Had a lovely day with this lantern . Biggest problem was the pump NRV ,I made a tool out of a bit of ST/Steel tubing Squashed the end up till it fit over the valve top. I had to do this as it failed the dunk test .David was going to suggest a mantle when he had time ,but gave me a rough idea what I was looking for .It was an old one with my spares , looked like a parachute when fitted. It is still probably the wrong one as it appears to give off external blue flame ,certainly keeps the vapouriser hot .
It's come up a treat and looks like it's just come out of the box. I don't wish to take away any satisfaction you may have but don't be surprised if it misbehaves the next time you play with it. They can be very fickle (some more than others) as everyone, who owns a SUPERB will tell you. Happy lamping, Henry.
Thank you Peter and Henry . I did notice that it takes a longish time to shut down so may be it might wax up a bit more often. Reading the reference lots I think this is a 1954 model? I think it looks and burns like a good un! well pleased thanks
Few observations next day so quick to light ? Lit and it sprung into life straight away ,can only think residual fuel in top side of vapouriser, it then died away , let the meths burn some more ,few pump strokes open up and it worked fine, so quick to light (small amount of meths,) If there is left over fuel top end ( unburned ) over a period of time ,hence the unfavourable reports , it takes quite a while to shut down. Try again today will burn off any fuel first. , leave for a while and light again ! .
No doubt in my mind there is residual fuel left behind when shutting down lantern . This could cause ( A ) a bad forming of the mantle . ( B ) fuel gumming up the works if left for a certain ( unknown ) amount of time .. As they say! In my humble opinion. Its the quickest start up I have seen for a Kero lamp.
Michael, I doubt that residual fuel will cause bad forming of the mantle. I do agree about the fuel going stale though, so when I know that I'm not going to use a particular lantern for some time, after releasing all pressure, I simply open the valve and allow any remaining fuel to drain back into the tank. Some tanks, particularly those on Coleman petrol lamps, cannot be drained completely from the filler because of their design, so I use a suction pump to suck out the last dregs. Henry.
