@M4v3r1ck, I don't think the reduced pressure makes a diffenrence since it would reduce the pressure inside and outside alike. Hence the liquid...
Hi folks. I'd like to add to the confusion in this topic. My wife gave me a 226 for Christmas many years ago and I had the same problem with...
Johan, there are one or two collectors in the US who have the military donut lantern. They might be able to provide some pictures and give you...
Hi Craig. Very nice lantern and worth restoring. See enclosed pictures of my lantern during restoration. Be careful when you disassemble it. The...
Thank you very much. It's a pity that this rare and very unique lamp is hiding somewhere and not making light again. :-((
Hi folks. I'm still trying to investigate about Hugo Pollak and their lamps. In the meantime I've found additional information about him and his...
Hi Greg. Nice to see your beautiful lamp here. :) As Brian had written above it is an alcohol gravity fed lamp and it seems to be in excellent...
As Jeff said above, your lamp was converted with Coleman parts. The AGM parts look different (see picture). Below is an AGM 254, running with a...
Hi Migwar. I've taken some PICTURES pictures during the restoration of my 238B. Maybe it is of some help to you. Good success. :-)
I'm still searching about Hugo Pollak and his company. Got some information from the Vienna chamber of commerce. Unfortunately registration...
I have a brown bomber labeled SEARS Some pictures of my restoration are HERE.
Conny, thanks for your hint. I could have thought about that myself. :-( John, I've replaced the original (?) chimney it came with with an...
... but an incandescent Famos 120CP lamp. After a long time of work (with some longer interruptions) I was finally able to loight my Famos lamp...
Michael, it looks like a "standard" size 500CP lantern. Have a look at the enclosed screenshots. You can probably buy them in th UK as well. Good...
Very nice AGM 287. I have both, the 287 and 288. Be careful when you disassemble the lantern. When you take the wrong sequence, the feeding pipe...
You can download the restoration instrucions as a complete PDF-file from this site: http://www.eschaefer.de/hobbys/starkl/px-rest.pdf Good luck.
Hi fellas. I've recently restored this lamp. Here a link to the picture gallery. Hugo Pollak, Vienna; Gasoline vapor lamp, ca. 1900 [ATTACH]...
Hi John. Here some pictures of my restoration if that is any help to you. J.C.Higgins 710.74001
A YouTube video I found very impressive: [MEDIA] Haven't tried that myself yet.
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