At some time in its life it has been dropped, the font has been dented in. Any suggestions on how to straighten it or should i just leave it. Usually i just fettle until it is a going item. I do like the characteristics of a lantern with a past. Open for ideas.
@Darryl Durdin Seeing that this is a replaceable item I would do the following: 1. Put the brass fuel control block back into the tank. 2. With the tank upside down, place lock the control block into a vise using leather to stop the brass getting chewed by the vise. 3. Gently pull the tank away from the dent until the control block sits approximately upright in the correct position. I’ve done this on a few (replaceable) tanks and it’s worked very well each time. Cheers Tony
Also the tank smells of parrafin, 242B is it shellite or kero, there was no preheater cup. Also theneddle cock is hard to remove i havent forced the issue with it as dont want to break it. The fuel valve stem dose that com apart. as it feels like a small movement on the top part
242B is a gasoline Instant-Lite lantern. It may run on kero but probably won't like it much. ::Neil::
Neil's right. As a rule, the difference between a 242 gasoline and a 247 and 249 kerosene is the generator/vaporizer. And of course, the lack of a pre heater cup. They are easy to convert from gasoline to kerosene, but I would leave well enough alone. These are great little lanterns.
@Darryl Durdin G'day Darryl, I had the same question answered in this post. 1938 Coleman 242B Needle Mechanism Question
Apologies in advance if this is a dumb question, but are you sure there's a bend in the font? I've seen some very strange angles and curves on old lanterns, and the uniformity of it makes me wonder if it's not just fine.
Hi there, it appeared to be dropped at some time, it had a definite kink. But as i had a discussion with tony, once it was heated and cooled the tank went back to near original shape.
I’ve have straightened this type of problem by filling half with water, freezing it to get a solid bottom then completely fill it and freezing. Being careful and watching the expansion do its thing and stopping it before it goes to far by running warm water over it. Just a thought.
