How to Fix the Wick Adjuster Mechanism and Automatic Shut-off of a Kero World KW-11F Kerosene Heater

[@AdventTourist]

I admire the fact that you try to understand and fix stuff. Many people, specially women assume they will not ever be able to fix stuff, and therefore they do not even try. Greetings from Russia

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

Guilty as charged. I always told my mom, " I don't know how." She would say, "Find out how." I wanted some guy to fix my heater, but there don't seem to be any repairmen. I couldn't find a video either. So, that meant figuring it out myself. I still couldn't do it until I prayed and asked for God's help. Thanks for your encouragement. I just had a friend put in a water heater in my motorhome. Two days later, the gas stopped flowing. He wasn't eager to come again. I used the electric cord, but it pulled a lot of energy from my generator. Propane would be cheaper. A couple days later, I was determined to fix it myself rather than pay $200+ for a repairman to come out. I got this idea to shake the gas line and it worked! Praise God!

[@ginatulip8679]

thank you. Just like you, I was stumped and about to throw it away. Your video came to the rescue to help me figure out the mechanism. God bless you!

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

Isn't that something that we poor ladies are left to figure these things out. I am single. Are you single as well? I am glad I made the video. I thought no one would care. My friends didn't want to watch it.

[@loadi2865]

Your video came to my rescue to help me figure out the mechanism.. you really saved my beacon....Winters are cold here in Canada..lol Thanks you Lady.

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

@@loadi2865 Praise goes to God for helping me to figure it out. I am so glad that you can have a warm winter. 😻

[@keishapulliam6867]

Thank you so much I was really lost without this video

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

Oh really? Did you fix your wick? It can be so confusing.

[@mstanley97]

You have inspired me! Bought the same kerosene Heater and I'm Watching "How to videos" to operate this properly. Also thank you for showing how to operate siphon! No videos show this!! God bless you!!

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

Wow! No siphon videos? Are you a woman? They just expect us to know how to do everything. I hope you subscribed and will be blessed by my channel.

[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

Very well explained. Thanks.

[@frenchlady8020]

Thank you sooooooo much, this has helped another lady out!

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

I am so glad! You are welcome.

[@alfredoverno9674]

great video. I have a dynamic glow kerosene heater, and if I touch the knob or walk by the heater, the vibration from the floor causes the "auto shut off" to roll that knob to the OFF position. I understand the need for safety, but it shuts off at the worst times. any advice?

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

That's really odd that it should be so sensitive. Maybe the spring is wound too tight. I use mine in my motorhome at night and then move it into my unfinished house during the day so my cats can have some heat in the morning. It used to shut off whenever I set it down. Fortunately, it wouldn't go out completely and I could just turn it back up. I find these heaters to be very annoying. There is always something to figure out. I use a wire brush on the wick. It makes it wider at the top and this might make it less likely to shut off so easily, but I am not sure. Let me know if you figure it out. It might help someone else.

[@mariarios3275]

I wish I'd watched your video first!!

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

I'm so glad to see that other ladies struggled with this problem. I hope it helped you.

[@brendaroberts3848]

You are one tough little lady!!! I'm completely impressed!!!

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

Lol! Did you just watch this video? Well, I was warm and cozy last winter because I figured out how to fix my heater. Thanks for watching it. Most people get bored with fix-it videos. That makes you special.

[@ronb67]

Thanks for this. Very helpful

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

You are very welcome. A year later and I had to watch it again myself. Lol!

[@ronb67]

@@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149 🌟🙂 try doing it from a wheelchair. I had to do this for the third time this morning in 2 days. I had the wick too high and it would not go out. Here are some tips if it happens to anyone else. Pull tank out and just let it burn off the kerosene. It will NOT stink up your house as it is a brand new wick with no deposits built up. When you take it apart again the wick will be tight around the post tube it wraps around because it's dry, you will have to work to get the assembly out but it will come loose and it will stretch. Stretch it out before reassembling. The ratchet screw needs to be perfect in the teeth, it takes patience to get it correct. Hope your injuries are healing. Merry Christmas.

[@colbolt54]

Great job figuring it out!!! You are awesome!! And impressive!!!

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

Thank you. I wanted to give up and then I asked God for help. He gave me the wisdom.

[@ercankosar-s2n]

You explained the working system of the mechanism well through trial and error. I also saved my petroleum stove. Thank you, may you have a nice life. Greetings from Nederland

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

@@ercankosar-s2n Thanks. That's great that you fixed your stove. Nice to hear from you so far away.

[@Impulse_Photography]

When you reassemble the two wick parts - " Place The Gear At The Top Of The Track !! ' Also, you won't need to hold the spring on full either.

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

Thanks. I will have to try that.

[@laurensimpson5735]

Help! I bought a dyna glo and have only used it a week. The knob will spring back and shut off when I am trying to lower the flame!

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

That sounds really strange. Hang onto the knob and try to gradually release it when you get the flame where you want it. Have you tried pushing your release button to see if it is working correctly? Try raising the wick all the way and then pushing the button. If that works, raise the wick all the way and then lower it without lighting it and see what happens. Can you call the company about this problem? I wonder if your Dyna Glo is built the same. Let me know if any of this helps.

