HorribleFixer
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Hello,
Here is my current project that I am taking on. It is an old Kodiak wood stove that I am attempting to refinish and use. This place was horribly mistreated by the previous owner and it flooded now there is all kinds of damage and I am slowly fixing it. I started this task late one night and realized that it cleans up pretty well. I only did the left door and it took me 3 hours to do inside and out. I still need to do a few touch ups on the door in the little spots but for the main portion I am using a wire wheel on a drill and then I will be refinishing it with high heat paint after it is fully cleaned. I also did the top left corner just to see how it would clean up as well as a few small spots in other areas.I know that it will need a new seal for the doors because the old one was in horrible shape so I just peeled it off. I just cannot figure out how to get the thing out. As you can tell, it is very rusty and if I am going to refinish it, I want to do it correct, so I wanted to pull the whole thing out and refinish the whole thing and not just what I can reach. There is a picture of the flue and it is very rusty as well as the top of the stove itself but it cannot be reached without removing the whole thing so I can get to the top/sides/bottom/and back. I know the thing weights a lot but I shoved a piece of steel under it and stood on it and bounced and the stove didn't move at all. I looked under it and it either looks to be welded to 2 vertical pieces of steel that run from front to back or those 2 pieces are the feet so that it doesn't sit on the ground. I couldn't tell. Also, the flue lever is the only thing holding the metal shield back on the wall but I cannot even figure how to remove that. It is almost like I would have to straighten the flue lever and rebend it after I remove the shield, clean it up, then put it back on, or it(the flue lever) somehow unbolts from the inside? The next idea was to put a floor jack under the thing and try to jack it up to see if it moves but I wanted to just check here in case anyone has dealt with something like this before so that I don't have to try anything drastic just yet.
![1.jpg 1.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/houserepairtalk/data/attachments/7/7537-1b681ce5aef62336a1a33f731a21bfb2.jpg)
![2.jpg 2.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/houserepairtalk/data/attachments/7/7538-274af45da4c2f3f53cc6ddb86241fe64.jpg)
![3.jpg 3.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/houserepairtalk/data/attachments/7/7539-66c0942f970a7cd696978d6b6515361f.jpg)
![4.jpg 4.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/houserepairtalk/data/attachments/7/7540-5935204bc589be4deff52c515c3e9ae1.jpg)
![5.jpg 5.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/houserepairtalk/data/attachments/7/7541-ca671daefbb06d313ce6016c0dab6538.jpg)
If anyone has experience with this or has any advice, please let me know. Thanks.
(I do not know if this thread is in the correct section but it seemed like a good place for it. If it isn't please move it.)
Here is my current project that I am taking on. It is an old Kodiak wood stove that I am attempting to refinish and use. This place was horribly mistreated by the previous owner and it flooded now there is all kinds of damage and I am slowly fixing it. I started this task late one night and realized that it cleans up pretty well. I only did the left door and it took me 3 hours to do inside and out. I still need to do a few touch ups on the door in the little spots but for the main portion I am using a wire wheel on a drill and then I will be refinishing it with high heat paint after it is fully cleaned. I also did the top left corner just to see how it would clean up as well as a few small spots in other areas.I know that it will need a new seal for the doors because the old one was in horrible shape so I just peeled it off. I just cannot figure out how to get the thing out. As you can tell, it is very rusty and if I am going to refinish it, I want to do it correct, so I wanted to pull the whole thing out and refinish the whole thing and not just what I can reach. There is a picture of the flue and it is very rusty as well as the top of the stove itself but it cannot be reached without removing the whole thing so I can get to the top/sides/bottom/and back. I know the thing weights a lot but I shoved a piece of steel under it and stood on it and bounced and the stove didn't move at all. I looked under it and it either looks to be welded to 2 vertical pieces of steel that run from front to back or those 2 pieces are the feet so that it doesn't sit on the ground. I couldn't tell. Also, the flue lever is the only thing holding the metal shield back on the wall but I cannot even figure how to remove that. It is almost like I would have to straighten the flue lever and rebend it after I remove the shield, clean it up, then put it back on, or it(the flue lever) somehow unbolts from the inside? The next idea was to put a floor jack under the thing and try to jack it up to see if it moves but I wanted to just check here in case anyone has dealt with something like this before so that I don't have to try anything drastic just yet.
![1.jpg 1.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/houserepairtalk/data/attachments/7/7537-1b681ce5aef62336a1a33f731a21bfb2.jpg)
![2.jpg 2.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/houserepairtalk/data/attachments/7/7538-274af45da4c2f3f53cc6ddb86241fe64.jpg)
![3.jpg 3.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/houserepairtalk/data/attachments/7/7539-66c0942f970a7cd696978d6b6515361f.jpg)
![4.jpg 4.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/houserepairtalk/data/attachments/7/7540-5935204bc589be4deff52c515c3e9ae1.jpg)
![5.jpg 5.jpg](https://cdn2.imagearchive.com/houserepairtalk/data/attachments/7/7541-ca671daefbb06d313ce6016c0dab6538.jpg)
If anyone has experience with this or has any advice, please let me know. Thanks.
(I do not know if this thread is in the correct section but it seemed like a good place for it. If it isn't please move it.)
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