Hi everyone, I was given two of these to restore, they are reletively easy to take apart, but on re-assembly both came up with faults. The first...
Wow! well done so far, its just as well that the hood cap is easily replaceable on these, and the lower part can be pickled in acid and polished....
Thanks guys, I had some acetone to hand so I emptied the font and used that to rinse with. What came out was this horrible black gritty stuff. I...
Tha whole lamp has been recently re-furbished and the tank sprayed. It may be worth pooring the fuel into a jar to check for anything...
I just replaced the suspect vapouriser with another and same synptoms. flame around the mantle, low power and red hot glow at the burner dome. So...
I did.... In a bit of a hurry, to stop the whole thing going into meltdown!!
Something that may confirm your theory is that the burner dome can be seen glowing red hot through the hood.
Sounds logical enough. I think I will try that before condeming a good vapouriser to the bin. I can use a hood assembly from a 310 wich works very...
Hi folks, After firing up a fully restored 300x, its still giving out little light and has dark patches on the mantle. This is after several...
I agree completely about keeping to the original appearance. On that note, I am about to finish restoring another 300x, a 1949 military one, and...
Thanks Ellie, Found on 'Greed Bay' mis-advertised as 'old tily lamp' and for collection only so had to arrange courier collection. At £10 I...
The brake cable would have been a better idea but I dont have one to hand. Another member suggested the coathanger a while back so thought I would...
Hi folks, here is another 300x just re-assembled after a thorough restoration as you can see from the before and after pictures, and not without...
:lol: Nice one! I like it. obviously I have much to learn! And that's where you guys come in. Olive oil now off the menu.
Thanks everyone, its more about performance than length of service, and this would depend on the quality of the leather initialy and how well it...
I found out since that the lower part of the hood is brass and turns black with the heat. A soak in the citric acid and then fine wire wool did...
I have a Tilley Guardsman, a Vapalux 310 and a Hipolito 502 and all of them get switched off in the same way by depressurising. I have sometimes...
On the subject of knobs, I just received a Vapalux 300x army spec and this has the old maroon knob with the white 'V'. There is no screw on the...
:thumbup: Thanks folks, just tried it, and it does unscrew like you said. The old washer simply crumbled,it had gone brittle like the rest, so a...
Finaly had a break in the weather and a chance to fire up the chrome Guardsman after its restoration and new seal kit. Faultless performance...
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