Mine's likely an Australian or Canadian model as it doesn't seem to have the Bulgarian/French instruction placard riveted on the collar. It has...
Is there any lighting instructions for the 238B?
Would be nice if I can find a colemax manometer, would compliment the 238B nicely.
For a moment I thought it was a solder job at a glance to patch a leak, either way, should do a leak test pressurized in a water bath, check for...
Are those hard to source?
The valve wheel should be facing directly opposite from the center post/screw of the fount, complete 180.
Actually, now that I see this diagram, I thought the image in another older thread was a fluke. The manometer seen in this photo in the thread...
Arrow pointing down is open and the cleaning needle is retracted. Arrow pointing up is closed and the cleaning needle is extended through the...
Well ain't that something, is that a petromax manometer I spot in the diagram? That's something I never noticed on my time researching what I...
Chances are, you probably need to get a new carb/vaporizer along with a new jet/nipple. On some chinese made model, I've had new jets still weep...
So I was blessed with such opportunity to come across a Coleman '51 238B and it's currently in transit to my possession the coming week. At a...
An advice to you after lighting, remove the module and wipe clean. This ensures the plastic and electricals doesn't fail overtime from heat and...
the connection between the jtube in mixing chamber is not the problem as those parts are brass on brass. It's the mixing chamber and nozzle that...
Steel has a different thermal coefficient than brass, it expands more than brass and brass being soft will get stretched with subsequent use....
I too admittedly prefer the dark brown look over the blue and I use the color as a quick glance gauge of an age of a petromax when I'm hunting...
Brown was never the original color for petromax, they too were originally blue from the factory but materials used caused it to darken with age I...
Ideally yes, you want to hold pressure for the rapid preheater. The spring ensures the foot valve is resting and seated on pickup and the pressure...
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