cleaning mr.buddy 1 heater?

[Iceman Cometh]

my mr. buddy 1 heater, (not the buddy lite or the mr. buddy "double" 2 heaters), won't light--does anyone happen to know what I might clean to get it to light?

[surflizard]

Are you getting spark at the igniter ? Can you smell gas when you open the valve ? My igniter quit on my old buddy, had to use a grill lighter to fire it up. I had a spider nest in it once and cleaned it out with compressed air.  Good luck

[duck doctor]

I had a mouse nest in mine. I pulled 3 dead mice out of it and had a hell of a time with it after. It would not stay lit.  To clea it, take a q-tip with rubbing alcohol on it and put it down the pilot tube. then take the burner out of it and vacum it out. It is a little work but it mine is running like new again!

[Iceman Cometh]

thanks for the info--I let it sit for 2 years--it won't spark, but I do smell gas. I couldn't get it to light with a grill lghter though--I'll try to clean it--really missed it last winter

[zamboni]

I am thinking about getting a Rubbermaid tote to stick my Buddy heaters in to keep the spiders and earwigs out. They screw things up inside them big time.

[daltonweaver3]

Mine fits perfectly inside one of those buckets that Fresh Step cat litter comes in.