Recent content by Rickkane

Here's a picture of the "fix" I did. The hole match up perfectly with a large socket I had. I cut a template then taped it in and filled the gap with impression material that a dentist would use on your teeth! LOL. Worked though. Here's the new one next to the old, and then the steps taken to...

Definitely will replace it. I'll post a picture of my fix when i get the new one. Thanks again for the help!

Thanks again for all the responses. I wanted to post the resolution even though I feel slightly dumb for not noticing this on first inspection. It turns out that a rat or mouse got in to the heater. It chewed a hole in the plastic air inlet to make room for itself (see pic). I had the whole...

Thanks for the replies everyone! I was going to pull the igniter and see if it started glowing, but I didn't want to risk an explosion with the gas coming from the exhaust. I'll try pulling one of those bolts. Fingers crossed no water comes out......

Thanks for the reply! I haven't touched around where the igniter is. I'll try that. Here's what the old one looks like on both sides. Is that normal? Edit: The area around the igniter is warming up each time I try to fire the heater.

Hi Everyone! Brand new to the forum. A little backstory here. My wife and I just bought our first home! We decided to use a friends pool inspector for the pool inspection prior to writing an offer. He came out and told us everything was fine. So everything moves along and the deal closes. We...