Helped a Guy Put a Baffle in the Small Round Door 520

Post by **stoker-man** » Mon. Sep. 10, 2012 7:59 pm

My efm-dealer buddy has arthritis and couldn't hang the baffle in a customer's boiler. Although Rich at efm always said that the DF520s all had square-door boilers, this was an original installation from '79 and it had the oil gun hanging on the side of the DF520 boiler with a small round door (AP520) on front. It also had the large, painted, front door on a hinge that covered the entire front of the unit. It was in mint condition.

Getting back to the baffle. There must have been home-made jigs to get these hung up. I could only get one arm in the small door and it was fully extended. Then with one hand on the baffle, I lifted it up and tried to imagine where the hooks were inside. It took several tries to get it in place. I'm sure the dealers were happy when the door was redesigned.

Post by **Rob R.** » Mon. Sep. 10, 2012 8:09 pm

Try that on a Highboy.

Mark (PA) · Post by **Mark (PA)** » Mon. Sep. 10, 2012 8:33 pm

Thats how I do it on my High boy...
once a year!

Sort of anyway. I reach my arm up in and hold the plate and slowly slide it backwards until I hit into the holding V notches.

Sometimes I have to try quite a few times of course but it gets there! usually I get one side in there and the other goes well!

As one of my favorite sayings:

"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock the stream
always wins – not through strength, but through perseverance."
- H. Jackson Brown.