[@JoeAnshien]

I like you videos. Somethings take trial and error and do not work on the first try. I am the one that commented on your first fix for the kerosene heater that you should have filmed starting it up. Same here. It is always a good idea to test and show it working or...possibly not.

[@territhomas8985]

My problem is that the kerosene knob won't turn. Even if I push the release button ..meaning my new replacement wick won't raise

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

530-215-4754 Call me.

[@vernonbowling5136]

Much respect, these things can be a royal pain to figure out.

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

That's for sure! I started thinking about if I had invented it....well, I am not an inventor. Lol!

[@tmtruman]

Perseverance!

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

For sure!

[@Pdubb19]

7:24 okay so when I do what you did it will just release as if you pressed the release button only does it on a few gears I know I can ramble I just bought it frustrated everything is good right now it's like 20 degrees but yeah don't know if I can fix it also sorry I just comment like three books but thanks and loving the videos

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

If you just bought it, why are you already messing with it? I wish the company that makes them could help us. I just have to figure things out myself and it takes forever.

[@Pdubb19]

So I've been going to every KZbin survival person kersene related just bought one and three gears on the wick knob slip like just doesn't stay in but if you hold the tab ever so slightly goes in gear great but it's so loose indef need help

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

I found a little trick to adjust the wick so it won't be so hot. I push the release one click while I hold the knob. Then, I turn the knob counter clockwise to lower the wick. If I come to the end and need to lower it more, I do the same thing again.

[@gregorybolin4672]

I didnt see how u fixed anything . Just start with the wick part way up?😊

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

@@gregorybolin4672 Did you mess up your wick adjuster by taking off too many screws? What needs to be fixed is the spring. I am not sure if starting with the wick part way up will fix it. If you are just changing the wick, I made another video about how to do that.

[@gregorybolin4672]

@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149 no as soon as I slide it on it wont budge like it's too tight very odd had this problem b4 I replaced the wick must be the twisty slot.

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

@@gregorybolin4672 That does sound odd. I wish there was a place we could go to get help fixing our heaters.

[@gregorybolin4672]

@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149 it is very hard to get on had to twist and pull hard yo get it off too.

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

@@gregorybolin4672 Was the wick dry? I seem to remember having a problem when my wick was dry.

[@Pdubb19]

Also weird probably just cause heat expands the metal then it's fine but still at least the 8th 12th and the 14th turn can't use them but 13 is but I can't adjust then it warms up 13 is good but still freaks me like I gotta sit hear just watch it I'm not saying I leave it in attended but I'd like to at least and live and be warm not just be warm and watch it like a hawk

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

I don't know what you are talking about with the turns.

[@bethmurrow5626]

You sound like me.... but you are talking to us....i was yelling at myself....lol

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

Did you take your heater apart too much like me? Oh, if only we read our directions. I wish these heaters could have a thermostat. I am hot with windows open. It's 68°.

[@harlielewis4075]

October 26 2023 Watching and praying in Kentucky COME LORD JESUS COME QUICKLY Thank you for this video... I just put a new wick in my heater and the shut off wouldn't work.... finally got it outside and got it out by ALOT of blowing...now to take it apart and fix it like you've shown....its going to be a very bad winter as we head into the Great Tribulation.... hopefully the rapture will come soon and we won't need it...but the ones left behind will have it.... Jesus is coming soon so I urge everyone to pour your hearts out to him before it's too late.... everything Jesus and the bible said would happen is happening right now...and its going to get really really bad.... Jesus is coming soon....not galactic federation of aliens like they will say after the rapture....

[@dumpsterdivingqponqueen9499]

I cant get my peice off to get the wick off

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

I am sorry. Did you undo the screws? Or the wing nuts? I am putting off changing mine. I am going to have to watch my video again so I do it right. If you need more help, contact me on Facebook. Tamara Truman Luevano. Put in a friend request. Let me know your Facebook name. Then, you can share pictures of where you are stuck.

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

I may have misunderstood you. Okay, is the wick dry? If so, you might try soaking it in kerosene. There are little sharp edges that hold it in place. You have to pull it off of those. Aren't these heaters fun?

[@jamesmichael8549]

How do I shut off A Kero Heat Heaters that does not shut off ? I tried shutting it off to the Shut off Manual and it is still running ? I tried the Adjusting Range But it is still going .

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

I had that very thing happen today. I thought I shut mine off a found it was still going very low. I would blow it out. That has always worked for me. Always check to make sure it goes out and if not, blow it out.

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

The real question is why isn't it shutting off. Maybe the wick is getting stuck.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

I asked myself this: WHY? Oh WHY didn't I get a kid to fix it for me? (Thinks about the old TV commercial where the little kid fixes the computer with a plastic toy hammer while parents are arguing)....

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

Lol! I think the plastic hammer might help. Let the kid hit you in the head a few times and then you will know how to fix it. I hope my video helped you.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

@@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149 Umm what makes you think my kid hasn't done that MANY times? They even taped pennies to my head so they can knock some sense (cents) into me.... Yes I enjoyed your video. Nice to see women actually show their hidden skills.

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

@@crazysquirrel9425 You are a very funny crazy squirrel. Thank you.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

@@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149 Did you know my wife made me afraid of squirrels? WHY?!?! you ask? Because she said I was a NUT. She trying to tell me something??

[@healthyhomesteadingadventu1149]

Lol!