Harman Stoker Stuck
- dgozz122
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- Posts: 26
- Joined: Fri. Jan. 02, 2015 10:21 am
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Harman dvc 500
- Coal Size/Type: Rice
- Other Heating: WEIL-McLAIN Gold oil
GOOD NEWS GUYS SHE'S FREEEEEEE!!!! She put up a good fight and took a hell of a beating but she was no match For my sledge hammer in the end!!! Extremely happy to say she's up and running in good working order!!! I want to thank you guys for your all your time and help with this! This is a great forum with a great bunch of guys willing to help one another! Thanks again!
- McGiever
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- Posts: 10130
- Joined: Sun. May. 02, 2010 11:26 pm
- Location: Junction of PA-OH-WV
- Stoker Coal Boiler: AXEMAN-ANDERSON 130 "1959"
- Hand Fed Coal Boiler: BUCKET A DAY water heater
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Warm Morning 414A
- Coal Size/Type: PEA,NUT,STOVE /ANTHRACITE
- Other Heating: Ground Source Heat Pump and some Solar
Good Goings
- Hambden Bob
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- Posts: 8535
- Joined: Mon. Jan. 04, 2010 10:54 am
- Location: Hambden Twp. Geauga County,Ohio
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Harman 1998 Magnum Stoker
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Blower Model Coal Chubby 1982-Serial#0097
- Coal Size/Type: Rice-A-Roni ! / Nut
- Other Heating: Pro-Pain Forced Air
Conflatulations !!! Keep Going,Learn All You Can,And Get To Really Know That DVC !
- dgozz122
- Member
- Posts: 26
- Joined: Fri. Jan. 02, 2015 10:21 am
- Hot Air Coal Stoker Stove: Harman dvc 500
- Coal Size/Type: Rice
- Other Heating: WEIL-McLAIN Gold oil
Thanks again guys!!! Should have seen the piece of rebar I was using with my sledge hammer to bang it out mushroomed the ends over that's how hard I had to hit this thing to break it free! Had her running last night woke up to a house that was a sauna!!! took my shirt off and went outside at 5:30 this morning to cool down! Haha. I Have to figure out where to keep the temp settings now so it's not so damn hot in the house. Guess that's a good problem to have though! Lol, so far really liking to new/used stove!
- coalkirk
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- Posts: 5185
- Joined: Wed. May. 17, 2006 8:12 pm
- Location: Forest Hill MD
- Stoker Coal Boiler: 1981 EFM DF520 retired
- Hand Fed Coal Stove: Jotul 507 on standby
- Coal Size/Type: Lehigh anthracite/rice coal
Sorry I didn't see this sooner. Glad you got her going. The vertiflow stoker is pretty hardy but likes to be disassembled and cleaned in between seasons. fines build up all around the pusher block. Sounds like your fork is the right size. Don't leave coal in the hopper at the end of the season and don't use wet coal. Damp coal is ok. Those hoppers are $$$ to replace. The next time its empty clean it well and coat it with rustoleum rusty metal primer.
I'd clean it out totally. Then I'd drop some oil down onto the block area and on the block. See it if goes with out any coal at all. This is what I do alot. I had issues like that.. I think Coal dust etc get's jammed up some times. The oil trick and no coal to free it up worked for me.