Well......Another parts donor Norge!!!!!

[norgeway]

I really believed I had a good one this time,but as my luck goes,this one had a worse oven than any of my others!!!Thought you all might like to see WHY you dont see many Norge ranges,Even though they bake beautifully,the ovens DO NOT hold up...

 

[norgeway]

First pic...

Looks ok,but look inside.

 

[norgeway]

man what a hole!

On the left...that is my screwdriver!

 

[norgeway]

I probably could have patched that!

But not this!

 

[norgeway]

For some reason they are bad to crack!

Where the metal is formed to stiffen the sides,here is the liner removed.

 

[norgeway]

rear view

liner removed.

 

[norgeway]

NOW WHAT DO I DO!!!!!!

I THINK I WILL GET AN ORDINARY GE or HOTPOINT,I SURE AS HELL CAN'T AFFORD ANY MORE 600 MILE TRIPS .

 

[appnut]

Ahh Hans, I am so sorry!!! Don't you have some other vintage rnages that can be put into service?

 

[norgeway]

Im still crazy!!!!

I really want a Norge in my kitchen,I am using a 40 inch pink Frigidaire now,but a 40 inch range just dosent fit that small kitchen,so im going to sell it,or trade it for a 30 inch,if I cant get a Norge,im going to try for a Hotpoint Ge or Kenmore,at least then I can get parts to keep it going.But you can bet,the next one I get I will go over with a magnafying glass, there is a Norge on craigslist in Raleigh, but I can't seem to get a reply out of the guy??oh well.

 

[westingman123]

what a shame

She's so pretty! Poor old girl.

 

[qsd-dan]

600 MILE TRIPS

Been there before with a basket case Maytag A702, except my total round trip was about 250 miles. Thanks to donor machines, I now have enough good parts for a complete machine. Just need to put it together.

I feel your pain though.

 

[polkanut]

Why are Norge's so prone to rusting out? Poor design or what?

 

[norgeway]

I be darned if I know.

But about everyone of them has a hinged bake element that tilts to one side for cleaning,where the brace is screwed to the oven on the left side is where the trouble starts,the small oven in my big stove has that problem,I covered the oven bottom with foil,not a fix,but it covers the bad place,Westinghouse also had this problem,ive never seen one of the 49 50 or 51 models that didnt have a hole in the oven liner somewhere..????

 

[dynaflow]

frigidaire

Hans,
i emailed the norge guy as well no reply
If u get rid if that Frigidaire stove let me have first shot at it

 

[circlew]

That is a shame. Wonder if Norge used thinner gauge metal, or didn't put a thick enough coat of porcelain on the oven liner? Maybe condensation collecting in the seams made them rust out.
I'm hoping the liner of my '53 Westinghouse won't have these problems when I go to work on it.

 

[gyrafoam]

Wow, I'm sorry that happened to you. I know how excited you were to go and get it.
It's happend to me a few times. Not kool.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Guess somebody knocked on that Norge a bit too hard...

:-(

Sorry to see that happen... I wouldn't have ever imagined that an oven could come apart like that. Although I don't really know enough about vintage ovens to think that a company wouldn't use porcelain, like our GE or a Frigidaire.

~Fred

 

[norgeway]

OH...Its Porcelain..

Every other part of them seems to be overbuilt,All companies have had troubles from time to time,1954 Frigidaire ovens used snap on side rack guides,that would have been fine,but they also made the oven liner completely smooth,so when it heated and cooled...it warped...when it warped, the enamel popped off,The Norges faults are ,I think, the ridges bent into the liner are too sharp,all the expansion and contraction is concentrated at that point,and I agree,although the outside has beautiful heavy porcelain, the oven liners are not coated thick enough,now in a GE or Frigidaire,its easy to remove the lining,but in these...IT AINT, the whole front frame has to be removed to get the liner out!!!! BUT IM STILL GOING tO GET ALL THE NORGES I CAN FIND!!!!!!!WHY cause I like em!!!!

 

[gansky1]

Paper-thin oven liner -

That really sucks - I wonder what they were thinking?? It's a beautiful range otherwise, they really had some style.