Whirlpool 30 " Eye-Level Gas Range Installation Instructions Manual - Page 18

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To Convert Oven Bake Burner (Natural Gas to LP Gas)

1. Remove the oven racks and the oven door. See the "Oven

Door" section.

2. Remove 2 screws and washers at the rear of the oven

bottom.

3. Lift the rear of the oven bottom up and back until the front of

the panel is away from the front frame. Remove from oven

and set it aside on a covered surface.

A. Screws

B. Oven bottom

4. Remove 2 screws from the bake burner.

5. Slide the front of the bake burner to the side to remove tab

from front of oven. Lift the back of the bake burner off the

oven orifice, and set the bake burner aside. Do not

disconnect the wire.

A. Bake burner

B. Screws

A. Oven orifice

6. Apply masking tape to the end of a ³⁄₈" (1 cm) nut driver to

help hold the gas orifice spud in the nut driver while changing

it. Press nut driver down onto the gas orifice spud and

remove by turning the Natural gas bake burner orifice spud

counterclockwise to remove. The spud will be stamped with a

"47."

7. Replace the "47" spud with a "56" spud. Install the LP gas

bake burner orifice spud, turning it clockwise until snug.

IMPORTANT: Do not overtighten.

8. Position the back of the bake burner over the oven orifice,

and align the holes for the screws.

9. Reattach the bake burner with 2 screws.

10. Position the front of the oven bottom panel toward the front

frame and lower the rear of the oven bottom panel into the

oven.

11. Reattach the oven bottom panel with 2 screws and

2 washers.

To Convert Oven Broil Burner (Natural Gas to LP Gas)

1. Remove the 1 screw from the broil burner.

2. Remove the flame spreader.

3. Remove the broil burner from the broil burner orifice hood.

NOTE: The broil burner will hang in the back of the oven while

you are changing the orifice hood.

A. Broil burner

B. Flame spreader

C. Screws

D. Orifice hood

4. Apply masking tape to the end of a ³⁄₈" (1 cm) nut driver to

help hold the gas orifice spud in the nut driver while changing

it. Press nut driver down onto the gas orifice spud and

remove by turning the Natural gas broil burner orifice hood

counterclockwise to remove. The hood will be stamped with

a "155."

A. Orifice spud