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I seem to have heat again, although I probably shouldn't say that, because every time I say that, something goes wrong. In any case, the problem was apparently air in the fuel line. After a number of ineffective attempts to start the stove without having to do this, I bled the line -- not as easy as it sounds because I was missing the important little piece that would have MADE it easy, as it's designed to do ... so I had to tear the thing half apart to do it without getting diesel all over everything, and still got diesel all over everything and it took half the day ... but ANYWAY, it's been running happily for about 4 hours now. I have it turned down to about 62, enough to knock the chill off the house; I didn't want it running on "high" too much until I was sure that it was going to work right, not quite trusting in failsafes and sensors to shut off the oil flow if the flame goes out.
I'm happy that I fixed it myself, even though I caused the problem in the first place by letting it run out of fuel.
I've also discovered a cool tool -- a screwdriver with a T-shaped handle. You can put so much more torque on it than a regular screwdriver. I had to go into town to buy one at Home Depot, but it's the only thing that enabled me to get the front cover off -- the screws were really screwed down tight. And I understand the innards of the stove much better now.
I also got a smoke detector when I was at Home Depot and put it down in the crawlspace, which helps with my peace of mind.
My knees are all bruised and sore from crawling around on gravel all day. The monitor stove is at the very back of the crawlspace, and to get to it, you have to crawl over and around and through the plumbing, across the gravel floor. I kept whacking my head on sewer lines and hoping not to cause a ... bad sewer incident. I'm also claustrophobic, and being at the back of the crawlspace kept really tweaking it off. I had to focus my mind on the task at hand and NOT on the tons of house over my head. Silly reptile hindbrain, doesn't understand the modern world at all.
I'm happy that I fixed it myself, even though I caused the problem in the first place by letting it run out of fuel.
I've also discovered a cool tool -- a screwdriver with a T-shaped handle. You can put so much more torque on it than a regular screwdriver. I had to go into town to buy one at Home Depot, but it's the only thing that enabled me to get the front cover off -- the screws were really screwed down tight. And I understand the innards of the stove much better now.
I also got a smoke detector when I was at Home Depot and put it down in the crawlspace, which helps with my peace of mind.
My knees are all bruised and sore from crawling around on gravel all day. The monitor stove is at the very back of the crawlspace, and to get to it, you have to crawl over and around and through the plumbing, across the gravel floor. I kept whacking my head on sewer lines and hoping not to cause a ... bad sewer incident. I'm also claustrophobic, and being at the back of the crawlspace kept really tweaking it off. I had to focus my mind on the task at hand and NOT on the tons of house over my head. Silly reptile hindbrain, doesn't understand the modern world at all.