Sears Kenmore 73251 Installation Manual page 45

Steep 3
Converting Surface Burners on
Models Equipped with Dual Burners
(See Step 2 if range is equipped with Sealed
Burners.)
1, Lift the cooktop.
2. Lift the burner assem-
Naturaf
LP gas
=
blies straight up and gas= red or
brass silver
set aside to gain
access to surface
___ OR @
burner spuds.
3. With a 5/16" or
a small adjust-
able wrench, &
remove each
of the four
spuds on the _J_
surface burner -_
gas inlet tubes and
replace them with the correct gas spuds mounted in
a holder at the right rear of the range, above the
regulator. Natural gas spuds are brass and LP gas
spuds are red or silver.. (Mount the spuds that you
removed from the inlet tubes back in the holder.) To
prevent leakage, make sure spuds are securely
screwed into gas inlet tubes
4. Replace the burner assemblies
5. Keep all spuds with your range so you have them if
you move or get a different gas hook-up.
Top Burner
Natural Gas
LP (Propane)
Orifice Drill Size Color
#54 (0550 Dia.) Brass
#66 (..0330 Dia.) Red or Silver
Convert the Oven Burner Orifices
Oven Burner
1. Remove oven door, storage drawer or broiler draw-
er, oven bottom and burner baffle (on some mod-
els)_ The lower burner orifice spud is located behind
the storage drawer, broiler drawer or kick panel
(On some models, a metal shield must be removed
to access the orifice.)
2. To convert to LP gas, use a
1/2" wrench to turn the lower
burner orifice spud clockwise.
Tighten the spud only until it is
snug. To prevent damage, do
not overtighten the spud,
To convert to natural gas,
Loosen the spud about 2 turns_
Broil Burner (on some models)
To convert to LP gas, use a t/2" wrench to turn the
upper burner orifice spud clockwise. Tighten spud
only until it is snug with the base. To prevent damage,
do not overtighten spud.
To convert to natural gas, loosen the spud about
2 turns
5
Convert Air Adjustment
For LP gas, loosen the
Phillips head screw and rotate
the shutter to the full open
position With baffle in place,
flames should have approxi-
mately 1" (2_5 cm) blue cones
and should not extend beyond
the edges of the burner baffle,.
After 30 seconds of burner
Shutter(s)
Screw ,.-=
Air Shutter.-_
operation, check for flames lifting off burner ports. If
lifting is observed, gradually reduce air shutter open-
ing until flames are stabilized,
For natural gas, the shutter should be open !/2"
(1.3 cm) or about 3/4 of the way open_
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