Hey TD, nice find and a very good price :thumbup: As you mentioned the shabby look, I would say its got a history there. My Petromax looks the...
Nils, it has not been used much. One reason would be that the needle was bent inside the jet (not seated properly) and would not function properly...
As found in a flea market today. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I started dismantling the vaporizing tube as I...
Hey firebug, the pumps show up regularly on Ebay so you wont have a hard time finding one for your lamp. Ron
Wonderful work Stu :thumbup: Your getting quite adept at the conversion. Let me see what I can think of that may need conversion :lol: I will...
Hey listertru ks what model coleman do you have? Yes, the older colemans and table lamps have an external pump. I have the coleman 129 table lamp...
Dont know about the age of the Aida lamp but marvel at them because you can light it with the rapid preheater or alcohol. Ron
Steve, nice lamp and good to hear you got it going :thumbup: and now the restoration begins :doh: Ron
The greenish color residue may indicate it is a carbide lamp. I have two carbide lamps and both came with that kind of residue. If so opposite to...
Well, I could not wait so I ordered the parts from Britlyt to get my rapid preheater working. After making sure that the inner fuel vaporizer jet...
Oh Wow! I have seen one of those the past month or so on ebay. Too much for my wallet so I passed. Thanks for sharing. Ron
Indeed they put out a lot of light. Comparable to the Petromax's 350 to 500 CP. Ron
Hi Neil, so around the 90's the petromax was produced in Hongkong. Has anyone who owns a new petromax if they still date stamp at the bottom of...
Wim, look forward to hearing from you the parts quality on suppliers there. Ron
Hey Bob, I hear you on that. Talk about QC :evil: Have already asked my sister to get the parts in Europe as she lives there. Dont know why Pelam...
Just an update. Well I was able to disassemble everything on the preheater. The stubborn director tube had to be heat and quenched 4x before it...
Jeff, I do not remember the model but its a dual mantle adjustable light output coleman. Ron
Hey Bob, thanks for the tip. I did not know that could be done. I will get to work on it and post back results. Yes, I will backflush the screen...
While restoring a Petromax 500CP, I decided to keep the glass globe safe. I found out that a Coleman glass globe is the exact same size as seen...
I woke up early today and still waiting for the special wrenches to arrive so I can start working on the rapid heater. I was looking to restore...
Separate names with a comma.
