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Ed Pawlowski Ed Pawlowski is offline
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Default OKeefe Merritt Stove won't heat up

On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 17:28:12 -0400, "Norm A. Brams"
wrote:

On 7/3/2012 2:16 AM, tjreiter wrote:
Oven pilot is on, but I cannot adjust temp. It is very low. It takes
about 2 hours to cook bisquits! Please help. I really want to keep my
stove as I bought it for my 1916 craftsman. The broiler does not come
on, but all the stove top parts work great, including griddle.

Thanks a mil!


Okeefe Merritt? Never heard of 'em and I'll bet you'll prolly never find
parts for it either.

McLowe's Depot is having an appliance sale this weekend. They have free
delivery and they'll even cart away your old hunkajunk.


Sir, you have no sense of style and class. O'Keefe & Merritt made
fine stoves that are sought by collectors. Parts are still available
from
http://www.antiquegasstoves.com/pages/parts/partso'keefe.html


The OP has a 1916 home and a vintage stove will look good and perform
as well as most new stoves. If you followed the links, you'll see
that you would lose that bet on parts availability.

Take a few minutes and learn what the past has to offer. New does not
always mean better.