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Posted by on November 16, 2006, 2:13 pm
www.repairclinic.com carries that part.
HamNCheese wrote:
> I'm in need of an obsolete part for a 1982 Kenmore oven, model
> #103.3248291. I've scoured the net and local shops, nobody has it or
> an equivalent part.
>
> It's a piece of 3/8" aluminum tubing with flared ends and inverted nut
> fittings on each end. It runs from the regulator to an exterior
> shutoff valve (not the wall shutoff). The Sears part # was 294395.
> When I removed the oven to fix a bad igniter, I discovered the tubing
> had become damaged from a bad installation of the oven years ago, so I
> need to replace it.
>
> One shop tried making me a new one by cutting off my existing flared
> ends and joining them with a compression fitting to a new piece of
> tubing, but the compression seal leaked whenever I wiggled it (I live
> in L.A., earthquake country).
>
> Does anyone know a shop that might carry this part? I'm at my wits'
> end.
>
> An alternate would be if I could find someone who could make a new
> tube properly, with the correct flared ends. Anyone know of any shops
> in the L.A. area that can machine something like that?
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