Now you've done it Leo, were all going to start collecting spirit cans to clean up like yours as well as lamps..... :lol:
I handle too much lead already with my air rifle! :content:
I guess mine being a Chinese knock off probably has no seal at position 8 of your patent attachment as it will continue to empty all the contents...
Thanks Henry, I've found a strip of lead this afternoon on the bay site 15mm wide by 300mm long and Code 6 (2.65mm) thick, which should allow me...
I'm beginning to, no fully understand the comments made about the original and Chinese Petromax 829 being different. I've bought a full PX service...
Thanks WimVe. Maybe I'm not using it correctly!. I don't much like the design anyway as it is always open (Vented) so cant throw it into a bag so...
I'm at work so nowhere near my lamps and quickly looking to get a syringe with a blunt stainless needle for filling the spirit cup on my lanterns,...
So tried increasing the gap today, no real improvement, so then tried closing it to the 250CP gap on the setting tool and this has quietened the...
Left it overnight and it works just fine, so no need to go back to old brass piston plate.
I do like those glass chimneys, frosted except for the bit at the bottom.
A word of caution to anyone buying a new part 229 for an original PX or variant. My reassembly of my genuine Petromax 829 / 500CP has had to stop...
Made a copper coil from 1.5 / 6 mm wire, wrapped around a 3.2 mm terminal screwdriver, held in a battery drill and wound to give about 7mm spacing...
Assembled pump and refitted after first installing a new NRV and washer, hoping the outward tension on the leather from the spring drops off a bit...
Glad to be of help. I bought some for my MSR stoves and Coleman stove and dual fuel pressure lamp, I found out the hard way with the colemans...
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Thanks all, currently sitting in a small plastic pouch with 3 in 1 oil ready to be assembled tomorrow. Getting the old one off took some doing,...
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I've seen plenty of threads mentioning oiling the leather pump cup, but cant find any mention of exactly what oil to use. Can someone recommend...
Thanks for the replies. I spoke to the helpful people at base-camp whom said the straight sided type of J tube has been around for quite a while...
It's a brand new Chinese Petromax. It works, just this slight pulsing noticed. Currently trying a few J tube adjustments to see if it has any...
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