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Yes, sad but true. Weird, but I just sat here with the heater on for three hours or so and it worked fine, then just cut out for no apparent reason. I'll try to reposition the thermocouple though. Thanks for all the advice, all.

I just bought a new Atwood G6A-7 for my 1985 New Horizon. The old one blew out on one of the welds, so I figured it was better to replace than try to fix. It looks like everything hooks up much like the old one, propane, water, etc. But, has anybody figured out an easy way to go from the stock grey plastic pipe to something that's easy to find, say at Home Depot? I just have the hot water line plugged at this point. Thanks a lot in advance. I'm already glad I found this forum.

Thanks for all the info. The furnace is a DuoTherm 66117-006. It definitely has a pilot light, with a sparker on the side to light it. I'm assuming the thermocouple is the cylindrical thing that sticks into the bottom of the pilot. It's sitting in the bottom edge of the flame, but seems like it ought to be hot enough to detect the flame. The fan runs great, and I can's see any holes in the metal burner plate. It seems to work like it should, i.e. the fan comes on, then the gas kicks on after a few seconds. It's actually been working better lately, so maybe it's fixing itself. Always nice when that happens. The thermostat seems to work fine too. I'll run it more today and see what happens. Thanks again.

Thanks for the input. I thought it might be a bad regulator, since it looks old and is probably the original. The flame from the stove seems fine though, steady and blue. When the furnace goes out, it's usually while running, and both the burner and the pilot go out. Is the pilot required to keep the burner going while it's on? I just assumed once it was lit it would stay lit until shut off. Thanks.

Hi all, I'm the proud owner of a 1985 New Horizon. Had it about three months, and it's been fun. Some wrinkles to iron out, but that's to be expected. I've been in some cold country of late, and I can't seem to get the furnace to run consistently. I can get pilot to light, stay on, and fire up the furnace. But sometimes it will just randomly cut out while burning. Or, when it shuts off from the thermostat, that will make the pilot light go out too. Those seem to be the two main instances. The gasket on the little door in front of the pilot was trashed, so I replaced that. Before I did that, the pilot was blowing out every time the furnace kicked on, presumably because of a draft. Could that still the problem? It seems odd that it will sometimes cut out while in full burn mode. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hi all, I'm the proud owner of a 1985 New Horizon. Had it about three months, and it's been fun. Some wrinkles to iron out, but that's to be expected. I've been in some cold country of late, and I can't seem to get the furnace to run consistently. I can get pilot to light, stay on, and fire up the furnace. But sometimes it will just randomly cut out while burning. Or, when it shuts off from the thermostat, that will make the pilot light go out too. Those seem to be the two main instances. The gasket on the little door in front of the pilot was trashed, so I replaced that. Before I did that, the pilot was blowing out every time the furnace kicked on, presumably because of a draft. Could that still the problem? It seems odd that it will sometimes cut out while in full burn mode. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hi all, I'm the proud owner of a 1985 New Horizon. Had it about three months, and it's been fun. Some wrinkles to iron out, but that's to be expected. I've been in some cold country of late, and I can't seem to get the furnace to run consistently. I can get pilot to light, stay on, and fire up the furnace. But sometimes it will just randomly cut out while burning. Or, when it shuts off from the thermostat, that will make the pilot light go out too. Those seem to be the two main instances. The gasket on the little door in front of the pilot was trashed, so I replaced that. Before I did that, the pilot was blowing out every time the furnace kicked on, presumably because of a draft. Could that still the problem? It seems odd that it will sometimes cut out while in full burn mode. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.