Godin 3720 New Gasket - Still Leaks

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gadabout3
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Post by gadabout3 » Thu. Nov. 28, 2019 6:25 am

My Godin 3720 was getting way too hot during a burn. I did the "dollar bill test" around the door and found that it leaked badly, so I put a new fiberglass rope door gasket on a couple days ago. I just did another dollar bill test and the door still leaks on the hinge side.

Now what do I do?

 
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Post by franco b » Thu. Nov. 28, 2019 9:02 am

I would pry up the gasket in the problem area and add some thin furnace cement underneath the gasket to make it stand out more. Close the door and with a wet paper towel clean off any excess..

Furnace cement can be thinned with water if too thick. you want a toothpaste like consistency.


 
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Post by gadabout3 » Tue. Dec. 03, 2019 12:30 pm

As it turns out the Godin 3720 stove takes approximately a 7/16 rope gasket. This I determined from the English Godin manual. The parts are listed in French, but once translating the French and converting the metric gasket to standard measurement it comes out to be 7/16" rope gasket by 33.5 inches long.
I called Rutland and found that although they don't have a 7/16 gasket kit on the market, they will sell it by the foot for $1.50 a foot, if you call their customer service number at
800- 544-1307.
I ordered 3 feet of 7/16 gasket from Rutland's so that I have enough gasket for posterity. Shipping and the gasket were undrr $10.
Happy, happy, joy, joy.

Dee

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