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Mods I made to my American Made Lil Tex ...
« on: October 07, 2017, 02:53:15 PM »

These were inspired by many posts in Pellethead's Technical section. The one that most inspired me was Zephyr's down draft mods. So first up my was my vision for a down draft:

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Re: Mods I made to my American Made Lil Tex ...
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2017, 03:07:26 PM »

My next mod was to tackle the issue of warping and heat retention, So I had a super flame shield made out of 3/16" thick SS. While I was at it I also had a SS drip pan and fire pot made.

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Everything worked out very well for me with these mods. Temp fluctuation evened out and more smoke on food.

I had one issue left which was getting nice steady burns at a low temp without flameouts. This was cured by the addition of the first generation Savannah Stoker controller. Very happy with this set up now.

I like seeing other's peoples mods as they inspire me.

Thank you



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Re: Mods I made to my American Made Lil Tex ...
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2017, 03:36:25 PM »

I like seeing other's peoples mods as they inspire me.


I have no doubt that you have inspired someone.   :clap:
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Re: Mods I made to my American Made Lil Tex ...
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2017, 05:38:37 PM »

Thanks! Nice to see the results of a persons mods..
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Re: Mods I made to my American Made Lil Tex ...
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2017, 12:51:53 PM »

I am jealous and in need of the 12 g ss heat shield and drip pan.   Going to cost about $250.    Then again that’s cheaper than the $2k for a timberline 1300.    Already did the fire pot.   Well worth it.

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Re: Mods I made to my American Made Lil Tex ...
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2017, 09:59:44 PM »

Great job Big Bear!   :clap:   :cool:

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Re: Mods I made to my American Made Lil Tex ...
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2017, 11:33:12 AM »

Very nicely done  :clap:
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