OK, well, I called a guy who knows a little about these fuel oil furnaces like I have and he thinks he might be able to give me a hand with the conversion.
Here is the first obstacle that could kill it before I even get going:
We took the gun out and inside the steel "tank", "drum", whatever, there is a fire brick, ummm, ....... almost like a two piece tube/ring (verticle like the "tank") that the gun shoots into, about 12" tall or so. From the tip of the gun to the back wall of that fire brick tube, it is only 8". I understand I need 12". That's using the stock blast tube which is 7.75" long. Can I just back the blast tube/gun assembly out 4" and set fire brick around the blast tube instead of the refractory wool that they have around it? I can re-mount the gun then without any problem. Or do I have to gut the fire brick tube out of the tank and put some other fire brick in against the wall?
If that issue can be worked around, I guess the next thing is to start buying parts.
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The CK stuff IS nice but I need to save a buck where I can. Any other suggestions?
Thanx for the sites, Russ and Doug. I went thru them once but need to go back again since my friend gave me some info on what I have and how it works. That will help in understanding what I'm reading. I'm hoping there are some good parts info there. If I just had more experience with this, I'd make "some" of it as I have a welding/fab shop. I'm just not sure what's going on yet. For the next furnace - if there is one - I could probably save a bunch more money building parts.
Thanx for the encouragement guys. Unfortunately, I think I will be bugging you all a bit. But I will at least be using the furnace in a better way................. I hope.
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Chaz