Turning off pilots for gas stove?

Okay, how do I turn off the (two) pilots for the (four) cooktop burners on my Magee range/gas heater? I suppose I should leave the oven pilot on, for convenience' sake, or should I light that burner with a grill igniter, as I intend to do with the cooktop burners?

Thanks.

 

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You should not turn off the ovens pilot light. Leave it on so as not only for your usage convenience but it also helps keep moisture and condensation out of both the oven and broiler. Moisture, if and when present, will and/or can cause rusting and premature internal deterioration, etc.

The top burner constantly on pilots can be turned off. The tiny setscrews used to adjust the pilots flame size is or should be located on the main manifold pipe or underneath each pilot flames cup, just below the flame. One or both locations may be present.

Use a tiny tipped screw driver inserted into the hex nut at the end of the pilots aluminum tubing going from the pilots flame cup. Insert screw driver into the brass or bronze nut to shut of the pilots. Or set screw under pilot flames cup.

Use care and caution. The set screw may be difficult to turn initially. Stripping the slot in the set screw is possible. Be sure the correct size straight blade screw driver fits into the hex nuts slot.

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