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Thread Number: 77028
/ Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
Newly installed '60s gas Magic Chef burners won't light! |
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Post# 1009489 , Reply# 1 10/3/2018 at 13:14 (2,025 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1009498 , Reply# 3 10/3/2018 at 14:35 (2,025 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1009499 , Reply# 4 10/3/2018 at 14:39 (2,025 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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 You lucked out with adjustable orifices!
It appears that your stove uses the flash tube design for its pilots. With that system, there shouldn't be another pilot so close to the burner AFAIK. Make sure the tubes are clear and no spiders have set up shop inside them at some point in the past.
The pilot flames may need to be adjusted a bit higher, if possible. My experience with flash tube pilots is that they're hit and miss. Sometimes you have to fan the burner to get it to light, or you might have to keep one of those blow torch igniters or a long stemmed lighter handy. The wretched, supposedly gourmet cooktop that came with our new house has squirrelly burners that don't easily light even with electronic ignition. | ||
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Post# 1009507 , Reply# 5 10/3/2018 at 16:18 (2,025 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Clogged tubes | ||
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Post# 1009510 , Reply# 7 10/3/2018 at 17:10 (2,025 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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Post# 1009513 , Reply# 8 10/3/2018 at 18:03 (2,025 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1009529 , Reply# 9 10/3/2018 at 19:08 (2,025 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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i wish i was closer I loved adjusting and working on these, its really easy if you understand what does what... | ||
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Post# 1009580 , Reply# 10 10/4/2018 at 10:54 (2,024 days old) by jeff_adelphi (Adelphi, Maryland, USA) |
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Burner orifices need adjusting- If the range was used on propane before you will need to open up the burner orifices. The orifice is in the nipple on the back of each burner valve that the burners connect to. Using a 1/2" open end wrench loosen the nipple a little at a time until you get a proper flame size at each burner, you may need to also adjust the air shutter on each burner until you get a proper blue flame. You may need to adjust the oven orifice also down by the burner. | ||
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Post# 1010305 , Reply# 12 10/10/2018 at 15:38 (2,018 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1022069 , Reply# 15 1/22/2019 at 16:24 (1,914 days old) by DavidAtlas (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | ||
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Hi Oliger, Mine actually has adjustable orifices -- the main-gas orifice for each burner is adjustable, so a few turns with the wrench got 'em in shape -- as for the burner pilots they all had set-screws that made them a cinch to adjust. I suspect my oven orifice/valve is also adjustable (without the use of different orifices) but I just don't know where to adjust! | ||
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Post# 1022427 , Reply# 18 1/25/2019 at 12:38 (1,911 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 1022647 , Reply# 20 1/27/2019 at 08:36 (1,909 days old) by DavidAtlas (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | ||
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@Goatfarmer -- Got the oven orifice adjusted, thank you! @Oliger -- yep I've got the bottom of the oven out, and I've been adjusting that pilot set-screw, but still can't get it to light! Is there a trick to lighting this? | ||
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Post# 1022657 , Reply# 21 1/27/2019 at 10:41 (1,909 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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