I recently acquired an antique lamp from a garage sale the other day and wanted to get it up and running because I can't just let it be a cool item to look at. It seems that all I'm missing are the mantles (easily replaced) and the Pump assembly. I'm having an incredibly difficult time sourcing a new pump and I'm hoping opening up my search to others will get some good results. Much thanks!
Welcome, @Adam Lemke. I’m not an expert in these lanterns, but I’m sure someone will come along with advice. I do have some info on the “Hawthorne” lanterns, but I can’t access it at the moment as I am travelling remotely. I’ll get back to you when I can. Cheers Tony
AGM begat Queen Stove begat King-Seeley begat Thermos. You need to take a picture inside the pump tube so that the check valve at the bottom is visible. AGM and its successors used a couple different styles of check valve/pump rod set ups. Once you have the photo go to the Coleman Collector's Forum and ask for help. Someone there may well have a spare.
Ok, so there's a Coleman part that should work for this, I just have to get the right information. Thank you so much!
Welcome from me as well. I thought that it did look a bit like a Coleman lantern, but as I'm a newbie at this I didn't want to stick my neck out.
I'm doing a post on the Coleman forum as well but I wanted to put it here because two forums are better than one. Not sure what this tiny ring is for but I had to gently knock it loose with a chopstick.
Lovely lanterns, them. Unfortunately for me, I'm a lightweight when it comes to gasoline/petrol as I only really use mine indoors for the most part and I ain't entertaining or indulging distillates in that respect. Good luck in restoring and getting it running though!
@Adam Lemke There is an example of your lantern on Terry Marsh’s website: AGM, King Seeley, & Thermos lanterns – 3 – later models Cheers Tony @Sedgman
Huh, so they just took off the AGM Kamplite badge and made it a King-Seeley Model RL-32C. Honestly AGM had it right with the naming scheme, much smoother off of the tongue.
@Muzzleflash, same here. Without an outdoor space of our own, I only have my oily lampses litted inside.
@Adam Lemke You misunderstood. You need an AGM pump. Coleman has a separate part, called the air screw, a square rod with a threaded, pointed end that screws into the check valve to make a positive air seal. The rod rides inside the pump shaft that you move in and out to pump up the lantern. AGM used that arrangement, but also used a model that had the threaded, pointed piece made as the bottom end of the pump shaft. You need to know which kind your lantern had to get the right AGM part. Like this forum, the Coleman Collector's Forum is not limited to only discussing Coleman products, they cover all GPAs. Unlike this forum they mix lanterns, lamps and stoves on one forum.
Ah, thank you for the clarification. I've already got some replies on the Coleman page so I'm hoping to have an answer soon.
