hello all I am going to present you some of my Tito landi's storm lamps. These are not really pressure lamps because they have no pump but they need to be preheated. You can have a good idea of the running process on this page. http://lumiara.perso.neuf.fr/lumiara/en/titusen.htm M Ara Explains very clearly and better than I could do. moderators will have to sort this in the good category, thanks. here is the first one : Tito landi n° 42. this one is a 120 CP gasoline lamp from circa 1935. This 42 appears in a 1938 catalogue i have. To have the lamp running you need a little fork which is fitted on the top of the burner in order to hold the mantle and a alcohol preheater fork. The small tip is helpfull to clean the carbon which appears in the jet after a while.You also need a wick in good shape and a mantle (very hard to find nowadays) the process of preheating is simple. You lift the glass cage and slip the burning alcool preheating fork in contact with the burner. After 1 or 2 minutes, you can hear the gasoline vapor spraying out from the jet, than, you can light the mantle by the top of the glass.
Often you don't even need to light these from the top. Sometimes they just light themselves a bit before the meths of the fork is about to expire. But if I see that the lamp won't come on "by itself", I just lift out the fork and hold it to top of the lamp to let the last flickering flames of it ignite the lamp.
Fantastic! - first time I've ever seen the mantles. Now, I know what it is I have to replicate to get my lamps running...
Yes, that is a very interesting question Nils rises! The upright gas mantles look the same, and is also what I use for my Tito´s with good result, but I think they must be quite a bit larger than the real deal for these lamps.
Hi, Here are a bunch of different sizes of "upright gas mantles". As you can see - the Aladdin (similar to what you can buy today) and Tito Landi mantles have the same height, but the Tito Landi mantle is more "slim" and with a more close fabric. /Conny
Yes, Tito landi's mantles are slim. If you want to use Aladdin's mantles, try to find this kind of burner (the left one) Here is an aladdin mantle with this kind of burner fitted on a N°3 bis
Sorry, i did not understood Hum, for the 42 that is more difficult, but who knows perhaps tomorrow, I'll have a look
I am weak. I just made a deal with a seller for a No. 42 lantern here in the U.S. It has two very small holes in the tank that will be easy to mend. (The vent hole on the bottom is fine) I'll have a replacement chimney made and be grinning soon. I'm a junky for sure.
