Harman insert. Project stove

Ty eatonpcat. I pulled it outside yesterday and pulled the control board out. I blasted it with air and removed knobs and posts and hit it wit some Deoxit. Replaced the ESP and reassembled. I left the dips where the are and fired her up snd all is good.now I just have to do a little paint touch up and she's ready to go. I'm still working on my better half. She loves a good wood fire and is reluctant to give up the fireplace. However after 5 fires last year and 4 this year it may be easier than I thought it was going to be

 

Great buy.

I have one lingering question ?????

Was this stove stored in an out building or unheated garage ??

I see so many pix of stoves posted that are sooooo rusty in and out.

Is the humidity that intense that anything metal rusts ???

 

Hi Snowy. This has been sitting unused in a fireplace for the past 8yrs or so. Combustion housing and exhaust path was the most affected. Burn chamber not so bad. I was able to clean it up pretty good

 

You got a great deal! Good work!

 

Humidity is prevalent around here and a lot of basements are wicked humid, (a lot of the old buildings are actually set up to account for a spring time spring to run thru). Anything not painted (or with dings/scratches in the paint) rusts fairly quickly if left in an unconditioned space (like a barn, or my house). Then if you are near the coast, the salt air makes it a little worse.

 

I had a half day at work today so did some more on the insert.brought all the cast outside. Grinded down some rust spots,hit it all with compressed air and some denatured alcohol and gave everything s fresh coat of paint. Pulled the door gasket cause it was rock hard and installed a new one. Hit the inside of the stove with some Pam.

 

More pics. Also I ran it yesterday and noticed white smoke whisping up from from the bottom of the burnpot. Any ideas on why ghat might be. Just smoke ,no flames. It comes up the outside of the burnpot walls

 

My guess is that , if the burn pot has a gasket , that it's old and not sealing like it used to .
You're doing a Great job , looks really nice

 

could it be the PAM cooking off? Check the burnpot bolts, make sure they are tight......that burnpot does have a gasket, but its usually fine unless someone pulls the burnpot out....if you do that, just replace the gasket.....not alot of money.

 

Definately not the Pam cause that was only put on today. Fire was yesterday. Bolts are tight. I may just pull the pot and replace the gasket. Ty guys

 

That looks real nice!

 

I pulled the igniter and burnpot today and there was no gasket at all behind the pot. Zero,zilch nada. You can see the discoloration on the back of the pot and had a lot of sticky creosote in the bottom and sidewalks of the pot. I soaked it in warm water and soap and scrubbed it clean with scotch pad and wire brush. I picked up new gasket at dealer for $10 but I'm heading back there now just for a little clarification on how the gasket gets installed.

 

Hi Corkman
You have a fluted burn pot ( burn pot with air channel) so you need the gasket with the notches to line up with the flame guide notches to let the air out as designed.

 

All done. Don do you think this is original pot or no. I'm wondering if the pot was replaced at some point but they overlooked the gasket. My advance burnpot just had the 4 holes over the igniter but as you can see in the pic this pot has 6 full rows

 

It could be a new burn pot that was replaced if the manufacturing date of the stove was before 2005.
Do you know the date? You can call Harman.

 

In the first post I think he mentions it being an 04 .

 

yes its a 2004.im anxious to fire it up to see if installing the gasket takes care of the wisping smoke but the weather isnt cooperating right now.i may have to wait till sat.busy the next few days.flame was also orangish and a tad on the lazy side when i last ran it on sat so hopefully that will improve also.still shocked that there was no gasket there.

 

cork.....could you take a pic of the end of the auger, and below, where the auger tube weldment ends near the burnpot? Might be me, but it looks like there's erosion there....cant really tell in your pic tho. Also, that burnpot...I see there isnt 5 holes at the bottom, but it does look like there has been work done there....any likelihood those holes have been filled and ground down? If so, this could be why you have no gasket there....someone removed the burnpot, filled the holes, didnt replace the gasket, and just slapped the old pot back on. Yea, good you put a gasket in there. its too bad, because Harman was replacing those burnpots under warranty for quite some time. I dont know its the case in this stove, but it just looks like there is some kind of machining wear at the bottom of that pot.

Usually, you dont see alot of schmutz like that down on the auger.....Im guessing your left tube was completely plugged? Im sure you cleaned it out....but that was the main issue with these...the left tube plgged, effectively cutting the heat output in half......VERY common in the old Accentra Inserts.

 

I will get you some pics tomorrow lousyweather but it looked good to me. I got it all cleaned up and hit it with a Wire wheel. Definitely no lower 5 holes. When you say the left tube was clogged ard you referring to the exhaust path

 

yea, the lower left tube, facing the stove.....often clogged