furnace problems

[Dale & Tracey Fietz]

How hard is it to take the blower motor out of our 38RL?I see one scew on the left side of the motor that say's remove for servicing,took it out but still can not move it.Is there more screws i can't see?Furnace fire up then shuts dn again.

[r time soon]

Dale, I am assuming that you already removed the exterior flue and large access cover to get that far?? It should slide outside of its frame once the LP line is removed. Wiring will probably also have to be disconnected, so be sure to write down what colors go where. Only 12v wires and thermostat connections. So make sure your propane is off and then remove the compression fitting, being sure to use 2 wrenches to keep the fitting on the furnace from rotating or breaking off. Here is a link to some repair info for the suburban SF42 and several other models.

http://www.bdub.net/manuals/Suburban_Service_Manual.pdf

Good Luck..

Also use a meter and check for voltage first. If your batteries are weak, the fan motor won't spin fast enough to move the sail switch to engage. Then it won't allow gas for ignition. That could be why the fan is stopping without the furnace going through a heating cycle.

Chris

[Dale & Tracey Fietz]

It do's fire up but then shuts dwn after a few seconds for the three times.

[Dale & Tracey Fietz]

Thank you for the info Chris

[travelin' texans]

Have you recently had propane refilled? Could just be air in the lines, light all burners on the cooktop to purge the line.

[Dale & Tracey Fietz]

I have tried that several times,mybe it is moisture in the line.I was going to pull furnace out and have it bench tested.pulled the one screw out that holds it but is still really tight

[nwirt74@gmail.com]

I know that this is unrelated to your current issue. However, if you have not already done so, I HIGHLY suggest that you put a screen over your intake and flue outlet. The reason being my wife and I had a problem with our furnace having issues. Poor combustion and CO2 issues! Bad deal, so I took it in for service and a family of dirt dobbers decided to make a home inside our furnace. I have since installed a screen over the inlet and outlet to prevent a future bug problem.

[Dale & Tracey Fietz]

Thank you vary much for the info.Don't need any thing living in there

[nwirt74@gmail.com]

You are welcome! Yeah, that family of dirt dobbers cost my wife and I close to $900!

[Dale & Tracey Fietz]

What are dirt dobbers?I don't think we have them up here.

[nwirt74@gmail.com]

They are kind of like a wasp? They will build their nests or homes if you will with mud. I don't know where you are located at but my wife and I are from Oklahoma but in all likehood we picked them up in North Dakota last year sometime. We didn't have to run our furnace until we came up to the Iowa/Illinois area for work this fall and winter.

[Dale & Tracey Fietz]

Now we know what they are we have wasps up here they like to build there there nest some times in the logs of our house.We live on Francis Lake in northern BC

[nwirt74@gmail.com]

I bet it is really beautiful there! I have always wanted to visit B.C.

[Dale & Tracey Fietz]

We like it here but getting tired of the snow.Going to move south the end of this summer coming.If you look at our photo album you will see some photo's we took when placer mining in Atlin BC

[katy4man]

Originally Posted by nwirt74@gmail.com

They are kind of like a wasp? They will build their nests or homes if you will with mud. I don't know where you are located at but my wife and I are from Oklahoma but in all likehood we picked them up in North Dakota last year sometime. We didn't have to run our furnace until we came up to the Iowa/Illinois area for work this fall and winter.

we gottem in the middle east Oklahoma also...they can get in the smallest of spaces...had a mud block on one of the condenser fans for the refrig....

[BugSplatter07]

We are from the western side of Okla and those little guys can build a home out of mud in a short amount of time. They love summer time showers that keeps the mud workable.

[katy4man]

Pittsburg county