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No problem John, although I was beginning to have visions of having to locate and dig up a buried oil tank. By the way, thanks to all of you for your help. You guys have been very helpful.

Even with 35% in fuel savings, it might be a poor economical choice to replace that furnace. The new furnace might only last 15-20 years and have to be replaced yet again - and new furnace installations will only get more expensive with time. He would be better off to accept the low efficiency of the furnace, which will last, essentially, forever, and put money into making his home more efficient in other ways. Jim / Howard, Absolutely, I agree. Better to spend the money on improving the house's efficiency, thereby resulting in a lower fuel bill each month. You guys are right, it's a simple, reliable furnace that should run for many more years.

Thanks John. 1964 make perfect sense, but are you saying that it is an oil furnace? Is that what "AGH" stands for? If so, that's interesting as it currently runs on natural gas. Is it common to see furnaces converted from oil?

Hello, Could anyone please supply info on my furnace? It looks old and if I had to guess I'd say it was from the mid 1960's (The house was built in 1965). Brand: Airco Model: 100-AGH Serial: 9D-24 Manufactured in Vancouver British Columbia Manufactured by: Mitchell Manufacturing Ltd. I tried to use the website with the "database of decoding serial numbers", but I wasn't able to figure mine out.