Sears Kenmore 73611 Use, Care, Safety Manual page 14

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Howto Convertthe Rangefor Usewith LPGas or Natural Gas oootJno )
Step
2
Convert Surface Burners
Burner Cap
Burner Head
Orifice Spuds for Converting
to Natural Gas:
Natural gas orifice spuds have a 3-digit number on
one side° Each orifice spud will also have t, 2 or 3
grooves on one side, denoting the location on the
range where it is to be installed°
Screws
Burner
Base
Orifice
Spud
Gas Inlet Tube
1. Remove
grates,
burner caps and burner heads.
2. Remove
burner
bases
by unscrewing
the 3 small
screws
in each base° Lift burner
straight
out.
DO NOT
disconnect
the wires
from
the burner
bases unless the cooktop
needs to be raised.
3. Remove
the brass orifice spud under each burner
base by unscrewing
the spud from the fitting with a
7ram or 5/16"
wrench
(depending
on the size of
your spuds)° Apply
a 314" wrench
to the hex on
the gas inlet tube
as a back-up
when removing
spud
to
prevent
the
aluminum
tube
from
twisting.
4. Install
orifice
spuds
accordin_to
one
of
the
following
diagrams
(see L_J or LBJ), for LP gas or
natural gas, depending
on which you are converting
to.
[_
Orifice
Spuds for Converting
to LP Gas:
LP orifice spuds are in a small plastic bag packed with
this Use and Care book
LP orifice
spuds
have a 2-
digit number
and the Letter "L" on one side. Each ori-
fice spud will also have 1 or 2 grooves
on one side,
denoting
the location
on the range where
it is to be
installed.
Front of Range
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To prevent
leakage,
make sure the orifice
spuds
are securely
screwed
into the gas inlet tubes.
Use a
small wrench
to hold the inlet tube hex to prevent
it
from twisting.
Put old orifice
spuds
back in the bag to save for
possible
future conversion_
NOTE:
If an orifice spud is
accidentally
dropped,
the
cooktop
can be raised
by
disengaging
the
2 front
clips with a large flat blade
screwdriver.
DO
NOT
attempt
to raise
the
cooktop
without
removing
all 4 burner bases.
If wires were disconnected
to remove
the cooktop,
feed wires through
the burner holes in the cooktop.
Attach
to each burner
electrode
terminal
carefully,
making
sure not to bend the terminal
Then
lower
cooktop
until it snaps over the clips
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7. Carefully
insert burner bases straight
down with the
tube over
the orifice
spud.
Replace
the
screws,
making
sure the tall screw
is opposite
the burn-
er electrode
in each
burner
base.
Front of Range
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