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	Name:	MrHodja -
	Subject:	Gas oven help please
	Date:	10/25/2013 2:54:36 PM

As a newly married Air Force butter bar coming out of the Comm Officer's Course, I was informed that I and my bride of six months had an assignment to Cigli Air Base in Izmir, Turkey. I also found out that we had to bring or own stove. My F-I-L graciosly offered us his, and they bought a new one.

Well, we get to Turkey, move into our off-base apartment,and hook the stove up to the gas line. Fired up a burner and got a flame about as big as what comes out of a butane cigarette lighter. Did a little investigating and realized the thing was jetted for propane.

So, playing McGyver i tried removing one of the jets and reamed out that pin hole made for propane ito a pencil-lead sized hole for the (much) lower pressure natural gas line. Bottom line: from then on the stove worked great.

I strongly suspect that you will be able to get a conversion kit, and if you are the least bit mechanically oriented you can make the conversion - safely - witot paying someone to do it for you. That jet is between the valve and the burner, so the only time gas pressure is appied to it is when you turn the valve to fire it up. Thus, assuming you snug it up tightly when putting the new jet on, there is little chance of gas accumulating over time.

Good luck and let us know how it turns out!