I just fettled this Coleman 229 for my next door neighbour. It had been "sitting in the shed for 10 years". It will be well used now by his teenage son. Up and running in daylight: Next to a Coleman 214A-700: At night (without flash): At night with Coleman 214A-700 behind me: I had to replace the O-ring on the NRV. The NRV was set firm and wouldn't budge with a very big screwdriver. Kerry460 had kindly offered to let me use his NRV remover, but I managed to get hold of one at a very good price. I note the advice about regularly replacing the control O-ring, which I will do as soon as I can get one. The lamp itself has had a hard life, and is not as straight as it should be, but I thought it best to leave as is seeing that it is a user. It's not a lantern that I would add to my own collection. Cheers Tony
Nice job Tony. I wasn't interested in Colemans' at all when I first got into lamps all those months ago. I haven't any Coleman lanterns but I do have a few table lamps and heaters. The fact is, I find them very user friendly with the R55 generator. I haven't got a Coleman pump but I just use my compressor and pump the tank and they are a joy.
I also wasn't drawn to coleman at first. However the more I experimented with lamps the more I came to respect them. And now I own a 'number'' of them, both kerosene and dual fuel. One of my dual fuel models was my first choice in a recent blackout!
11 years later I just did a service on this lantern. I needed to replace the check valve O-ring (again). But it works fine now. Cheers Tony
Makes sense the O-rings might need a redo after 11 years. My 229 is from 2005 brand new (coppery bronze finish on fount) and used a few times. In 2024 I changed the o-ring on the valve control shaft. Always a bit anxious with these ones to keep them in good repair. @Tony Press
