Hi

On our last journey out we noticed that the fins on the front panel of the Truma heater in our Troll 540 are all broken on the seat side.
Has anybody had this problem, and have they fixed it. Leisure First quoted £150 for a reconditioned panel, so I’d rather try to solder/braze them myself.
Looking for any tips or tricks first though.
Thanks in advance.

I'd probably try to make a little spacer to go between the fins at the ends to keep them lined up?

A recurring problem on these new-style fire fronts.

A new fire front for your S5004 is £180 from Leisureshopdirect.

I sorted out the same problem for a customer last year and had the fins spot-welded by a friend for beer money.

I can’t spot weld as I don’t have the kit, but do you think if I cleaned off the paint with a Dremel, then soldered a thin steel strip below the broken parts that would solve it? On that particular fine the centre spot weld has gone too. The kids that are broken have literally split in two, it’s the same on all of them.

Hi, I’ve looked at the panel, and the broken lugs are behind a metal panel so I should be ok. I’ve also got some black oven paint for our log burner at home which is a very close match.

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The kids that are broken have literally split in two, it’s the same on all of them.

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I have drilled @ screwed/secured every vain, cannot be seen from the front. No spray or touch up required. Spot weld on 90% of mine had gone !!!!

just for future fixes do you think a pop-rivet would also suffice?

Very small pop rivet !!

Ha, kids was meant to be lugs, don’t know how autocorrect got that.

Hi, Finally solved it. I took the front panel off, folded a thin strip of steel, slightly longer on the lower part to provide more support. I then fitted this folded strip either side of the fin lugs by feeding it in from the back. I then used a pencil blowtorch and soldered the strips in place. It is now far more solid than when I got it, and as the black paint on the fins is heat resistant, there was no damage to the paint either. Really pleased with the results, and you would never know from the front.