Standard Coleman 21 or Peerless 2C-HG will get you going again.
This has come up many, many times on the Coleman forum. No one has yet found a paint that works on vents/hoods. There are, however, several...
The best place for info on this lantern is the Coleman Collector's Forum. Use the search feature, there is tons of info on 275s there. There is...
Check over on the Coleman Collector's Forum. There are a couple of places in the states that do it. IPE is one, address on the CCF site. Other as...
Here are some pictures of an original mantle. As packaged [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is the burner cap. This one was quite rusty so I removed it...
Recently came into this PL-1. With the very kind help of Neil McRae I was able to get it up and running. These lanterns take a very unusual mantle...
Thought someone here might be interested in this service kit posted on the Coleman Collector's forum....
Thank you George.
Had pics in the original post which for some reason one of the mods saw fit to move immediately to the reference gallery. link below Except for...
Picked up a Petromax 829 today. Made in Germany on vent and fount. Stamped 2851 on bottom of fount. Any ideas on age? Any Petromax specific tips...
Since I can't fettle anything until the doc finishes fettling my hand I'm stuck just buying. This Petromax was part of a small job lot I picked up...
If it worked and then didn't work after only sitting on the shelf I'd check the burner tubes for insects. Run a bottle brush, pipe cleaner or a...
There is really nothing wrong with the 275 lanterns aside from the color. The appellation "Turd" came about when someone on the Coleman forum was...
For any ferrous metal I'm a big fan of electrolysis. Serves the double purpose of eliminating rust and removing paint. Paint will come off in...
Carb cleaner will most likely damage the paint. Denatured alcohol will work, but will take some time. You can also try some penetrating oil like...
Matt, I believe molasses is acidic, just very mild. There are non-acidic solutions which chelate the rust. One such sold in America is...
I've had good luck de-rusting vents in a non-acidic rust remover like Evap-O-Rust. It is a chelating agent rather than an acid. I fill a plastic...
Unless your direction disc on the fuel knob is mis-aligned it looks like the valve is full open in both pictures. That would be the problem with...
What is the sort of seafoam stove in the right foreground of the first pic?
agreed
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