Ok, end of story, no lamp, when I woke up this morning my bid still was highest. After about ten minutes the lamp was reserved, it appeared the...
YES! In the end it came off. I used two pliers indeed, but I screwed the smaller one holding the axle in a vise in order to fix it steadily. And...
Absolutely, and a piece of leather around the knob but in the end I didn't dare to use more force. And my experience when working on old cars and...
I do understand it should be best to fix the packing box but, so far I have not succeeded in removing the knob. Getting loose bolts and or nuts...
I think I do not have to worry after your last answer. I did check everything, and I am only glad someone is trying to help, thanks. I cleaned...
Hi @podbros Just red your answer, switched off the lamp now but in my opinion it was still burning very well, stedy. And it looks like the red...
And burning now, but I am not 100% satisfied , a few more questions. I have changed all seals and rubber props I could find. But I stopped in...
Thanks @podbros , I found out it should unscrew, but it seems impossible so far. I will give it another try tomorrow. Are you sure it is plastic,...
I tried to test the lamp yesterday, without a mantle and it went very well. One small failure though, a very little drop of fuel through the...
Looks like the paint on the hood in your picture could be the same or like Henry. But no paint on the tank, looks like brass. And no butterfly...
The day after. I gave the tank a good rub using car cleaner and elbowsteam. It seemed the tank had some sort of carspray on it. No one around here...
Maybe hard to see on the pictures but it definitely is not blue, as said some sort of light green. And I wonder Gary, how can you be so sure about...
Thanks Chris, about the paint, the whole tank is in the same green color as shown on the pump in the third picture. And even the bottom of the...
Hello, the postman came today, he brought a Tilley lamp, what else. In the advertisement my eye fell on the pump knob, I think you guys in...
[IMG] The picture is not very good, but it is a Max Sievert model L. I wonder if anyone might have information or dokumentation about this...
Thanks Jeff!
Hello, just to be sure, is there a difference between the black hood for a Tilley X246, the Guardsman and the later X246B? Regards, Ton.
I wonder, did those Happy Mantles have some sort of spring function? The one I have is very solid, once I should have managed getting it over the...
Hi there, I came over my first Tilley lamp not so long ago, a Guardsman round 1955. I am working on pressure lamps for many years now and got...
Now I have finished mine, no big problems, she is going very silent and without any smell. One thing though, even I am human, showing the best...
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