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Thanks Steve for these videos. We have an old Day and Night early '80s gas furnace and the blower kept switching on and off before and after each cycle. I was working two jobs at the time and had no time to fix it so my mom called a repair man to fix. Unfortunately this guy had no idea what he was doing and replace the blower motor and told her she needed a new furnace. I called b.s. because the heat exchanger was in great condition. I ended up ordering a modern circuit board and limit switch. Furnace is still going strong with no issues today and saved alot of money. Seems to me most companies just want to sell a product out there instead of actually helping the customer. I'm pretty sure Steve would have repaired it like I did the first time
@@dragonarrowana If any of our people had charged more than $400 - and that for a very, very time consuming install - I'd have refunded the money (in total), fired their sorry a*** and blacklisted them with every single firm in the area, and after being in business for over three generations, I know everyone. (And yes, one of my grandchildren just got his first license and was made full partner!!!!!! Yay! He did it like it did, four year BS first, then license, then seven years hard slog. He may not know quite as much about the newest networked systems as I do, but he'll soon know more if I'm doing my job right.)
Old Tappan, Worked on a bunch of those! You were lucky it had the bar over the burners, otherwise the brainless twits used a 1/2" nut to hold them down. If you add too much air to the burner, BOOM! I learned the hard way. The furnace was a tank, old steel heat exchangers.
Phone books I'm not even sure if they're still being printed around here.. but Steve's lucky if he's got ads in them going back several years.. might still get calls for another 20 years because of it!
250?! That’s it?! They want to charge me 250 for the gas valve alone. Then 250 for labor. Plus replacement of the other bad part and the labor. 1,000 bucks total.
Mookie Man I tried to order one online that was about 100 cheaper but they told me I had to buy one from them or they wouldn’t fix it. So I told them to get out.
You could usually find online for cheaper if you look and have time on your hands. Usually the price us techs isn’t that great since we’re sort of paying for convenience factor on top of us paying more than what you could find it online we add a percentage on top of what it costs us so that’s why the price is higher.
I wouldn't think the thermocouple would be bad because you have a pilot light but with a new gas valve I would agree to install a new thermocouple as well
You should back wrench your wrenching also always use a flat wrench on valves and shut offs. Otherwise I think your an excellent plumber gas fitter as iam myself
disconnect the thermocouple from the gas valve, put your multimeter on the end you disconnect from the gas valve in your black lead on the ground...and then get your torch out that you solder with and heat up the thermocouple if it rises and voltage that it's not the thermocouple
or if the heater will stay lit long enough light the heater if it rises and voltage when it heats the thermocouple it's not the thermocouple... Setting DC voltage
I'm from the UK have worked on gas appliances for fifty years, let me ask you Steve why did you cut through a good thermocouple that was working properly if it wasn't you would have had no gas at the pilot , and why not just change the solenoid part of the job instead of complete valve with all the Labour involved should have been a half hour job at most, just saying
@@potatolew4495 yes. And should change the thermostat also because they don't cost that much. Also may as well change all three temp switches as they are fairly inexpensive. Also the mainboard fuse, as it's really cheap! Lol. Not me. I don't sell my customers one thing they don't need unless they request it.
I had a guy (no from my city) come out and charged me 500 dollars for the gas valve. My furnace was at the time 3 years old. I thought it was so over priced. He took adv of me.
I just replaced my Goodman with another Goodman. The old Goodman was still running OK with a good heat exchanger but the new furnace is quieter and has a variable speed blower. A lot of people complain about Goodman equipment but the furnaces and condensing units are easy to repair and parts are inexpensive and easy to find.
We’ve mostly stopped repairing furnaces older than 20-30 years old unless in good visual condition and regularly serviced. It’s makes us look bad when it just fails again and again as parts continue to wear out. Especially when they may be risking thousands in damage from frozen pipes if it fails on a cold day and we’re backlogged 2-3 days. WHen they are badly rusted out from damp basements and lack of service (condensate leaks), we just condem them. Too many call backs, we just lose money on them chasing electrical gremlins and cascading failures. This one doesn’t look too bad, but it just needs to go away and get replaced. Newer units are just dramatically more serviceable, and more efficient.
Naah, that was an orderly shit show. A real shit show would have been if the threads on that burner manifold were stripped or if the unit had major rollout when it was put back together (cracked heat exchanger). That’s a shitshow! 😉 Nice repair Steve!
Written estimates are for when you want to think about it or shop around... If your home was in the 50s and the guy is already there telling you how much, thats all u need
Why does every old ass furnace with the old "push / pull limit" has the cover lost? Poof gone. Up and vanished like a fart in the wind. Hate to say it but those new dial t-stats are junk.
