Appliance Set-Up; Un-Pack Stove; Install Stove Legs; Install Ashlip - Vermont Castings 1920 Installation & Operating Manual

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Appliance Set-Up

You will need the following tools to assemble the Aspen:
• Safety Glasses & Gloves
• Power Drill w/ 1/8" (3mm) bit
• 9/16" Open End Wrench
• Stub Handle Phillips Screwdriver
• 7/16" Open End Wrench (for Ashlip & Outside Air Adapter)
A. Unpack the Stove
1. Remove (4) 3/8 X 2" lag screws from shipping brackets.
2. Inspect the stove and contents for shipping damage or
missing parts. Immediately notify your dealer of any
damage. Do not install this stove if any damage is evident
or any parts are missing.
Hardware Bag contents:
• Stove Legs, 4
• Hex Head Leg bolts, 4
• #10 x 1/2" sheet metal screws, 3
• Owner's Registration Card
B. Install Stove Legs
Leg installation will be accomplished most easily with the
help of an assistant who can tilt the stove onto its side while
you attach the legs.
1. With your assistant holding the stove up on its side,
Remove and discard the four 3/8" x 3/4" hex bolts and
shipping brackets from the stove bottom. DO NOT discard
washers.
2. Install two legs, using the hex head bolts in the hardware
pack along with the 3/8" washers that were used to hold
the brackets in place. The shoulder of the legs should
seat within the locator bosses cast into the stove bottom
at each corner. (Figure 7.1) Tighten the bolts with the
wrench. CAUTION: Overtighening can strip tapped
threads.
3. With your assistant, lift the stove up onto its legs and hold
it in a tilted position to install the remaining two legs with
washers and hex bolts.
C. Install the Ashlip
Use a 7/16" wrench to secure the Ashlip to the stove bottom
with two, 1/4-20 x 5/8" hex head screws and washers found
in the holes used to attach the ashlip. (Figure 7.2)
D. Install the Outside Air Adapter
The optional #1897 Outside Air Adapter provides a collar to
which a 3 inch diameter air duct may be attached directly to
the air inlet area at the back of the stove. The adapter should
be attached to the stove before a bottom or rear heat shield
is installed.
1. Remove the phillips head screw located just above the
primary air inlet at the back of the stove.
2. Locate the hex bolt (Figure 7.2) located in the center
rear edge of the stove bottom plate. Loosen this bolt just
enough to engage the Adapter clevis tab under the washer
and then retighten.
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3. If you are not installing a Rear Heat Shield, use the phillips
head screw to secure the upper flange of the Adapter to
the stove at the hole from which the screw was removed
in Step 1. (Figure 7.3) Otherwise, a heat shield spacer will
be used here. (See "Install the Rear Heat Shield", below.)
Then tilt the stove up
on those legs to install
the remaining two.
Figure 7.1 - Install legs on one side of stove then the other.
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1/4-20 x 5/8" hex head
screws with washers
Figure 7.2 - Attach the Ashlip to the bottom plate.
Figure 7.3 - Attach the adapter to the bottom plate.
Carefully tilt the stove
on the pallet to install
first one front and one
rear leg.
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install ashlip

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Loosen Hex Bolt
Adapter
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