We have a russell range cooketop, 36-6 and are looking for the spark module. The original spark module(Kool lite #6521) is not working and we need to find a replacement. Any ideas? We can not find Russel Ranges or Kool Lite.
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Do either of you have a copy of the Owner's Manual for the Russell Range? We just bought a foreclosure, which has this 6 burner Russell cooktop. Unfortunately all the owner's manuals are gone. Cannot find anything online. Also cannot find new drip pans. The old ones are beyond disgusting. Any suggestions?

I just read somewhere else that it uses the same parts as a dacor.... if that helps.

I'm having the enamel removed and the bare metal sealed. Enamel always chips because of the heat and scraping from pots & pans - looks good in the showroom only IMO

check online or your local yellow pages for antique/vintage stove repair. There will be someone who can get the burners re-enameled. Which I encourage, by the way. If you let them get down to the bare iron, they rust like mad if you keep them clean, otherwise they have to stay greasy.

However, if you do have them bare, here's a tip for cleaning them up -- run them through the self-clean cycle on your oven. Then let them cool completely without opening the oven door, so there is no chance of warping. I've done ours this way, they come out spotless. But then, you need to give them a light coat of oil and burn it in over the flames for a half-hour or so, or they will flash rust.

We also have the Russell char-grill, and that's how I clean the grill grates, as well.

Good luck finding new drip pans the right size -- I haven't been able to locate a source. If you do, please post it here. If mine ever get bad enough, I'm going to check with a local sheet metal or metal-spinning shop about making replacements. I can't imagine it would be too costly to have it done, they are just stamped and/or spun stainless sheet.

That said, if they are really bad, try some degreasing solvent and green scotchbrite (outside), or have them sandblasted to a matte finish. They are very heavy guage sheet, so even sandblasting shouldn't wear them too much, it will just result in a clean, matte finish, rather than polished. I have a big metal polishing lathe (like a big bench grinder), and when we first got our house, I cleaned the pans with a scotch-brite wheel and then mirror polished them. But they don't stay that way, of course!