I've got a Hipólito 250 CP produced in 1994 that I just fired up for the first time very recently and have used only a few times since then....
Funny stumbling back upon this thread after all this time. I’ve somehow ended up with two Tilley Guardsmen and an old Optimus 350 CP is on its way...
Both lamp/vapouriser setups work perfectly with the hood and burner from the known good lantern. The known good lantern also works perfectly with...
I would tend to agree with that but the same vapouriser has been tested with the other lamp’s hood and burner and there was no such problem. I...
I wondered about the X246B hood. I could try the original rusty Guardsman hood just to have more information about this, but I’m almost confident...
Sorry that the links don’t work for you. It should be that anyone with the links can view the videos. I think the burner parts are snug as a bug...
But now, when I run it with the hood and burner from my other (perfectly functioning) Guardsman, it works flawlessly. I have no idea why this...
And…it’s no good. Here’s how it burns at 50 pumps.
Well, here’s the video of the test burn. Hopefully it’s accessible :-s.
I’ve done all I can do with the Guardsman now, I think. The original vapouriser is installed and I’ve done a test burn with my brand new burner...
Of course! It’s amazing to think how someone would have been able to do the research necessary, during the time of WWII, to identify a random...
I will test with less pressure then. Thanks for the advice. The burner has been having a nice bath in citric acid for a couple hours. I’ll get it...
Jeff, the link you’ve provided seems to return an error.
Yes, the first thing that came to mind was blockage in the burner, but the last time I serviced the lamp in question I inspected the burner and...
I’m afraid not. Those must be extremely rare nowadays. The lanterns we have in Finland are mostly Tilley, Optimus, Santrax, Hasag, Hipólito and...
An interesting day here in Central Finland as I work on my lamps… I’m switching topics a bit here, so forgive me for that. I wanted to test the...
It’s actually astonishing how many Tilleys there are here in Finland. It seems to be something practically every household had in times past. It’s...
Jon, I read that full thread last night and found it fascinating. One thing I’ll say is that my experiences with X246B’s have been very...
Here it is as it came out of the vapouriser. How does it look? [ATTACH]
Understand about old Tilley vs. new. At the moment I’m in the midst of refurbishing a wonderful Guardsman I just picked up on the cheap the other...
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