Vermont Castings Resolute Fireback Guide

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Resolute Fireback
Replacement
Instructions
Materials Provided:
Lower fireback
Upper fireback w/damper and damper link attached
2, 1/4-20 x 1” Hex head bolts and acorn nuts
1, 1/4-20 x 1¹⁄₄” Phillips flat head machine screw
(Left insert)
1, 1/4-20 x 2” Phillips flat head machine screw
(Right Insert)
1, Tube furnace cement
Tools Required:
Rubber mallet or Phillips Head Screwdriver
block of wood Regular screwdriver
1/4” Drill and bit 5/32” Allen wrench
Penetrating oil Drop light
Old vacuum cleaner Protective eyewear
Preparation
The installation of the Resolute two piece fireback can
be accomplished by one person but it may be helpful to
have an assistant. Please read through the instructions
presented here to familiarize yourself with the compo-
nents and the procedure.
Wear old clothes and cover the area surrounding the
Resolute with newspaper or drop cloth. Clean the inside
of the stove of sand and ashes (you may want to save
some to reline the stove bottom when finished).
Set aside at least one hour for the removal and installa-
tion of the fireback. The job may take two or three hours
to complete.
Procedure
1. Remove the griddle, flue collar, flue collar extension
and front door.
2. Remove the Phillips head screw from the right
insert and pry the right insert out with the large
screwdriver. If the screw is difficult to remove, you
can often loosen it by holding the screwdriver in
place and striking it a few times with the hammer.
Use of penetrating oil on hard-to-remove screws
is often helpful. Follow manufacturer’s directions.
Usually the oil needs to soak the threads of the
screw for 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Remove the Phillips head screw from the left insert
and take out the left insert.
4. Pull the fireback out, catching the damper ears and
damper as you do so. Unhook the damper linkage
from the damper rod.
5. Clean the remaining ashes and furnace cement
front the inside of the stove. Be sure to clean the
cement channels on the back of the stove and
lower fireback so the new cement will adhere.
6. Cement the secondary air tube channel in the stove
back. (Fig. 2)
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Furnace
Cement
KT603
Fig. 1 Apply cement to the secondary air tube channel in
stove back.
7. Cement the secondary air tube channel on the back
of the lower fireback. (Fig. 3)
8. Set the new lower fireback in place.
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Furnace
Cement
FP604
Fig. 2 Apply cement to the secondary air tube channel on the
back of the lower fireback.
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9. Set the left insert in place. Make sure the lower fire-
back is pushed all the way against the back plate.
Replace the 1/4-20 x 1¹⁄₄” self-tapping Phillips head
screw and tighten to hold the left insert in place.
10. Replace the right insert; it fits very tightly against
the fireback so you will have to hammer it into place
with the rubber mallet. Replace the 1/4-20 x 2” Phil-
lips head screw and tighten to hold the right insert
in place.
11. Hold the upper fireback, with the damper and
damper linkage attached, inside the stove. Turn the
assembly to a vertical position to hook the damper
link onto the damper rod (damper handle should be
pointing downward). Turn the assembly clockwise
to a level position to engage the damper link.
12. Have your assistant raise the upper fireback and
damper into place and raise the damper link. Hold
the upper fireback securely in place on top of the
lower fireback and operate the damper handle to
check for free movement.
13. Move the damper to its locked, closed position:
damper up, damper handle pointing down.
14. Wear protective eyewear for this step. Reaching
in through the front door opening, hold the upper
fireback and the damper firmly in place with one
hand (or have your assistant hold them from behind
the stove) and drill two holes through the stove
back using the two slots in the upper fireback as
guides for the drill bit. On the left slot, drill as close
as possible to the inside of the slot so you clear the
thermostat cover on the stove back. If by chance
there is not enough room to tighten the acorn nut,
you will have to mark the spot on the thermostat
cover, remove it and grind an opening in the edge
of the thermostat cover.
15. Insert the two 1/4-20 x 1” hex bolts through the
holes and tighten the acorn nuts onto them.
16. Again, check the damper for free movement, open
and closed, and into its locking position.
17. Re-line the Resolute stove bottom with sand or
ashes.
REMEMBER: You will have to begin a break-in proce-
dure as described in your Operation Manual of 8 to 10
moderate fires to temper the cast iron in the replace-
ment castings.

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fireback parts
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Resolute Parts
1. Flue Collar
2. Flue Collar Extension
3. Back
4. Upper Fireback and Damper Assembly
5. Acorn Nut
6. 1” Hex Head Bolt
7. Damper Link
8. Damper Rod
9. Lower Fireback
10. Right Insert
11. 2” Phillips Head Screw
12. Left Insert
13. 1¹⁄₄” Phillips Head Screw

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