I have an old electric stove and the replacement insulation is discontinued on every site that I have searched. This is a narrow apartment style range that is used in a cottage and it fits perfect in the spot. Mice got into the insulation and made a mess. The rest of the oven works great. Unfortunatley, the odor is unbearable.
I have three questions:
- Can I replace the insulation with a standard oven type insulation that I buy at any appliance parts store?
- Do you know if this model can be disassembled?
- Where can I find the narrow style stove to replace this stove? It doesn’t appear they make that style anymore.
You can replace the insulation with something from a similar product that will fit. The range can be disassembled, but it uses what I call unibody construction, so the sides will also be the supporting structure requiring an extra set of hands. And as for a replacement stove, they are still made, it’s just most retail stores don’t stock them. I know there are models by Hotpoint that may be about the same.
Thanks for the information. Can I use regular insulation (i.e. pink attic insulation) and just pack it in loosely?
My guess would be the household insulation is not rated for the contact heat that will be generated by the oven, so you would be best to stick with an insulating blanket designed as an oven cavity wrap.
In your opinion, where is the best starting point for disassembing the oven (i.e. front, back, top, etc.)? I found a drawing of the oven and it appears the oven liner slides out the front (I am guessing once the door has been removed). Are there any areas in which I should watch out? Are there any parts that I should replace once I have disassembled the oven (i.e. oven liner gasket, etc.)?
I would start with the top and just keep track of where each screw came from. Once you get the top removed, you should be able to pull the old insulation and install the new without to much more effort. I wouldn’t try pulling the liner out the front unless you really need to because then you will also be dealing with removing wires. And wear gloves as most every edge will be sharp.
It sounds like the warning to wear gloves is coming from experience. Thanks.
I just noticed the handy link on the bottom of the page (View Diagrams and Photos, Order Parts). It has a great drawing of my oven (JAS01*J2) that might make an answer to my questions a bit easier. I also noticed on your website (http://www.TechnicianBrian.com ) that yesterday was your birthday. Happy Birthday Brian!
Let us know how it works out. And thanks for the b-day wishes.
Does the top pop up like a clothes dryer or does it disassble after removing the front panel, etc.?
Will I be able to reach the insulation that (I assume) is under the liner? In addition, I have been doing some looking and having a hard time finding replacement oven liner insulation. Is there a specific yellow pages category that I should be looking under?
The top will not just come off unfortunately as access to the interior section of ranges is usually limited because there really isn’t anything in there. The top will lift up, but then you will need to remove every screw that blocks your access starting with the ones holding the burner box in place located under the top itself. The top will also be hinged in some way and it too will need to be removed. You are looking to get into the top so start there. The side panels may not be removable like on the new ones so you may also need to remove the front panel in order to get to the entire insulation pad. And my suggestion for insulation would be to purchase a blanket from an appliance part distributer and simply cut it to fit.
Hello, I now have a mouse odor problem and would like to know if replacing the insulation solved the problem you had years ago. If not, what did? Thanks. Gail
I was needing to find out if replacing the insulation helped you. I just got my stove out of storage and can not turn the oven on cause the odor is so bad it ran us out of the house. We took the top of the stove apart and about half the insulation is missing and the rest has been used as a nest for mice with 3 dead ones in there. We need to know if replacing it will help and if so where would we find it.
Hello, I am sorry I can not help as I have the same problem. Hopefully, someone out there will reply and help us both. Good Luck. Gail
I am working on the same issue. I have an oven which some mice go into, Been scrubbing and cleaning but am certain i will be replacing the insulation now. I am certain you will need high temperature Insulation.
Superwool Fiber - 2" Thick (sold per sq. ft.)
This 2" but they all have 1". Let me know how things are coming along. I am trying to get this cleaned up here.
I am dismantling the entire oven by removing all the metal housing and pulling all the insulation out and replacing it since the insulation seems to have absorbed the smell of urine.
Any other pointers?
Hello, I have not gone ahead and replaced the insulation. I am still trying to weigh replacing the insulation or replacing the stove. I like you have tried to find someone who did replace the insulation and eliminated the odor, but no one has replied with that information. Good luck. Keep me posted. Gail
Today i took the Oven completely apart. I have taken all the galvanized metal and been etching it with a metal cleaner and then bleaching to do a final sanitizer. i will be ordering the insulation from the site I listed about. i will also be replacing the wiring which was chewed on by the mice.
The metal came out really good with the metal cleaner… with very little effort better yet.
i will be sure to post updates since there doesnt seem to be much out there on the topic and when there is limited discussions as well as follow up. I will post in my original topic posted in this forum.
This is work I am performing on My double decor Wall Oven.