Coleman northstar running on kerosene

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  1. Mr cod

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    Found this one at a car boot sale for the grand sum of ten pounds, cheap enough for experimentation.
    It was well used ,scruffy with some paint loss so I went about giving it a good clean and removing the unwanted parts, I stripped it down to component parts, replaced the viton o ring on the plastic pick up tube , the pump cup was changed to a leather one, the heat shield was removed and the upright spark igniter removed. The original generator was used and a preheat cup fitted, the last thing was to fill it with keresene and fit a mantle ,I used a Chinese copy of a Coleman 111, after preheating it fired right up, I've run it for about 4 hours now and quite happy with the way it runs

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    Great find, and restauration :clap:
     
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    That was a good deal!:thumbup::thumbup:
     
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    Thank you, @Mr cod .

    I might try that with my beaten up Northstar.

    Tony
     
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    great job :lol: :D/
     

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