So being in recovery mode stuck in the house I decided to try a fix my buddy Mr. Heater. It was to a point of fix or junk it .
The pilot was dim and the unit would shut off after a few minutes. I tried other things I read or watched online but nothing seemed to actually fix the problem so today was the day.
First let me say , mine is the yellow one. I've researched and found the yellow ones are a lowes only exclusive. The videos I watched about dismantling were either green or red.
I can attest, the yellow one was nothing like taking apart the others, it was a nightmare.
They put so many screws in so many hard to get places I wonder what guiness designed this thing.
Anyway,
After taking every fuel line off and blowing them out , taking the pilot nozzle off , it was debris in the nozzle that caused my issue.
Some carb cleaner and torch tip cleaners cleared the nozzle. Next was to put the puzzle back together, another not so easy feat.
At least now it got saved from the trash pile of this world and works as it should again.
My only attributes to the cause I can think were due to not using a filter on the " first generation " hose when I ran off a bbq tank. Back then they were not selling the " green " hose that wouldn't degrade and clog your nozzles.
Lessons learned.