Laser 30 smells

[ctbale]

ok, I might have been premature on declaring the heat element good. on my OP I think I said that the 6 screws were loose on my 2nd disassembly. and they were loose on the 3rd, and on the 4th the burn matt glue mod was cracked. here is my latest theory. the heat element was/is deformed, more then it should be. When it got/gets hot it would change shape, changing in height, cutting the upper and lower gaskets and breaking the burn matt glue. might put a heat element 20479508, and of course new upper and lower gaskets and new screws 20478090 in. if that dont fix it, its going on craigslist!

[ctbale]

Its official!! The heat element was bent enuf that when it was heating and cooling there must have been movement in the heat chamber causing exhaust smell. Installed new gaskets and new heat element 20479508 and no more smell for two days now!!!! So if anyone is rebuilding theirs, I would stress to just replace it, because if you dont and it leaks, its a lot of time and money wasted re-buying the gaskets to build it up again.