Bruce
TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
Larry pulled through again.
I just bought a used Flame 27000 and after a quick cleaning up of the debris in the rocks and fake wood, I fired it up for the first time yesterday. It ran great. I was impressed. Then, later on, I went out to show the wife and I couldn't get it to fire. Plenty of spark but no ignition. I also noticed that I didn't hear the gas rushing when I opened the valve like the first time. So, I did all the disconnecting, resting, reconnecting, slow opening of the tank valve and all that. Still no love. I tried a second tank. Nothing. I tried the tank on my grill. It fired right up and ran great. OK, I give up for the night and email Larry. I suggested maybe something in the regulator was locked up. He said, "nah, I would suspect the valve". Well, I figured heck, I will just throw on one of my spare hoses and regulators. I thought for sure that was the issue. NOPE. so, tonight I broke down and pulled the valve. I took it apart and it looked in great shape inside. Still turned good and the grease even looked fresh. After I got the valve body taken out, I looked down the barrel thinking I would see daylight out the orifice (which is huge on these things compared to a Genesis grill). Nothing, so I looked at the outside and didn't see anything. As I was fiddling with it, something falls out and I thought, damn, now I just lost part of the valve. Well, luckily it fell onto the table I was working on. It was a cotton pickin' larva, just a tiny bit larger than the orifice. Now, I had daylight through the valve. Put it all back together and fired right up and runs great.
So, Larry was right again. Seems he has this Gas thing down six ways to Sunday. So, I now annoint him the "Gas Whisperer"
Here are some photos of the valve just for the heck of it.....along with the offending larva.
I just bought a used Flame 27000 and after a quick cleaning up of the debris in the rocks and fake wood, I fired it up for the first time yesterday. It ran great. I was impressed. Then, later on, I went out to show the wife and I couldn't get it to fire. Plenty of spark but no ignition. I also noticed that I didn't hear the gas rushing when I opened the valve like the first time. So, I did all the disconnecting, resting, reconnecting, slow opening of the tank valve and all that. Still no love. I tried a second tank. Nothing. I tried the tank on my grill. It fired right up and ran great. OK, I give up for the night and email Larry. I suggested maybe something in the regulator was locked up. He said, "nah, I would suspect the valve". Well, I figured heck, I will just throw on one of my spare hoses and regulators. I thought for sure that was the issue. NOPE. so, tonight I broke down and pulled the valve. I took it apart and it looked in great shape inside. Still turned good and the grease even looked fresh. After I got the valve body taken out, I looked down the barrel thinking I would see daylight out the orifice (which is huge on these things compared to a Genesis grill). Nothing, so I looked at the outside and didn't see anything. As I was fiddling with it, something falls out and I thought, damn, now I just lost part of the valve. Well, luckily it fell onto the table I was working on. It was a cotton pickin' larva, just a tiny bit larger than the orifice. Now, I had daylight through the valve. Put it all back together and fired right up and runs great.
So, Larry was right again. Seems he has this Gas thing down six ways to Sunday. So, I now annoint him the "Gas Whisperer"
Here are some photos of the valve just for the heck of it.....along with the offending larva.
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When my girls were little and oh so cute wife would say "What do we call daddy?" In unison much to my embarrassment these 2 little angels would cite in unison "Master Blaster". Bruce glad to help. As my payment if you could simply box that beauty up and send it to my address we'll call it even 