Elmira Stove Works 1955 Manuale Utente

A. PLASTIC COVER
B. GAS PRESSURE REGULATOR CAP WITH SOLID END 

FACING OUT

C. GAS PRESSURE REGULATOR CAP WITH HOLLOW 

END FACING OUT

D. WASHER
E. GAS PRESSURE REGULATOR CAP

• Remove storage drawer. See page 17.

• Locate the regulator at the rear of storage drawer

compartment.

• Remove the plastic cover from the regulator cap.

• With your fingers, turn the nut counter clockwise.

• Do not remove the spring beneath the cap.

• Turn the cap over so LP faces up and reinstall into

regulator.

• Replace plastic cover over regulator cap.

1. Remove oven racks.

2. use a 1/2" combination wrench to loosing the orifice

hood away from the pin (about 2 to 2-1/2 turns). The
oven bake burner flame cannot be properly adjusted if
this conversion is not made. See “Adjust Oven Bake
Burner Flame” section.

A. ORIFICE HOOD
B. PIN
C. NATURAL GAS: INCREASE GAS – INCREASE FLAME SIZE (PRESET

AT FACTORY FOR NATURAL GAS)

D. LP GAS: DECREASE GAS, DEGREASE FLAME SIZE.

1. Use a 1/2" combination wrench to loosen the orifice

hood away from the pin (about 2 to 2-1/2 turns. The
oven broil burner flame cannot be properly adjusted if
this conversion is not made. See “Adjust Oven Broil
Burner Flame” section.

2. Reinstall the storage or warming drawer.

3. Complete installation. See “Make Gas Connection”

and “Electronic Ignition System” sections.

Checking for proper cooktop burner and oven bake
burner flame is very important. Natural gas flames do
not have yellow tips.

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All our ranges are factory set to burn natural gas unless
“LP” is specified. To use the range on “LP” gas, please do
the following:

Order an “LP” kit from the factory. $35 UPS included.

Nat. Gas

#50 (1.75 mm)

#55 (1.32 mm)

#57 (1.09 mm)

LP/Propane

#64 (.91 mm)

#65 (.89 mm)

#70 (.71 mm)

Store natural gas spuds so they are available for future
conversions.

Apply masking tape to the end of a 7 mm nut driver to
help hold the gas orifice spud in the nut driver while
changing it. Press nut driver down onto the gas orifice
spud and remove by turning it counterclockwise and
lifting out, set gas orifice spud aside.

Gas orifice spuds are stamped with a number on the side.
Replace the LP gas orifice spud with the correct Natural
gas orifice spud.

Refer to the following chart for the correct Natural gas
orifice spud placement.

Disconnect Power to Range
• Open oven door and remove it, see removal instructions

on page 16. 

• With a Philips driver, undo the 2 screws holding the top

down.

• Pull top forward about 2" then lift front. Raise the

service stay on each side to hold the top up.

• On the back right of the range unscrew the nut on top of

the regulator.

• Reverse the white insert pin by pulling it out of the cap,

reverse it, then snap it back into the cap. Replace cap
into body of regulator and tighten, making sure not to
disturb the regulator spring.

Tools required to replace orifices. 

Small adjustable wrench.

1. Remove the lift off burner cap.

2. With the small adjustable wrench, unscrew the brass

venturi and remove.

3. Unscrew the natural gas orifices in each of the top

burners using the 7mm nut driver included with orifice
kit. Replace with “LP” orifices listed below.

Front left superburner takes

1.75 mm (#50)

.91 mm (#64) 

Other front burners take

1.32 mm (#55)

.89 mm (#65)

All rear burners use

1.09 mm (#57)

.71 mm (#70)

Note: example. Orifices are stamped metric sizes. (00) is
the number drill equivalent.

4. Reinstall the brass

venturi.

Store nat. gas orifices
and nut driver so they
are available for future
conversions.
When replacing the
black caps, make sure
that the tabs in the cap
fit into the grooves of
the burner base.

• Locate gas supply shut off

valve on the pressure
regulator.

• Shut off gas supply before

converting to L.P. gas.

• Make all conversions before turning gas supply valve

back on.

Failure to follow these instructions could result in fire,
exposion or other personal injury.

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