All,
I have to pull my Wallas stove/heater this weekend to take it to Scan Marine in Seattle for repair. I believe it's a clogged fuel jet and if I knew how, I could probably fix this myself in the time it takes to pull it, drive to Seattle, pick it back up and reinstall it.
While I know the brats are split between Wallas haters and Wallas likers (I'm more in the latter category), I thought it might be useful (at least for the likers) to see if Scan Marine would be willing to put on a little workshop on how to maintain and repair these units (at least the items that are field repairable). So I called Scan Marine this AM and talked to Doug about such a possibility. He indicated that they would be happy to do such a workshop. He stated that there are certain items that can be easily field repaired and others that cannot. He also indicated that one of the things they do with every service is a combustion analysis and some fine tuning to make sure the unit is operating at it's best (that's something we can't do in the field) but that such an analysis isn't absolutely necessary if your goal is to just get the thing running again.
Since my office/lab is within a mile of Scan Marine, I suggested that I could get a large conference room for such a workshop if there was sufficient interest from C-Brats. My thought is that we'd set up a table in the front for him to work on and perhaps a camera with display to a video screen so everyone could watch. Doug (or Mike) would do a talk first discussing the basic principles of operation and good maintenance practices and then show us how to open the unit, disassemble and re-assemble the combustion chamber and how to replace the field replaceable parts. Part of his talk would also focus on how to know when you could fix it in the field and when it requires professional maintenance.
Doug seemed really happy to do such a workshop if there's sufficient interest. So.... Who would be interested?
The workshop would likely take 2 hours. I think we could do it on an evening after work if that would work for the brats and Doug. If a weekend would be better, we might be able to work that out too (subject to Doug's availability and willingness). If you're interested in such a workshop, which would be better? Something from say 6-8 on a weekday or something from say 9-11 on a Sat. AM?
It may take a bit of time to get something like this scheduled, I'm just trying to gauge interest.
I have to pull my Wallas stove/heater this weekend to take it to Scan Marine in Seattle for repair. I believe it's a clogged fuel jet and if I knew how, I could probably fix this myself in the time it takes to pull it, drive to Seattle, pick it back up and reinstall it.
While I know the brats are split between Wallas haters and Wallas likers (I'm more in the latter category), I thought it might be useful (at least for the likers) to see if Scan Marine would be willing to put on a little workshop on how to maintain and repair these units (at least the items that are field repairable). So I called Scan Marine this AM and talked to Doug about such a possibility. He indicated that they would be happy to do such a workshop. He stated that there are certain items that can be easily field repaired and others that cannot. He also indicated that one of the things they do with every service is a combustion analysis and some fine tuning to make sure the unit is operating at it's best (that's something we can't do in the field) but that such an analysis isn't absolutely necessary if your goal is to just get the thing running again.
Since my office/lab is within a mile of Scan Marine, I suggested that I could get a large conference room for such a workshop if there was sufficient interest from C-Brats. My thought is that we'd set up a table in the front for him to work on and perhaps a camera with display to a video screen so everyone could watch. Doug (or Mike) would do a talk first discussing the basic principles of operation and good maintenance practices and then show us how to open the unit, disassemble and re-assemble the combustion chamber and how to replace the field replaceable parts. Part of his talk would also focus on how to know when you could fix it in the field and when it requires professional maintenance.
Doug seemed really happy to do such a workshop if there's sufficient interest. So.... Who would be interested?
The workshop would likely take 2 hours. I think we could do it on an evening after work if that would work for the brats and Doug. If a weekend would be better, we might be able to work that out too (subject to Doug's availability and willingness). If you're interested in such a workshop, which would be better? Something from say 6-8 on a weekday or something from say 9-11 on a Sat. AM?
It may take a bit of time to get something like this scheduled, I'm just trying to gauge interest.
