| Oven Pilot in '58
I'm checking out the oven before turning on the gas to see if things really do work. There are no pilots on the top burners (I guess that explains the cast iron hopper of kitchen matches) but inside the oven about 2" away from the oven burner is an 1/8" aluminum tube with a brass ferrule on the end, nothing fancy. I'm used to seeing pilot and thermocouple but no, just tube. I looked at the back of the Robershaw oven knob and there are obvious gas supply inlet, supply to burner line, and small copper "wire" that goes to the thermostat bulb in the top of the oven.
Is there something missing, or is this the setup. Do I just light the flame at the end of the pilot tube and it stays on until I shut off the gas? Oh, I should mention that there is no "pilot" setting on the oven knob.
I'd give you the model/make but there is nothing. It's white with grey flecked interior/three burner top, with stainless top that holds the cast iron rings.
Any clues?
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