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Assembling the burner is fairly straightforward, and takes a few hours. Basically, these are the required steps: • Replace the Beckett retention head with the new one • Put the nozzle and the thermocouple in the block heater • Remove the “J” tube. It will be used as the air supply tube for the...

Step two: Obtain all of the parts needed for the burner conversion. I’ve listed the major parts below; things like wire, solder, crimp terminals, vent piping, tubing, brass fittings, etc. are not listed. 1. Pre-heater cartridge kit. This is a kit sold on Ebay by ckep1. He sells 2 kits...

Step one: Obtain a used oil furnace (or just the burner, if you already have an oil furnace). It needs to be a Beckett burner. I used a Beckett AF series in a 75k BTU Olsen downdraft furnace. I found that, with a little patience, good working used furnaces can be purchased for cheap ($150 or...

Suppliers: Everything for this conversion can be purchased from your local hardware store, and the following internet sites: McMaster-Carr www.mcmaster.com Ebay www.ebay.com Surplus Center www.surpluscenter.com I would provide part numbers but since most of the items were purchased off of ebay...

Winter is coming…and I am getting tired of wrenching on my rigs with gloves, a coat, and hat. I assume there are quite a few gearheads out there in the same boat as I am; access to lots of old oil, not a lot of access to $$, and willing to build something cool to produce heat. I just finished...