{"id":1429,"date":"2024-01-17T03:17:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T03:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/?page_id=1429"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:22:50","slug":"main-simmer-alltrol-burners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/my-okeefe-merritt-stove-restoration-intro\/main-simmer-alltrol-burners\/","title":{"rendered":"Main & Simmer Alltrol Burners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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OKM “Lucy’s” cooktop burners looked their age, but there were no cracks or problem holes. Just spots where the porcelain enamel had broken free<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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View of two main\/simmer burners and their flashtubes directed at the pilot burner cup.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I noticed the screws at the base of the heads and figured that indicated a joining where gas could leak. So I decided to remove the burner heads. Each of those puppies are impressively heavy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After removing the burner head, I assumed there would be a gasket to help seal the burner heads to the joining to prevent leaks. But nothing was obvious, at first. With a putty knife I started poking and scraping, discovering there were gasket remnants. Sorry looking things that had given their life long ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Old gasket, ready to be replaced.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I scraped at and removed all gasket remains, sanded the metal surfaces and ordered four new burner gaskets. I even vacuumed the burner gas tubes \u2013 only because at the time I didn\u2019t know how easy it was to remove them from stove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now to the burner heads. With dental tools, I poked into the dozens of holes and scraped out the ash and debris. Banging them with a rubber mallet loosened a little more debris trapped inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Main burner and some internal debris being cleared out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The new gaskets arrived and I was about ready to reattach the burner heads to the burner gas tubes when I discovered something amazing, something I could not find explained anywhere on the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New gasket replacement, helps to reduce gas leaks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While trying to reattach the burner heads I noticed the burner tube assembly moved a little! With a little play, it moved more. Eventually I realized it wasn\u2019t hard to lift the whole thing out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No screws or bolts were securing it to the stove. There was a small hole in the brace bar where a pin on the burner tube set would fit, but otherwise it was stabilized by its own weight. Sweet! Knowing this was going to be very, very helpful in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tube assembly minus valves, venturi (air shutters) and main burner heads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The burner simmer caps were and are tricky customers. I could unscrew two out of the four. Later, using a torch on the column\u2019s exterior and Loctite\u2019s Freeze and Release spray directly on the cap I loosen one more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The last one, I dunno. It\u2019s incredibly stubborn. To remove it, I may have to cut it into pieces. But for now, it\u2019s stuck but it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While they looked bad, they worked, so I scrubbed and cleaned off as much of the corrosion as possible and buffed them to bring back a little of the shine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When everything is clean, lubed and properly adjusted, it\u2019s especially nice to see the happy blue flames from the cooktop burners.
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Later, I bought a parts stove that had main burners in better shape, so I swapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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OKM “Lucy’s” cooktop burners looked their age, but there were no cracks or problem holes. Just spots where the porcelain enamel had broken free I noticed the screws at the base of the heads and figured that indicated a joining where gas could leak. So I decided to remove the burner heads. Each of those … Continue reading Main & Simmer Alltrol Burners<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1429","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2299,"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1429\/revisions\/2299"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desiredcreations.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}