Beware of using olive oil or any other vegetable oils on pump leather. They all contain oleic acids that rot the leather and they are hygroscopic...
@ColinG , did you remove the needle from the fuel-air pick-up tube in the fount and block off the air holes? Paraffin has a higher viscosity than...
They tend to leak where the U-tube joins the air tube. A tiny smear of muffler cement around the outside of the venturi where it fits into the...
It may be for an LP gas heater. The hole in the side could be for a piezo ignitor?
Will it fit on a Petromax?
@Tony Press , It is easiest to dry outside (in a netting enclosure) during winter in an area with summer rainfall where the winters are cold and...
@Tony Press , Good to see some traditional Afrikaner delicasies there in Tassie:clap:. How did you go about drying it, Tony? Next, maybe...
Shipping cost to South Africa would be prohibitive, I suspect.
Like they say on CCF : It'll buff out. :lol:
Nah, it's just resting. Remarkable lamps, those...
It helps to have the fount full to the brim when installing a new mantle. Full pressure after just a few pump strokes.
I have not encountered one with the outer thread here in SA. The Radius 119 was available here both pre-war and post-war, judging by the Ltd or...
So the outer thread on the control body is not used it seems. Very interesting. Almost like these parts were intended for more than one type of...
They have a lead seal between the pricker control body and the fount bung. It looks like the complete bung and pick-up tube which are permanently...
Wow! Well done on a beautiful lamp!
+1 on the Copaslip which is the Molyslip brand of copper bearing grease. Spanjaard among others make a similar product and will work equally well....
@JonD , your Hipolito does not have a fuel valve, only a pricker control. The pricker is not intended to block the jet, it will only restrict it...
That is a very clever way of checking jets for wear and size!
Please post a photo showing it flaming outside the mantle.
You may still discover why they call it a Whump Stick ;):lol:
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