STEP 38 Cont: Back each screw out of its manifold 4 complete turns. Screw the manifold
to the door until snug. Secure the wide end of each manifold to the inside
door face with 2 each, Phillips pan head machine screws (10-20x ¾”).
Remember to place the upper centre glass retainer clip under the wide end
of the right door manifold. Install the right and left door hinge bosses.
Centre the bosses and secure with 3 each, hex head leveler bolts – (¼-20x
½” flat head) and 3 each, ¾” o.d. flat washers (¼”). Tighten just past
finger tight. Install the upper (long) hinge pins in the right and left hinge
bosses by tapping them into their drillings with a brass faced hammer.
Install the jump rings on the upper shoulder of the lower (short) door pins
and tap the pins into their drillings in the bottom of the right and left hinge
bosses with a brass faced hammer. Insert the socket set screw (7/16-
20x1”) into its tapped hole in the top centre of the right door. Screw the
set screw through the door (from inside) until the socket end is flush with
the bottom of the gasket channel. Re-cement the gasket.
STEP 39:
Cleaning, washing and taping the stove. With the putty knife, clean all
outside stove seams and joints of any thermocement leakage or spillage.
Draw a bucket or pail of hot water and with a sponge or soft rag; wash the
stove down, especially the outside seams and joints. Remove all visible
dirt and thermocement. Mask the damper handle stub and thermostat
handle with masking tape. Cover the secondary air system cover plate and
the printed plates on the catalyst access panel with masking tape.
STEP 40:
Paint the stove. Use
Vermont Castings
High Temperature Stove Paint
(black), part # 000-0031. Follow directions printed on the can and paint
the entire outside of the stove.
STEP 41:
Install and adjust the doors. Locate the hinge pin drillings in the upper
sides of the stove front. Insert the upper hinge pins of each door into its
drillings, swing the bottom of each door against the stove front and drop
the lower hinge pins into their drillings. Close the doors and check the
gasket seating between the doors and the stove front mating surface. Both
door bottoms should be level and even with each other. There should be
no metal to metal contact between the doors and the stove front or
between the right and left doors. The vertical seam between the doors
should be even from top to bottom. Adjust the doors by gently tapping
left or right and up and down. When a good gasket seal is achieved and
doors are even and level, tighten the leveling bolts (3 per door). Install the
door handle by screwing it onto the socket set screw protruding from the
top centre of the right door. With the door handle flush against the door
face, the handle tab should enter its slot in the top centre of the stove front
