My $50 Crane 404 Adventure.

 
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Post by Brownie » Thu. Jan. 24, 2019 2:00 pm

did you ever find a new fire pot? I got my 404 15 yrs ago for $125 plus a cord of wood, plus coal, and pipe. My fire pot was warped and then cracked and just fell apart over the weekend. I had seen 1 when I first got it and it was like $500. now I went back to the same place and it is all but $700. Let me know how you made out.

 
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Post by artbaldoni » Thu. Jan. 24, 2019 3:46 pm

I had no luck whatsoever.

 
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Post by lincolnmania » Fri. Jan. 25, 2019 12:07 am

nice! i have a new old stock crane stoker that i'm not sure what i will do with.

 
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Post by Brownie » Fri. Jan. 25, 2019 7:30 pm

LIncolnmania,
what exactly do you have? can you post some pic's?


 
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Post by lincolnmania » Fri. Jan. 25, 2019 7:41 pm

Brownie wrote:
Fri. Jan. 25, 2019 7:30 pm
LIncolnmania,
what exactly do you have? can you post some pic's?
Post by lincolnmania - Crane Stoker Stoves

 
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Post by artbaldoni » Sat. Feb. 02, 2019 9:24 am

Well, its finally happened. The 404 is fired in the basement. On day 3 as I type. The cracked, warped fire pot is still in it. The void behind the pot is filled with Kaowool and seems to make no difference. No MPD, for now, and no baro. I've had stove top temps at 600 and corresponding pipe temp was 160. I didn't think that was too bad. Opinions please. CO meter is at 0. Built a small wood fire, added some coal after 10 min, and away we went. Load and shake at 12 hour intervals. So far, so good.

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Post by StokerDon » Sun. Feb. 03, 2019 11:32 am

Nice!

So, did you turn the fire pot around, or get leave it?

-Don

 
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Post by artbaldoni » Sun. Feb. 03, 2019 11:40 am

Had to leave it. Couldn't get it out of the stove.


 
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Post by StokerDon » Sun. Feb. 03, 2019 12:39 pm

artbaldoni wrote:
Sun. Feb. 03, 2019 11:40 am
Had to leave it. Couldn't get it out of the stove.
Art, would you like me to move this thread to the hand fired stove section? This is the "News and General Coal Discussion" section. But if this is where you want it, it's fine.

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Post by artbaldoni » Sun. Feb. 03, 2019 12:41 pm

Yes, feel free to put it where it belongs. Thanks!

 
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Post by ddahlgren » Tue. Feb. 12, 2019 6:55 pm

If it is bulging out I see no way to remove the fire pot without breaking it. It sits on the top flange and there is very little clearance between the edge of the flange and side of the fire pot.

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