[Little Wenlock won't go low enough]

Great thanks. I've ordered some fire rope off ebay so will give this a try this week.

[Little Wenlock won't go low enough]

On 01/11/2018 at 18:50, Keeping Up said:

This is my third Little Wenlock(after 28 years) and neither of the previous two had the top air control. On this one it is a sliding metal plate and I wonder if a piece of debris has got underneath it to lift it clear of the fixed part or maybe even there's some rust. I did notice when I was lighting it  recently on a gusty day, occasionally with the blow-back while the kindling was smoking and everything was cold, that I did get a couple of puffs of smoke out of the top vent. The trouble is you can't get at it, even to inspect it let alone clean it, without completely dismantling the stove and I really don't want to do that. I think I'll get a length of the fireproof rope such as that which is used in the door seal, and see what happens if I stuff it into the top vents. 

Hi Allan, Jus came across your post about the little wenlock and sounds like the exact same issue that i am facing. the fire burns out very quickly and appears to be excessive amount of air even with the bottom wheel fully closed. noticed from some other comments that this is probably by design for being a SE burner but wanted to know did your workaround of using fire rope help resolve the issue ? do you mean the 2 slits on either side of the vent lever ? how did you fix the rope to the burner ? any help would be gratefully appreciated as its quite frustrating at the moment as we are getting through a lot of logs every evening. thanks