E33 Stove Refit
Date: November 26, 2001
From: Scott G. Fagersten gremlin@snowhill.comPaul,
I am looking for a replacement propane drop in stove for Mardi Gras, '83 E33. I'm wondering if anyone has found a replacement for the E33. Any help would be appreciated. I'll let you know how the deck lines aft works out.
Date: November 27, 2001
From: Howie Hammermann howie@skysound.comI recently replaced my ancient stove (Only one burner still worked!) with a Force 10 stove, Model 63451.
The installation was completely painless, other than the actual muscling of the stove into the boat and into place in the gimbals. If you have a friend that can help, it will make the physical work a little easier. Technically, there were no problems. Plan on trial fitting it a couple of times though. Measure carefully for the gimbal locations.
The new Force 10 had the opposite threads on it's gas inlet than the previous stove, but a trip to the hardware store fixed that. As for the gimbal mounts, since the original stove was a 2 burner, and the new one is a 4 burner, I had to position the new mounts forward a little, and up a bit. That's easy to do since they are screwed to the bulkhead and icebox wall. The stove now gimbals perfectly, and the gimbal lock slides right into the forward bulkhead, to the left of the stove.
There's still room enough under the stove to use the shelf for pots and pans, and the stock wooden stove cover still slides into it's track behind the stove easily. The stove swings just fine past the stowed cover.
All in all, it was an easy change, with the total work time being around 4 hours to completion.
This stove model has one 8000 BTU burner, three 5000 BTU burners, a thermostatic oven, with an additional top broiler (infrared, very nice) in the oven, and a clear glass door, which is nice for checking the progress of you soufflé without having to open the door. I also added an oven thermometer, so it's easy to see how the temperature is doing. It's one of those with big easy to read numbers that you can get at Safeway, in the kitchen goodies department. The 8000 BTU burner is nice because it boils water very quickly, and the 5000 BTU burners will go very low for simmering.
If I can help in any other way, please e-mail me or call me at any time.