up some good stuff, too.
Biggles goes nuts over an old flame
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Cool! At least you figured out how to use that trackback thing or whatever it was that you did. It seems to have worked!
Biggles
Well, now that you have explained how to adjust height of flame on the burners....can you explain how to replace the saftey valve and adjust it properly for the oven flame intensity?? I have replaced the saftey valve, however, the adjustment to the damper for creating a larger flame is making too much gas fumes and the temp is not coming up to par. Could it be a thermostat issue vs. a saftey valve? or is the thermostat in the saftey valve? Where is the thermostat? Help!!!
Hey Dalkren,
I've never replaced a safety valve before. It should be a standard R/R with some proper tools (and the gas turned OFF).
The valve should come preadjusted at the correct pressure.
Your problem is a bad or badly adjusted thermostat. Since yours is already out of whack, you can try adjusting it yourself. That being said, all the trained technicians I've ever spoken to told me to never do this myself. That a trained specialist is the only one that should futz with it. I say go for it.
Pull off the knob that adjusts the oven temp. In the center you'll notice an adjustment for oven temperature. Only mess with this if your temp is off, not flame adjustment. While looking dead on, there's 2 screws in the upper right and left? See? The one on the right is the oven pilot adjustment. The one on the left is the flame adjust, try moving this one. Always remember or MARK the starting point so you can return it back where you found it.
You may need a new oven thermostat though. They don't last forever, I replaced mine a few years ago. I hope this helps.
Biggles
How do I control the gas flow to my vintage Roper oven to get it to stop burning black the thermostat seems to work but when I light it I need to keep it low and let it warm slowly or I have smoke marks on the front of my stove and broiler any suggestions?
I'm no expert on the vintage stuff, Greg, but that sounds like an airflow issue to me. Are you sure something isn't gunked up?