Agree! So much easier to use than Tilleys, well at least in my experience.
Needed a new pump washer, font cleanout and a new check valve. Dont have the correct globe, using a 550 until I can source correct version....
Thanks @ROBBO55 , will do.
Thanks @Tony Press
Team, am just finishing rebuild of a nice 3/300 and found that its check valve no longer works. I have used an old style that I rebuilt with a new...
Thanks! No issues with square nut, recall that the 290 has the cage that the globe sits nicely in/on, kind of independent of the vent. The vent...
Tony, the whole bolt was rattling in around there. [ATTACH] I fashioned a magnetic picker to grip and push the bolt back through (took a while...
I'll take a lot and report back.
Thanks @Tony Press If I shake the burner assembly, I can hear what must be the top end of the bolt. To access, does the main or burner tubes...
Hi folks, picked up a CLX for a song, the only obvious issue is a missing thread for the nut to hold the vent secure. This is the preferred, IMHO,...
@Tony Press, Wishing you success!
Great work @presscall John! I’m rummaging through my shed as we speak to find a similar 290 and put it under the knife. :content: Cheers
Do you know if they were ever sold here or was it most likely an import? Never seen one in WA.
@Buckaroo , is that a Coleman 228 "big hat"?
Thanks @Tony Press , I'll give it a go.
Folks, have what appears to be a brass font on my Aladdin 1A: [ATTACH] My issue is the pump tube is leaking where it joins with font. Can this be...
[ATTACH] Today put the finishing touch, the globe, on my 1967 237. Font polished up nicely, dent free, though it's surface not perfect. Vent is...
Hi @Rangie, great job on getting it running again. I noticed this example and others like it don't appear to have a preheat cup. How to you heat...
@bonza sold my tilleys, to me not trusty at all. But my 639 beater is super trusty. Love firing that up in the bush. Cheers
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