Recent content by ianintheusa

Thanks for the info Paul, I did get the furnace working. The T/C wasn't directly in the pilot flame and wasn't heating up enough to keep the valve open. A little adjusting later and I have heat. A call to a HVAC "Specialist" shows how many cowboys are out there; one company quoted me $660 for...

I don't have a photo to post, but you have the correct idea of the gas button. There are 3 settings - Off, Pilot and On. When the button is pressed down it will only turn from the Pilot position to the Off position.

I might be doing some thing wrong that will later be a forehead slapping D'oh! moment, but the only way the gas button rotates when it's pushed down and the pilot is lit is to the Off position (and or course the gas turns off).

I'm no expert when it comes to furnaces, but I'm ruling out the electronic ignitor model as I need to use a long match or a bbq lighter to ignite the pilot light

I've just replaced the thermocoupler in my Trane XE60 furnace as per instructions from the gas guy (just had the gas turned on after being off for 3 months; just purchased a condo). I have a feeling the furnace is still the original one from when the house was built about 20 years ago so it...