@Lighthouse The preheater is an original Tilley item, it’s basically the same as the self filling ones as below. The difference with the one on...
I thought that was RTFM David?:lol:
You need to burn in the mantle, but they won’t form the proper shape until you pressurise the lamp and light it. Some people burn off the mantle...
@Pitsmoor Col The metal ring is off what Tilley called a “Happy Mantle” chances are you are fitting a mantle with string at the top and bottom....
Here we are, I took the vapourisers and burners off so we can see the main parts easier. I can't really see much different between the two of...
@Anthony There's no shortage of Al15's around here, maybe not fully complete ones but still.:lol::lol: Then there's the Al16 two Al15a's and the...
@Anthony Perhaps this one is from the change over, when they started fitting the wide rim but hadn’t yet done away with the brass button.:-k...
Glad you all like it, it’s up there as one of my personal favourites of all my collection. @Anthony Unfortunately when I got it the pump had...
@Henry Plews Thank you, yes that’s what I was looking for, I should have looked a little harder.:lol:
@Mackburner Neil, I seem to remember a picture of probably an Al21 with a square shutter arrangement on the front. Not the tri-colour one but...
Aahhhh, you better start running if you’re going to post that on here.:lol::lol::lol:
Now that’s interesting, I thought the screwed inserts looked good where the wing nuts go and those pics confirm that they are factory especially...
A nice example of an Al10, has the brass button on the pricker control. I'm not sure if the hood, reflector, mica shade or a combination of those...
This is my short version Al11. Come off the railways, having not had a hard life judging by the reasonable condition. Note the early features on...
This looks to have quite a few differences to any of the early Al11 variations I’ve seen. Tank, looks like it’s brass? from where the paint is...
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@Tony Press Is it just me, but I can’t see how the tank/fount of one of these lamps would fit into that. You can see the burner hood and where...
@paul m Too late, it’s all gone now. Thought you were supposed to be on holiday, what happened?:lol:
Day 1 of our lockdown. Went into work yesterday (garage), but we have now closed down. Luckily over night the DVSA has decided Mots due on or...
@Alex74 From what I can see it looks like it’s in pretty good condition. I’d clean it as it is in one piece, the seals for the control cock and...
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