I ha ve changed the vaporizer and the lamp is working great the old vaporizer looks in good condition so I am puzzled as to why they go wrong....
Thanks for your help the lamps are like women you love them but you have to put up with their nonsense Boater
That's what I thought just wanted to see if I missed anything else I have spare vaporizers I will let you know if I get a result when I LIGHT IT...
Hi I have a vapulux lamp that I have fitted a new mantle on instead of popping and burning a gas it just has flames I have used it for a few years...
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, BOATER JOHN
Hi when I pressure pumped my tilley tank,I could see paraffin bubbling up the indicator I have used a glue with a hardener and this has stopped...
Hi to you all thanks for the replies you have given me one or two ideas. regards boater john
hi,i have a leak coming from my pressure indicator rod on my tilley lamp tank, it looks like the indicator rod is stuck, any ideas on stopping it...
Thanks for all the advise shall take it on board
Hi can anyone give me some advise on polishing the brass on my lamps and stoves I have the use of a friends dremel and I have a gritty soap .any...
Hi I have a x246a lamp that I have been given, what size and type washer do I need to fit on the bottom of the vapourizer where it threads into...
Hi bj thanks for the info will try that soon, I soaked the new leather washer in oil,it was bigger than the one i took out, i have put the old...
[ATTACH] vapalux with new brass hood top from shed man and brass tank from nightingale and other lamps from a camp last week Boater John [ATTACH]...
Hi i have been given a tilley 246a I have changed the washers on the pump but cannot get the lamp to pressurize,using the pump from another...
Hi Al thanks for the information ,It is a good job I asked as I didn't know about soaking them in oil . many thanks Boater
Hi is there a right way and a wrong way to strip the pump on a x246a tilley as i need to replace the cup washer and the vapourizer washers ,as...
That would be great, I would love to get this lamp working again ,John
thanks for your help I have been looking for another tank for a while now but with no look so far.I have been given a tilley x246a but i am not...
I bought a Vapalux lamp on e.Bay after pumping it up the base of the tank split my friend who lives in another part of the country brazed it for...
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