Thank you. You helped me fix my heater. Your insights pointed out the trouble spots on the heater for me that I was not aware of. I, however, used a gun cleaning spray and sprayed the hell out of that red button area to blow out any contaminates working it as I sprayed.. It worked. Don't use gun cleaner spray that has an oil additive to it.

This guy sounds like Jordan Peterson 100%

Didn't think of that. Ended up using a large zip tie. Works great. Thx

Dude….. genius. I’m looking for wiring diagrams when hey, just fucking glue the bottom. Putting toolbox away and grabbing glue, thank you

Thank you brother 👊🏼

Literally if you have to find a way to jam down the propane button and just use the notch

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I threw mine off a cliff. Now I'm trying to find it

Hose clamp,good idea I taped mine but it stretches,thanks for the video it helps

What would be wrong with mine? If I’m pushing the red button and there’s no gas flow even though I’ve got a full tank and the gas valve is turned full on?

Safety features are never needed until they are needed...

Should have bought American.

Zip ties will keep you warm.

Mine was the tip over valve😂. All I had to do was set it upright

Huh. If you don't know where the thermocouple is in the first 15 sec....? And then jury rig the heater. Nope.

Just clean and adjust the thermocouple or replace the thermocouple. Both are simple to do and safer.

Couldn’t you just cut the sensor wires and connect them together?

Thank u sir !

Loved the video!! I got a 2 burner Mr heater that lights and works for about 20-30 seconds then the screen starts poppin and banging , then it goes out and it flares up down at the coupler and never goes out completely at the coupler ...any idea what that's about? ..I think the thermocouplers are bad ...not sure tho .. great fix btw ..I like the way u think ..

Epoxy seems like too much work all I did was zip-tie mine

Great video. Thank you!

Thanks 😊

this is not safe or smart. they obviously make the red button for a reason. Fix it the right way people, we are talking explosives here

Idk what Is going on but I put some metal ties to hold it down and stay lit is that okay and safe

Thanks a ton. My heater died while fishing and you fixed it in 30 seconds .

Zip tie did the trick. The steel ball seemed to be freely moving, but even holding it in for 60 seconds it wouldn't stay lit.

NOPE! It doesn't burn as high as it does if you just wire the wires together. Well at least mine doesn't. I tried this and it didn't seem like it was at full potential. It's super easy to wire the wires together though. Well I guess if the thermocouple is bad then yes but 95% of the time with these it's that damn tip over sensor. my wires had clips on the ends that plugged into the tip over sensor. I just unclipped them cut a skinny piece of metal and joined them together. My clips were females, you could easily just put a male clip on one side and plug them together that way too but I found the little piece of metal was the easiest.

Works! Thanks.

Mine has no ignition button then I don't know how to turn it on

Thank God for KZbin!!!!

Thanks for sharing I done mine the same way.

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I’m not getting gas when I push in the button. I can push it 100 times and maybe get a puff of gas for a brief second then nothing. Any ideas?

Insane!!!!! thats there for safety, buy a new 39 dollar heater and get it out of your van! bt Its called a thermo coupler.

I have one like that that's giving me trouble when you hit the button and you put the lighter up to it to write it as soon as you like going to button shuts off I held it in for at least a minute and as usual at the off the button it shuts off

Thank god for your video! Damn heater wouldn’t stay lit after only a month of use. I’m using a bandana tied around it holding the button down for now. Thank you sir, God bless!

This in way way at all is how to fix something. Absolutely useless information. Fixing something is getting it working properly or repairing or replacing parts so it works as it should. Boooooooooooo

If the fire goes out while the gas is engaged you got a big problem the propane gas will keep flowing un burnt. but if you are going to be monitoring it closely and in a jam its ok i guess

You didn't fix anything you just bypassed it so it will continue to work although it's unsafe now

What I did was cleaned the terminals on safety switch. They were just a little dull, but enough to keep it from working. Or can buy new safety switch for about 12 bucks. Do it right people!

Duck tape the red button in! Done.

For me the problem was the knock over sensor. I took that off(2 screws) and then took it apart(1 screw and some clips) . Put it back together and then it functioned normally. Not sure exactly what I did but I did not tighten the screws as much so I think that maybe there wasn't enough room for the ball to do its thing. It could have also been the spade terminal connections, disconnecting and then reconnecting may have improved the connection somehow. it seems like a fairly common microswitch inside so next step would be to replace that switch for a few bucks.

I’m sorry, but I have to rebuke this repair. This isn’t a repair, it’s an unsafe rig job. The thermocouple on this heater needs replaced. That’s the only way to properly repair this heater. The micro switch and ball are unlikely to fail. Simple test with an ohm meter will test it’s continuity. The thermocouple is subjected to high temps and is more likely the culprit. $9 part, easy fix.

Mine actually just had a bunch of dust on the top of the thermal regulator, and I believe the ball that sets on top of the tip over cut off switch was stuck.

Very bad advice. That button is there for a reason. Bypassing safety features is stupid. Telling other people to do it on KZbin is feloniously stupid.

Easy

All you do is join the 2 wires together

Simple enough, thanks for the advice. I was about to throw the damn thing.

I used a hose clamp to hold in the red button, works great, no cutting, no jb weld, and easy to release (only put it on tight enough to hold the clamp😀

Thx, quite helpful piasano!