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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 1, 2020 15:43:34 GMT
I have a Flavel Vanessa 2 burner with grill and oven. A problem has developed:
I was doing some toast this morning. Pulled it out, it was burnt on one side. Investigation revealed that the grill unit has come loose. Rather than now being at 180 degrees to the bread or whatever it's at a lesser angle. If I get hold of the grill unit I can swing it sideways in both directions, the swing only stopping when the unit hits the hob above it. Seems that there may be some kind of central pivot, perhaps locked in some way, the locking mechanism has come away. There isn't a gas leak.
I could bodge this by wedging some metal items, 1p coins maybe, between the grill unit and the hob, so it can't move. I'd prefer to do a better job than this though, if possible.
Anyone know anything about such things?
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 1, 2020 15:59:32 GMT
Managed to get the top off, can see the problem now. There's a bracket at the rear of the grill burner box that's partially rusted through. Parts aren't available arghhh. So it's going to have to be a bodge. What glue/ sealant might cope with the temperature likely here?
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Post by naughtyfox on Sept 1, 2020 16:35:56 GMT
Can't it be welded? Turn gas off first
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Post by TonyDunkley on Sept 1, 2020 17:01:52 GMT
Why not just rip the knackered stove out and make it into a package deal with the crappy generator ?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 17:02:16 GMT
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 1, 2020 18:23:53 GMT
Actually I'm thinking along those lines. There's not much metal left to bodge up. Might cut up an old bean can then use high temperature silicone. Sort of line up the offending parts, offer up the cut up bean ban, loads of silicone. It's a hell of a bodge but with a bit of luck will last a while. I suppose I could try to take the thing off and do a better job but I'm nervous when it comes to anything to do with gas.
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Post by philjw on Sept 1, 2020 18:51:24 GMT
You might be able to get a used one from a caravan breaker. There seem to be plenty of these around.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 1, 2020 21:12:18 GMT
I've performed a temporary bodge by wedging a pair of nail clippers between the burner unit and the hob. Just need to beg or borrow some tin snips so I can do a more permanent bodge using a bean can and silicone. Tin snips, one of the very few tools I don't have on board.
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Post by Jim on Sept 2, 2020 6:19:19 GMT
Car spares places sell lengths of perforated strip, meccano style, a bent bit of that might work. No snips in your toolbox? Sadly lacking! The "aircraft" style ones cut straight and curves.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 2, 2020 6:47:25 GMT
Car spares places sell lengths of perforated strip, meccano style, a bent bit of that might work. No snips in your toolbox? Sadly lacking! The "aircraft" style ones cut straight and curves. Sadly lacking indeed. I steadily built my tool store and it was going well, 2 years without needing to buy a tool. To achieve this I often had to resort to bodges/ abuse of tools. Certainly my hammers and adjustable wrenches have served purposes they were never intended to. This one is tricky though. If I try to cut up a bean can with a junior hacksaw the saw is going to stick, I'm sure. Maybe if I try cutting at a very shallow angle I might get away with it. Or maybe just score the thing with a nail and wiggle backwards and forward until metal fatigue takes over. It doesn't have to be a work of art, it's so out of the way even a surveyor is unlikely to notice it. Might try a small pebble off the towpath as well, that might work.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2020 9:04:09 GMT
Buy a toaster, job done!
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Post by patty on Sept 2, 2020 12:21:53 GMT
I still have my dads old toaster they can last years.....
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 2, 2020 15:59:08 GMT
No toaster on board here. This is a basic boat, no bow thruster, no washing machine. I do have 240v but given that I'm out on the cut, it doesn't get used a lot. Anyway, had a better look at it today. There's a thin bracket (it's rusted through) that's screwed to the cooker frame but unfortunately it's rivetted to the cooker burner assembly. Actually, it's not a burner as such, more a 'spreader'. It came off easily enough, no smell of gas was evident. The solution will be to clean it up as much as possible. Get some heat resistant silicone. Then, utilise 4 x 5p pieces. Glue 2 of these below where the bracket has rusted through, then the other 2 above it. I could even wrap some electrical wire around it as well. The bodge should last a few years, I'd guess. Then, when the spreader finally falls on the new owner's toast and blackens it too much for most people's taste at least he or she will have some compensation for their troubles.
It's always good to be fair.
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Post by Jim on Sept 2, 2020 17:11:07 GMT
I used heat resistant silicone twixt the top and body of a small pot bellied stove. We were under the canopy at Burnley or Blackburn wharf. It's not that heat resistant, had to vacate the boat while the fog cleared. Hung around under the canopy too. So it might not work.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2020 18:03:25 GMT
I bought something described as heat resistant silicone it was in a tube but in fact is was bog standard fire cement.
There are some silicones which can deal with a certain amount of heat but the definitely have limits.
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