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From: figmo@lll-crg.ARpA (Lynn Gold)
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Subject: Gas oven go BOOM!  NOW what do I do?
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Date: Thu, 30-Jan-86 04:25:59 EST
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When we moved into our first house last October, it was equipped with an old J. C. Penney's gas stove/oven.

The previous owner had no documentation on it (like how to run/maintain it).

The stovetop works fine.  The OVEN, however, is flako city.  It usually 
starts out sort of okay, but then it shuts off the heat and keeps the gas 
going.  Today it did that until I came to check the bread.  I turned off 
and on the gas to restart it, and the whole thing went "BOOM!" and 
flames shot out about 6 inches.

Why would an oven do this?  It's bad enough that it's always 25 degrees off. 
Now I don't know whether or not I need to replace it.  Is there some way that
I can clean it or something?


Thanks,

--Lynn