I feel for ya Demon. Glad it was a fairly easy fix. Last year...on the coldest day...our oil fired furnace puked into the box and onto the floor. Needed to replace the whole thing including the burner. Luckily had some knowledgeable help and got it done in 2 days. Pretty costly too and was only 15 years old.
Luckily it was a Weil Mclain unit and after contacting them they covered 50% ($1100) of the furnace cost!!! Must have been some kind of defect. Would have never known until a friend mentioned he had similar issue so if you have a Weil Mclain furnace keep that in mind.