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Finally coming to the end of my kitchen renovation -- after months of cleaning and toiling my mid-1960s turquoise gas Magic Chef 30" range has been installed. I've lit the stove pilots, but the burners won't light (unless I take a match to them). When they are on, the flame is very low. I'm...

Excellence Metal screws and BBQ paint it is. Thanks for the advice!!

I've been vigorously cleaning my new/old Turquoise gas Magic Chef range -- the metal top of the oven beneath the burners was pretty disgusting and rusty, so i've been scrubbing and cleaning in preparation for rust treatment. Well, as I was scraping I used too much force and broke through to the...

Ideas on the Model #? A friend agreed to re-chrome the handles and oven-knob seat for me! Hooray! Not sure if he'll be able to attack the oven-window, however -- the trim is all rusted and it appears to be a single piece part :( Does anyone have an idea what the model number might be of...

Clorox time Thanks for the responses! The variety of replacement gaskets is a little intimidating -- so I guess I'll attempt cleaning it with Clorox! I've read that bleach can harm rubber but hell just one go should be okay. Might start off with a nice sludgy spray of dawn & vinegar (my...

Pretty but inefficient! I installed three of these in our small office a few years ago when I remodeled. The problem si that you've gotta cut your liquid soap with water to lower the viscosity, or else it won't even dispense. Even so, getting the right consistency is an inexact science -- lots...

How to save it!? Hi John, Thank you for the information!! I thought the rust where the bottom of the door-gasket hits the fridge was from a poor seal. Fixing that with some bondo, next weekend. Any idea what I can soak this in for a SERIOUS cleaning? It's mostly blackened with mold and rust...

Making progress on my TA12SA -- Took apart the door and bleached the discolored plastic back to white (peroxide and sunlight!) -- got touch-up paint made, and some Krud Kutter Rust treatment. The rust along the seal leads me to believe it needs to be replaced. This one looks like a thinner...

Yes yes -- the stove was in use until I got it, so from what I was told everything works -- it's just filthy (making progress on that with plenty of Simple Green and elbow grease!)

OK so this is the matching stove to my turquoise 1965 GE fridge -- I'm guessing it's from around the same time. I've been disappointed by how rusty some parts are (the ID plate is illegible). I'm hoping that after ID'ing it I can figure out what parts can be swapped/replaced from other models...

I was thinking of something like a plastic report-clip! I'll have to check out the trim department for something like that. Re-casting it with epoxy will be my fallback. Will post my solution either way, thanks for the help!

A chunk of the handle-portion of my General Electric refrigerator freezer door is missing. I'm wondering about glueing a piece of metal over it, or possibly repairing with another resin or plastic. Does anyone have any experience with re-casting or mending plastics? I haven't found any threads...

Thanks! Thanks for the quick response, Lawrence! Going to begin intensive cleaning tonight before I plug her in... Fingers crossed it works as well as the seller said it did!

Greetings! This is my first post on here -- currently renovating my kitchen and I just picked up a Turquoise General Electric fridge and a matching Magic Chef 30" gas stove. They're both going to need some work -- and this site has already been a killer resource so thank you all!! I've found...