Need Hitzer 503 Help Now. Furnace Is Out and 10 Degrees

ColdHouse · Post by **ColdHouse** » Thu. Feb. 11, 2016 5:52 pm

Hello,

I have not used my stove this year due to cheap oil. Furnace is out. My son cleaned the stove out in the spring and sprayed with WD40 but he did not put the bricks back in. I need a picture so I know how to put them in.
Thanks!

ColdHouse · Post by **ColdHouse** » Thu. Feb. 11, 2016 6:13 pm

Wasn't such a big deal. I just put them in and they look okay. Thanks anyway. It is cold!

Post by **Lightning** » Thu. Feb. 11, 2016 6:15 pm

Yeah bricks usually go in pretty sensibly on the modern box stoves. The Hitzer site didn't have any pics? You got her fired up?

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Thu. Feb. 11, 2016 8:01 pm

ColdHouse wrote:Hello,

I have not used my stove this year due to cheap oil. Furnace is out. My son cleaned the stove out in the spring and sprayed with WD40 but he did not put the bricks back in. I need a picture so I know how to put them in.
Thanks!

Step 1 --- 4 full bricks in rear wall area
Step 2 - both sides, 2 full bricks (start w/rear filling steps 2-4)
Step 3 - both sides, 1" wide brick
Step 4- both sides, 2 full bricks
Step 5 front , 2 full bricks horizontal

All bricks in, ready to burn !

blrman07 · Post by **blrman07** » Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 7:35 am

Well are you burnin???

ColdHouse · Post by **ColdHouse** » Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 8:18 am

Yes burning. Both main level with Hitzer and lower level. They both lit no problem and burned thru the night. I had to go pick up a few bags of coal. Very expensive still $7.25 per bag and 300 per ton. Only bough 6 bags. The Hitzer gobbled up 2 1/2 bags just to fill after loading. I just put the remainder of the third bag in. I need to get that furnace running today.

freetown fred · Post by **freetown fred** » Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 8:42 am

Ya need to get more coal & keep the old girl full up!

ColdHouse · Post by **ColdHouse** » Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 10:13 am

Hard to justify keeping it going when oil is $1.28 per gallon and daily maintenance or hauling.

Got my boiler going. It was the coupling that goes between the motor and the pump. It looked perfect but looks are deceiving. Even though it looked like new it was stripped and was not turning the pump.

davidmcbeth3 · Post by **davidmcbeth3** » Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 1:07 pm

ColdHouse wrote:Hard to justify keeping it going when oil is $1.28 per gallon and daily maintenance or hauling.

Got my boiler going. It was the coupling that goes between the motor and the pump. It looked perfect but looks are deceiving. Even though it looked like new it was stripped and was not turning the pump.

My stove is off, given the low cost of oil as well. Since 20 JAN ... I intend on filling up the oil tank again on 20 FEB to see how much oil I burned for a month, do calculations, and make a decision.

I got a few tons of coal on hand ... I assume it will still burn next season if not this.

Post by **Lightning** » Fri. Feb. 12, 2016 3:44 pm

davidmcbeth3 wrote:I got a few tons of coal on hand ... I assume it will still burn next season if not this.

Ah, I think you better use it, otherwise it will go stale...

TLC lover · Post by **TLC lover** » Wed. Feb. 17, 2016 10:23 pm

I HATE when my coal goes stale!!!!