Recent content by coolforgot

Thanks, But My Wilson caught fire Xmas,3 days before,Fire brigade job ! been OFF ever since and I'll slowly proceding with a warmfront grant,should be in by this Xmas !!

:D I am about to replace a burnt out Wilson Oil Boiler,,at the moment the flu goes up a chimney, I have been told by warmfront,that a new boiler cannot use a chimney or with a liner put in,and becase i'm not on an 'outside' wall,a boiler would HAVE to go out-doors ? correct ? please advise...

Boilerman, I was never trying to prove anyone wrong, I was just trying to get help & advice from people who knew more than me to solve a problem, and I'm very grateful for the super support and information I got ! I tried & tried any I only give up when there is NO chance of winning.... I'm...

UPDATE : Found ball bearing ,taken from an old trolley wheel with angle grinder,fitted well, tightened sleeve and replaced washer which worked well, BUT then the striker wouldn't fire up the oil, tried and tried about 20 attempts then went to bed, lay there at 1:30 am and thought ONE MORE TRY...

8) 'The Man' arrived and knew whats what, My Wilson is the Older one, pre plastic end on rotor, it should have a single ball bearing in the end which is missing, I'm trying to get a Ball bearing from somewhere ? in the meanwhile I tightened the nut under the sleeve,which was loose and now it...

8) What is 'the Rim Heater' ?

While awaiting 'the man' who's offered his help being a friend of a friend ! he lives on the mainland while 'Wilsons' on the Isle of Wight,but he visits on Sunday and will come see ...anyway The boiler got noisy again and then stopped, so I whipped out the rotor (having seen another engineer...

8) The Wilson is limping on at the moment, not eager to interfere with the motor this near xmas ! I'll leave it till after Xmas and investigate the options, there is an 'old' expert coming on Sunday who's going to look at it for me, he says the older Wilsons motor sits in the Oil res. and...

Fluestat is operating, Motor is noisy and tomorrow will be checking bearing,stay tuned in !

Stat is operating, running (noisy) on test at present, engineer coming tomorrow to confirm if motor bearing is wonky !, Cheers

:oops: Problem seems to be the Motor / possibly the bearing ?

8) HELP ! 40 year old + Wilson Oilheat boiler , so far : Burnt hole opposite electrode (now covered with copper plate) cleaned blocked pipe in motor rotor Problem, it will fire up from 'igniter' but will not continue burning independently, switches on/off constantly but ceases...

8) HELP ! 40 year old + Wilson Oilheat boiler , so far : Burnt hole opposite electrode (now covered with copper plate) cleaned blocked pipe in motor rotor Problem, it will fire up from 'igniter' but will not continue burning independently, switches on/off constantly but ceases...