Blowing it out helped a little, but the pilot still isn't what I'd call "good"... enough to run the night, I hope. It's of course failsafe, but it was quite a surprise when I opened up to come out from the house.
What the hell causes this? I even got a fuel filter to put inline because of the BS with the torches last year, but apparently whatever is doing this is getting thru it.
The damage to the face was already there when I took it apart, I know I didn't do that, as after I broke it free, I unscrewed it the rest of the way by hand. It apparently isn't the issue because it has been running ~ ok and was perfectly fine a couple years ago when I last used it (way too powerful for the van).
Steve