Vermont Castings Defiant

Assembly

Set Up Your Stove

Cast iron stoves are heavy, and it will take two to four people to move your Defiant into position.

Wipe the protective coating of oil from the griddle with a clean dry rag or a paper towel.

Install the handle on the griddle. Slip the bolt through a nylon bushing, then through the handle and the other bushing, then through the steel spacer and into the griddle tab. (Fig. 16) Tighten securely.

Spacer

Washer

Bushings

Knob

Install the Optional Ash Door Heat Shield

1.Remove the two Phillips pan head screws from the ash door.

2.Insert the screws through the ash door heat shield (from the painted side), place the 5/16" spacers over the screws, and carefully thread them back into the original holes. (Fig. 18) The curved lip should be upward, under the ashlip of the stove.

3.Tighten securely.

Bolt

Fig. 16 Attach the griddle handle.

ST536

Spacers

ST538

Install the Optional Bottom Heat Shield

NOTE: The Bottom Heat Shield is required in most installations. Refer to Floor Protection, Page 10, for further details.

1.Remove the four 10-24 x 1/2" hex head bolts from the corners of the ash drop on the stove bottom.

2.Screw the four 1¹⁄₄" spacers into the holes from which you removed the bolts, finger-tight.

3.Align the bottom heat shield against the spacers with the stepped side toward the rear of the stove.

4.Secure the shield with the four hex head bolts removed from the stove bottom previously. Tighten securely. (Fig. 17)

Spacers

ST537

Fig. 17 Attach the optional bottom heat shield.

16

Fig. 18 Install the ashdoor heat shield.

Adjust the Leg Levellers

Lift the stove slightly so there is no weight on the leg while making the adjustment.

Attach the Damper Handle

Use the 1/4" -20 x 3" screw to attach the damper handle to the damper stub on the left side. Refer to the chart on page 35 for hardware sizes.

Attach the Primary Air Thermostat Handle

The primary air thermostat handle is the smaller of the two black handles. Secure the handle to the stub on the right side of the stove with an 8-32 x 2" slot head machine screw. (Fig. 19)

NT

DEFIA

ST540

Fig. 19 Attach the thermostat handle.

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Vermont Casting 1910, 0968 installation instructions Assembly