Recently I acquired a Veritas P350. The generator, burner, air tube and valve assembly were all clean. Oiling the pump leather and a new washer on the filler cap enabled me to light it without any real problems. There is only one issue an that is that there is a quite a leak at the valve control once the the valve is opened. Here is a picture of the valve stem: Compared to a 220C valve stem, my P350 valve does have the graphite packing and a second brass bushing. There is only an O-ring and a wider brass bushing. I have added a Coleman graphite packing and it reduces the leak, but does not completely solve the leak. Does anybody know what the P350 valve stem should look like? Thanks! Dion
Adding a smaller Coleman brass bushing and a graphite packing did the trick. As the control knob is glued/molded onto the valve stem, I had to pry out the snap ring first to be able to slide the bushing on the valve stem.
