Gotcha. Thank you both. I did not monkey too much with the internals, but did clean the outside up. The valve passes air completely fine, but I...
I have started tear down and cleaning/polishing of the slant. The vent isn’t right, and most likely is a total loss. It’s pretty beat. It doesn’t...
Not sure what I did, but let the pressure out, pumped up again, and now it’s all bright white and nice. [ATTACH]
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Well, had an airleak at the neck of the pump where it threads into the fount, and got that solved. Burned a bit, and then generator clogged. I...
I am waiting on a ball nut, gasket for fuel cap, and a packing for the valve as the graphite string packing is shot. Got it all looking as good...
Just sharing some photos of progress so far. I hope the pump works right, as well as the gas intake tube to valve. That tube looks a bit mangled....
Best of luck in searching. I also have others out there that keep their eyes open for my interests, and I theirs.
Thank you very much. My guess is there was a third in this group at the antique store with the green enamel vent on it which was purchased before...
I pulled them from a small antique dealer at a shop in town where I live. First 2 of this vintage I have ever seen in person, and I have been to...
My recent 427 is all apart and being worked on, and what I think is a 220 slant is next. The vent with the Coleman embossing was on the slant, and...
Got it apart yesterday after placing it in a jig I made with my workmate table to hold the fount steady. Some serious varnishing on the base, and...
Thanks. So just to confirm, it’s essentially a very very deep well socket?
Picked up a couple nice ones today, for my first foray into the early lantern market. I am solid on the 50's and up stuff, but figured I would...
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